Why is my pony standing like this?

Ladybird L said:
Update- Lilly is doing fantastically. She’s off painkillers/anti inflammatory and hasn’t a trace of pain or soreness. All good so far!
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Well that's great but you either need to restrict her grazing considerably by strict strip grazing, using a muzzle or limit her time out.

Once you start getting rotation in the pedal bone you are in for a hell of a ride. Best not to get to that point in the first place although I get 100% that it a difficult condition to prevent and we can all fall foul despite our very best endeavours.
 
That’s great news. Did you have bloods done to see if there is an underlying cause? How are you managing with the aut
Hormonal Filly said:
I would have thought all that lovely rich grass in the original picture. Is there aways a cause for it, can it just be to much sweet grass?

Don’t know much about lami.
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It can be the grass alone but more often than not there are causes like EMS, cushings, poor feet management/conformation, other injuries (ie another leg causing pressure on the affected lami feet) weight, steroid use, inflammation (my horse had colic surgery and swelled like a balloon afterwards, my vet did warn me that there was a chance for him to come down with lami at that time but we were lucky)
 
Hormonal Filly said:
I would have thought all that lovely rich grass in the original picture. Is there aways a cause for it, can it just be to much sweet grass?

Don’t know much about lami.
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It can be but there can also be an underlying reason for it which is normally the catalyst. ie EMS- insulin resistance, and if the horse is older, the higher the risk of cushing's disease being part of the problem too. If there's been any laminitis in the passed, they're more susceptible too. There's also concussive laminitis, medically induced laminitis etc but these are unlikely in this instance. I'm unsure if genetics have been proven to be a cause yet, but I'm more than certain genetics play a factor in things like EMS.
 

Ladybird L said:
Update- Lilly is doing fantastically. She’s off painkillers/anti inflammatory and hasn’t a trace of pain or soreness. All good so far!
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Thats excellent news. ☺️ I am sure your vet will have given you some advice on how to prevent it in the future. If not, I am sure if you contact them they will be more than happy to advise you on the best way of keeping your pony to avoid a recurrence.

I know everyone on a forum means well with their varying advice as to what you should and shouldn't be doing, but I think at this stage and particularly as you have already obviously been following vets instructions it might be best to stick with the professional who has actually seen and been treating her for you. :)
 
Thanks everyone!
She’s totally off grass right now, and I’m soaking her hay. She’s getting a 0% starch and very low sugar feed. The vet said he personally wouldn’t do blood and X-rays yet, as it’s expensive, and she’s not a young pony, it was timed exactly with a peak in the sugar level of grass, and she’s doing fine now (off grass). If she seems to get it again, we will do that though.
He said that I could even turn her out in a small area overnight with a grazing muzzle, provided its not frosty, or the days have been hot and the nights are very cold. I’m hesitant.. but if the vet says, it’s probably ok. And Lilly would be pretty happy.
 
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