Those that have lost horses with laminitis

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Would it put you off taking on another horse that had a history of it and would you put another horse through the treatment etc knowing what it involves.
 
i would and wouldn't... i wouldn't want to get attached again i hated loosing my boy to it, but then again i would want to give that pony the chance of a normal happy loving life..i would not put anther horse through it, although i do know when its kinder to say goodbye than keep them going in pain. this post really made me think.... :/
 
Thanks your reply, I was just thinking about it as I friend of a friend's horse has got really bad laminitis ongoing since the winter, horse has been on box rest since then and loads of treatment but isn't improving. It's brought it all back of what I went through two years ago, I gave mine three months and she wasn't improving, vet said she'd never be allowed grass again so I had her PTS. I honestly don't think I could ever put another horse through it when there is no definate cure xx
 
I've lost 3... 2 with pure lami and one with acute cushings (quite different to the oldy type this was a 4 year old mare) I would NEVER buy a horse with a history of the condition... once a horse has got laminitis, it's got it... it may lie dormant but it's there waiting to rear its ugly painful head. I would even avoid a horse related to one that had had it.

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I lost my boy to laminitis five years ago this June; I had a super vet and wonderful farrier and yet ...... and yet..... would I do it again? It was awful to see him at the end: his early-onset cushings predisposed him to laminitis and eventually after having lots of foot absesses the coronary band started to absess and the whole foot was literally starting to fall apart. My poor boy - I think looking at it retrospectively that we all did the very best that was possible for him, and whether I'd have made the PTS decision sooner, I just don't know, he had to be given the chance but when he stopped eating and decided he wasn't going to get up anymore, that was it really and there was only one option left.

No I probably wouldn't ever want to take on another laminitic ever again; I live on a farm and the grass here is OK for dairy cattle which is what it was planted for, but too lush for horses really and I don't keep anything in those particular fields, the horses are in another field which has much poorer grazing.
 
I can relate to these comments as my mare had quite a bad attack of fat laminitis in May '08 with slight rotation in both fronts. She did eventually completely recover thankfully but it was horrible waiting for many weeks to find out the outcome. Also I am forever worrying about her and getting up at 4am to check she hasn't escaped into the hay field! So although I love her, I would not buy another laminitic as it's too much worry. I would also avoid that 'type' of horse with the rounded body/crest as they seem more prone.
 
If any of our big hunters ever had a bad lami attack, then no way would I go through it again trying to treat it after Tommy.

However, if it was a pony with a history of lami, but was 'dormant' so to speak and had been clear for a while, then yes I would and have considered it as can provide the management to keep them fine :)
 
I lost my lad this time last year to laminitis and i wouldn't buy another horse that had history of laminitis as the pain of losing my boy was unbearable.
I know horses and ponies can fall foul to many diseases and injuries but i probably wouldn't buy a horse that had a previous injury etc either.
However i now know much more about laminitis now and it's prevention and i feel I'm much more aware of it with my new horse...maybe even to the point of being necrotic about it with him!!!
 
I would never go through that again. I lost my darling Lacey, who had cushings Sept 08.
Its extremely heartbreaking.
 
Shell1978 - I remember that we lost ours at the same time (I was annie&amy then) laminitis is such a cruel disease. The big difference seems to be size ie ponies are more likely to re-cover than horses. Mine was a cob and with
hindsight she was too fat, I can see it now. She did loose weight while on box rest but she still got laminitis in her back feet (she initially had them in fronts only). The vets did say that due to her build her pedal bones where more likely to drop which they did and that everytime she had further attacks they'd drop evenmore.
 
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