UPDATE - looks like definitely lami

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Further to my earlier post, it looks like my section b has been struck down with lami
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am furious with myself as I thought I done enough to prevent it.

Anyhow, farrier had a look and reckons it's so far very mild / grade 1. Vet is coming tomorrow to confirm yes or no.

What does grade 1 laminitis mean?? Pony is in stable with a little bit of soaked hay. Is there anything else I can do in the meantime??

All suggestions gratefully received.....
 
Please don't blame yourself if you took every precaution - sometimes laminitis is simply unavoidable and only those ignorant of the condition would say otherwise.

You have no idea of the trigger presumably? If it is grass then that is often quite effectively controlled, after you have your pony over the initial onslaught of it. You'll need a grazing muzzle and preferably turn your pony out overnight, is the usual management for recovering laminitics.

Right now you are doing the right thing - stable on deep bed and feed thoroughly soaked hay. Make sure you feed a good amount of soaked hay as you can end up with other problems if you feed too little. Another thing which can be useful at this very early stage is to place the pony's feet in cold water, or if you have access to a stream closeby this can help too. It's a bit of an old wives tale, but it has been proven recently that this can actually help at the very early stages.

Vet coming out will be able to give you advice/anti-inflams to deal with the acute stage; after that stage, taking the pony out for walks to help encourage the oxygenated blood to reach the laminae and help repair itself, is good.

Good luck! Hope ponio is back to usual self very quickly.
 
Oh dear, so sorry to hear this.

Grade 1 must be very low level from what you say. Make sure that he/she has a deep shavings bed all the way to the door. Make sure he has enough to eat to keep the hind gut working which is very important. You can give Hi Fi Light by the bucket full to keep him occupied during the night. Absolutely no carrots or succulents! The vets will probably recommend bute, depending on how severe, however I am not a vet and cannot recommend it
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Do let us know how you get on with the vet.
 
vet will prob give bute and sedalin for pain relief and helping improve the blood supply to the feet.
frog supports
box rest on deep bed
soaked hay with only a mineral and vitamin suppliment in hifi lite(or similar)
xrays about 7 days after to see if the pedal bone has rotated at all and if specialist shoes are needed.
then start controlled exercise on soft ground once given all clear by vet.
 
Sorry you've got to deal with bl**dy laminitis. Box rest. Deep shavings. If you have some bute, ACP and asprin. Do not move pony until vet advises it after pony is comfortable and foot structures are stable. IME, following recent vets advice exercise should not be introduced until pony is on the mend. Be careful all along the line, its better to build things up too slowly than doing a tiny bit too much too soon. Its definitely worth getting the vet if its the pony's first bout, they'll give you lots of advice and the medication you need.

Should have said, if you have got the medication that helps ring the vet to see what they want you to give it. The sooner treatment is given the better but its possible they might want to see pony on no medication. Also you would need them to advise the correct dose for this individual case.
 
Thanks for all your help!!

Vet has just been this morning and is not convinced it is laminitis. This morning there is no heat / pulse and pony is much sounder!!

Am a bit foxed really. He's given her some bute and said she can go out in a tiny paddock for a couple of hours each day and if she gets worse again then to call him.

Will have to wait and see I suppose but she's managing circles etc on hard standing so can't be in that much pain.
 
Please do not let the fact that your horse has no heat/pulse, a reason to not suspect Laminitis.
Like I said in my post yesterday my horses feet where not hot, and very faint pulse. I caught her early beacause I noticed her shifting her weight every so often on concrete, she was sound on grass.
There is alot of people on here for support and advice if you need it.
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Has she got any signs of Cushings??

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Vet felt she was more footy on the stones than anything else. He was very thorough and she trotted up sound on the concrete this morning.

No sign of cushings at all.
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Thanks for all your help - will keep you posted if anything else happens! She's still in her stable with a little bit of hay today cos of the monsoon outside....
 
Whoops just responded to yesterdays post and now seen today duh
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I would not rule out Laminitis ... the 1st Vet Motor saw in 2005 did not think Laminitis, but I did and I had never seen it
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... and I was right sadly
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