Someone? Anyone? Help..please!! :( laminitis??

[TuscanBunnyGirl]

Right okay 2012 obviously hates me.

So had the farrier in to put shoes on my big fat grey mare (just a quick update, shes doing good weight wise re: previous thread) and all is good blah blah..then just asked him to see my coloured boy just to see what he thinks and him started to trim them up a little and said I will have to watch him because he is on the brink of laminitis cue my world falling apart

He has reddish marks on his front hooves near the white line and on the wall (will hopefully get some pictures of this tomorrow). HOWEVER, I'm confused because he isn't over weight. He gets adlib hay + handful of pellets (which has been stopped). He isn't foot sore- at all. But the ground has hardened up a lot.. and he has 24/7 turnout in a bare paddock and has started hacking out about 3 times a week (a lot of road work but only in walk) as he is only 4

His feet are warm but I can't feel any pulse

Can anyone give any suggestions eg. management wise...or anything wise!!
Please!

 

[KrujaaLass]

If hes on grass. Take him off it on a thick shavings bed. This happened with my thorobred a couple of years ago farrier said he had red on his white line although he was not lame. Took him off field and stabled and he was ok. . But this week he doesnt look right on his front feet so have stabled him and getting farrier out . Been trying to put weight on him because he looked thin over winter and he is now the same weight has he was before when farrier said to take him off grass. Hopefully he should be Ok after a couple of days in stable.

 

[be positive]

It could be due to the hard ground and increased exercise causing concussion rather than the usual too much grass laminitis, he needs to be kept comfortable to avoid stressing the weakened laminae, it may be just restricting his time out on the firm ground for a while will help.
If you could soak his hay to remove some of the sugars and starch that would also help him.

 

[asommerville]

Laminitis can be brought on by otger things as well as too much grass. do not starve him (lots of people think this is the way to go) get him in on a thick shavings bed, if you can soak his hay (you could also rinse it to get rid of more of the sugars after soaking) hope hes ok