What happened? Bit stiff to dead in 2 weeks :-(

I'm very sorry to read this DizzyKizzy, rest peacefully sweet mare.

Your mare passed without an obvious cause, it may have simply been that it was her time, but in this there is a positive, of the many wise answers here, someone will read something that may give them the chance to stop something else compltely unrelated triggering in their horse. I know several people with laminitic horses who insist there is no issue with grazing frozen grass..(I'm not for a second comparing them to your mare, simply that hindsight is a marvellous thing and these people may just stop & think..it might just mean that one less horse is exposed to something that can make it worse..
You did everything you could and the kindest bravest most selfless love shown when she needed it most & she will thank you for that, sending hugs xxx
 
Ask your vet to help put your mind at ease. Sounds like you done all you can but sometimes these things are out of our hands.

Sorry for your loss x
 
Thank you again everyone, my own instinct told me laminitis but I didn't want it to be so was pleased when vet and farrier both thought not. I still think it probably was especially after reading all your posts. I still have a lot of confidence in both of them and grateful for what they did. Even if the vet had diagnosed laminitis the first visit it would not have changed the outcome.
Thank you for the kindness you have all shown, it is the end of an era as she was my last one and there won't be any more. The field is a sad place at the moment but now it has turned so bitterly cold I am relieved she is not standing out there in the freezing cold.
RIP Kizzy, you were my horse of a lifetime, I will always love you xx
 
I'm sorry to read about your loss, DK. I guess you'll never know. Bruising and laminitis can have so many different causes, so even if laminitis was the end result, you won't know what caused it without a PM. It could be liver problems, it could be kidney failure...could be ANYTHING. The important thing is that you did right by her and she's free from pain. xxx
 
Fransurrey said:
I'm sorry to read about your loss, DK. I guess you'll never know. Bruising and laminitis can have so many different causes, so even if laminitis was the end result, you won't know what caused it without a PM. It could be liver problems, it could be kidney failure...could be ANYTHING. The important thing is that you did right by her and she's free from pain. xxx
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I have nothing to add, Fransurrey has written exactly what I would.

Kizzy was lucky to have such a caring owner who put her interests first, so sad to read of your loss.

RIP Kizzy, Hugs to you all X
 
Dizzykizzy said:
Thank you again everyone, my own instinct told me laminitis but I didn't want it to be so was pleased when vet and farrier both thought not. I still think it probably was especially after reading all your posts. I still have a lot of confidence in both of them and grateful for what they did. Even if the vet had diagnosed laminitis the first visit it would not have changed the outcome.
Thank you for the kindness you have all shown, it is the end of an era as she was my last one and there won't be any more. The field is a sad place at the moment but now it has turned so bitterly cold I am relieved she is not standing out there in the freezing cold.
RIP Kizzy, you were my horse of a lifetime, I will always love you xx
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RIP Kizzy. You did everything you could and she would thank you for your care over the years. And I'm sorry you've now lost your last, that must be so hard.
 
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