Very highly strung hypo pony on box rest .. help!! ..

[Montyforever]

My welsh a has acute laminitis, shes been in for two weeks now Just after i got her about a year ago we found she gets very stressed if kept in for longer than overnight when we kept her in due to bad weather and she ended up with colic through her stressing out.
The first week or so she was very subdued with the pain and fairly quiet. This week is a different story. Shes very attached to my other pony and wont stay on the yard on her own so weve been keeping the other pony in too and turning her out in the closest field to the yard for an hour or so while we muck out and last week this was fine. This week everytime we try to take the other pony away, welsh a goes crazy She storms around her stable rearing/bucking ect and gets very wound up. Last night she seemed to forget her feet hurt and bucked but as her front feet are worse they couldnt support her and she fell flat on her face .. But then carried on, she seems to go into a panic and nothing can get her out of it

Is there anything i can do/give her that wont effect her laminitis that will calm her down or distract her as a tiny haynet just doesnt seem to distract her at all I dont really think sedatives will help as shes always fighted the effects of them and theyve proved useless.

Also hopefully she can go out in a small pen in a week or so, but of course my other pony wont be in there with her and everytime ive separted them in the field before shes broken down/jumped/crashed into/slipped under the fence even if its electric fencing. Can anyone reccomend some pony proof fencing thats also high enough to stop her jumping it

Ta in advance and sorry if its all rambled

 

[Solo1]

Have you ever heard of Zylkene?

It's like a calmer, it doesn't sedate, it just chills them out, so their reactions are still the same. Doesn't effect antibiotics and in worst case scenario sedative can be used on top of it.

Had 1 on the yard on 7 weeks box rest, youngster, never been boxed before, predictably it went crazy, after a few Zylkenes it was totally chilled Worth contacting your local vet over - though it's quite expensive.

Edit for link: http://www.nutrecare.co.uk/Product-3966/Horse-Supplies/Calming-Supplements-for-horses/Zylkene-Equine

 

[Persephone]

ACP is often given to laminitics. As well as sedating it increases bloodflow in the feet.

May be worth asking your vet?

 

[Montyforever]

ACP is often given to laminitics. As well as sedating it increases bloodflow in the feet.

May be worth asking your vet?

Shes already on sedalin for the blood flow in her feet, a very low dose though. But even when she had the sedalin before she fought the effects

 

[Dobiegirl]

A NF pony that I used to have had this and was on box rest, I picked armfuls of cleavers and branches of willow. This kept her happy for ages and as she was such a greedy pony this seem to satisfy her need and the vet was ok with this. If memory serves me correct cleavers contained silca and willow was originally used for aspirin so both were beneficial for her laminitis as well.