Update on Laminitis

Bettyboo1976

Bettyboo1976

Well-Known Member
Joined
19 September 2007
Messages
1,628
Location
Lincolnshire
Visit site
Got the vet to come out again last night, he said I was doing all the right things, he gave pony an injection of pain killers and told me to give him 2 bute this morning and then 1 tonight then 2 every day ( morn & night) over the weekend, I hate playing the waiting game :( but not much else we can do.

He did look slightly happier this morning whilst I was mucking him out and he was standing up ( which I hope is good)

Spoke to vet again this morning and he told me I should see some improvement over the weekend and if not to call him back out.

Poor ponio..
 
Thank you for getting the vet back out, I know it sounds silly but I was worried about him! I never meant to imply you weren't doing the right things, I just felt he really needed to see a vet again even if it was just for better pain relief. A pony won't lie down for that length of time unless it's in serious pain.

I hope he starts to improve soon, you have my sympathy as I know how stressul it is when all you can do is wait.
 
Ditto. I really hope he pulls through. Have you changed his feed etc and everything too? [Sorry, obvious question but noticed in your last post you hadn't dealt with lami so just thought I'dask!]

Sounds like you'regetting there but please don't get complacent and rush things, keep him still as long as possible and I would strongly recommend Imprint shoes on him to help stablise his feet.

If he's lying down, mention it to your vet but don't necesary worry - the longer he's off his feet, the less weight there is on them so less stress on the pedal bones. So in a way is helpful. If it increases a drasticamount definately keep a note of it and if there's any changes to his routine - weeing more, blood in urine, not pooing, temperature/resp/heartrate changing, etc, let your vet know.

Nettles are meant to be great for them if he'll eat them, if he's going off his food with the medicines in them, we made a small warm mash for our boy out of happyhoof and a handful of soaked fibre nuts. And about 1.5% of his body weight in soaked hay [min 12 hours soaked if possible].

Our boy had it extremely bad and to start with no-one thought for it to have been lami to start with, but he went crippled virtually overnight and was diagnosed with an acute attack. It took 5 of us, even with him having de-nerved feet, and about 35 minutes to get him about 100m from the field to the stable block.
We battled with him for just over 5 weeks and he had his ups and downs. He fought the whole through his attack and was a saint of a horse like always. The ins and outs of what he was like and that we were going through are too heartwrenching to say over again, but just search the Tommy threads in NL for signs etc.
We've made the decision now that any other horse of ours that ever goes down with it, to not put them through that again as it really was too horrible to put ourselves or any other horse through that again.

I really reallyhope your boy gets over his attack rapidly with no serious affects...I really am sending vibes and prayers your way as I know how horrible this disease is. Keep up the good work and if you ever have any worries or doubts...please don't hesitate to ring your vet! I dread to think the amount of calls we made with our lad, but our vet was fab and didn't mind at all. They'd all come out at a drop of a hat and came by every morning just before bang on 8am before their morning calls began bless them! Your vet and farrier will be your best port of call from now really...not sure where abouts you are but if you need a good remedial farrier, Andrew Poynter was absolutely fabulous with our boy. He designed the Imprint shoe and made ours made to measure as our lads feet were so big bless him...he has apprentices across the country and travels himself so may be of help if you want his number at all xx
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top