trauma laminitis any help please

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my horse was lame yesterday morning, my loaner found this out, she got to the yard to find him tied with a metal chain, he was distresed and scraping the floor with his feet. he was foot sore during the week but i wasnt told, and he had been tied up over periods of time during the week getting stressed

she went to turn him out to find he was lame, as i would have done she put him out to see if it would help if he had a walk round as it could have been stiffness.

few hours later they could not move him out of the feild, he did not seem to have controll of any of his legs, and it was disstressing to watch.

i left work and called a vet, to be told it could be trauma laminitis, now i can not find too much info on the net, but i did find a old HH forum which said how fast it can come on.

any idvice or help id be most greatfull, also can this be brough on by normal riding??? or does it have to be something more servere????

i hope you can stop my head spinning
thankyou :(
 
I don't know specifically about trauma laminitis but laminitis in general needs treating as an emergency, particularly if he's unwilling to move. He needs to be in on a deep shavings bed & seen by a vet & farrier who will almost certainly fit supports. It may not be such an issue with trauma laminitis but soaked hay & a low sugar/starch diet won't do any harm even if it doesn't help.

Good luck, I hope he makes a quick & full recovery.
 
Nari said:
I don't know specifically about trauma laminitis but laminitis in general needs treating as an emergency, particularly if he's unwilling to move. He needs to be in on a deep shavings bed & seen by a vet & farrier who will almost certinly fit supports. It may not be such an issue with trauma laminitis but soaked hay & a low sugar/starch diet won't do any harm even if it doesn't help.

Good luck, I hope he makes a quick & full recovery.
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all above covered, bedding and seen by vet, supports fitted waiting to see farrier, but thankyou x

omg i never put that thumbs down there sorry lol
 
redshoes said:
my horse was lame yesterday morning, my loaner found this out, she got to the yard to find him tied with a metal chain, he was distresed and scraping the floor with his feet. he was foot sore during the week but i wasnt told, and he had been tied up over periods of time during the week getting stressed

she went to turn him out to find he was lame, as i would have done she put him out to see if it would help if he had a walk round as it could have been stiffness.

few hours later they could not move him out of the feild, he did not seem to have controll of any of his legs, and it was disstressing to watch.

i left work and called a vet, to be told it could be trauma laminitis, now i can not find too much info on the net, but i did find a old HH forum which said how fast it can come on.

any idvice or help id be most greatfull, also can this be brough on by normal riding??? or does it have to be something more servere????

i hope you can stop my head spinning
thankyou :(
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hi
i hope all is ok with your horse--- mine also had this last year and we stabled on deep shavings ,heart bars fitted but it was a long process we had to soak hay and feed in small batches my farrier is old school and he said the best way to get through this was to strip out all the toxins by bran mashes poor quality hay and nothing else he ended up looking awful at the end of 8 weeks but it did the trick and touch wood he as been sound ever since and regained condition looking like his oldself again and never had another bout everyone is different in how they approach this awful sympton but i hope all works out for you and your horse
 
My old boy got it one summer, he had been chased to the point of exhaustion by the field bully during a very hot long summer when the ground was like concrete and was found by the YO mid afternoon in a bad way, the vet was called as he had various bites and kicks but the following morning he could barely move and was presenting classic symptoms of laminitis. The vet came again and he was treated for laminitis, fortunately it was caught quickly and he suffered no rotation and was back in light work within 2 months. The vet considered his was a mixture of trauma/concussion and stress.
 
redshoes said:
all above covered, bedding and seen by vet, supports fitted waiting to see farrier, but thankyou x

omg i never put that thumbs down there sorry lol
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For now that's everything you can do, well done for getting it all covered so quickly. And don't worry about the thumbs down!
 
I have experienced a horse with traumatic laminitus before. The pony escaped into and field and ripped it's shoes off. Next day was "footie" apparently. 3 days later I went and got her in and she couldn't walk! this mare was on full livery and the manager hadn't even noticed! She was living out at the time.

The mare was a bit overweight, but in work. The vet thought that ripping the shoes off was the last straw and sent her into lami.

she recovered, but after that has always been very prone to lami.... (not from traumas, the normal triggers).

I would have said no this definitly has not been caused by normal riding (btw, I know your loaner, she used to have my pony winks, they are very responsible and certainly would not have done anything. I don't think you think they have, but just to reassure you. It's also me that they've being trying to arrange to come up and meet you and give her a lesson! So hi!!). I would imagine all the scraping on the yard if he was already footsore could have done it.
 
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