Seen xrays of my laminitic horse

She thinks there's a chance. Trimming every four weeks and heartbar shoes. She did say that if she gets it again the bone will drop more each time and because she's a cob she's carrying more weight on her feet.

I don't know what to do for the best, she's 24yrs old and i want her to have a good quality of life xxx
 
personally.. speak to your farrier about glue on heart bars, as you do not get as much truamer to the foot with glue on's.. yes.. if seh gets it again or it gets worse it is possible that the pedal bone may penertrate the sole. this is actually a quite common thing nowerdays..

I suggest you try everythuing you can to get her comfortable.. if you can not keep her comfortable.. then its time to discuss other avenues.. as discomfort will lead to her having no quality of life..

Lu x
 
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These are supposed to be really good. Agree entirely with Nailed though, try all you can to get her comfortable and see how it goes before you start panicking
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We had a pony who had stress induced lami caused by by neighbours letting off fireworks.
He had 9.5 degree rotation in one foot and 7 degree in the other.
The tip of his pedal bone was a hairs width from his sole.

It took 6 months but he made a full recovery abd went back into full work including jumping, we also eventually had him barefoot so the frog could do it's job.
 
That makes me feel more positive, can i ask you all the details ie how long was he on on box rest for, how did you start putting him back out on grass, what was his routine and what did you feed him when he was stabled. Thanks xxxxx
 
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That makes me feel more positive, can i ask you all the details ie how long was he on on box rest for, how did you start putting him back out on grass, what was his routine and what did you feed him when he was stabled. Thanks xxxxx

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In response to above, the pedal bone rotates because laminitis causes the velcro like laminae to become unstuck and as this is taking the weight of the horse, gravity forces it to give way.

Initial box rest on very deep bed on ACP and bute was 4 weeks, he didn't come out of his box during this time.
Diet was well soaked hay, hi fi lite, baileys local and a magnesium supplement (recommended by vet)

After this he was allowed out whilst I mucked out, just walked to otherside of yard and tied to a fence with plenty of grass to eat. This was for 10 mins twice a day.

Month 3 still with short bursts of grazing we started to turn out in the school (I think he had heart bars on about now) The school is an ideal environment the sand packs into the foot and supports it. As it is my place I was able to leave him in school all day with a soaked haynet.

I gradually increased his grazing on sparse grass up to about 8 hours

Month 5 and 6 I started to walk him in hand on the road and he was ridden in the school for short periods. Slowly building up to a normal workload.

I removed his shoes (he only had fronts) and he coped well, the blood supply to an unshod foot is better but not all will cope.

We eventually lost him to colic a few years later.
 
Thanks for the info. She's now been in for just over three weeks, she had acp for first week and is on one bute twice a day at the moment. She is on a deep bed of shavings and is having soaked hay, happy hoof and sugar free polos. I havn't brought her out of stable at all apart from when she was xrayed last weds and that was only to walk to another stable and back.

She has no digital pulse now but when i try to cut bute down to 1/2 twice a day the pulse comes back and she's sore so i'm going to keep her on same dose till farrier comes on wed's for her first trim. Will see how she is after this cause i think they can be sore after it initially.

She's coping well with her box rest and is having lots of TLC!!! xxxx
 
Oh and i'm giving her NAF laminaze as well, i know it's not a cure or a preventative but i've heard that laminitic horses are magnesium deficient and have too much acid and it contains probiotics xxx
 
Sorry i meant to put prebiotic. Is it also worth getting a hoof supplement to encourage growth, if so which one is best! Sorry i'll stop waffling now but i've got so many questions and i want to do everything possible xxxx
 
farriers formula looks like a good one and is recommended by laminitis clinic. The other thing i've read is that lami can be caused by liver dysfunction, could it of been triggered by her being on a field with buttercups? She has had a sunburnt nose!! xxxx
 
i would like to know the same as above if any one knows is lammi caused by an ill fuctioning liver? or is it an over load of carbs sugars and fuctrans plus the other things like metabomilisom and cushions? sorry about spelling!
 
Annie&Amy,
I am now feeding my boy Formula Feet which is created by the Laminitis Clinic, not just endorsed by them. It's for healthy hooves and laminae. He is not laminitic but having lost my mare I am erring on the side of caution.

We gave her spillers happy hoof with her bute. That was it.
 
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