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| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
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| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2080 |
| Total number of notes: | 22383 |
1964.0. "Laminitis (again!)" by SAC::CHANDLER_S () Tue Apr 18 1995 11:48
My farrier has just seen my aged, retired pony, and it would seem that she has
laminits (pink in the hooves).
I used to own this mare (when she was considerably younger), and rescued her
from very cruel owners (she was a complete neglect case) 2 years ago. From the
look, feel and general state of her hooves I'd say that in the past she has
obviously had bad laminitis attacks, but since we've had her back she's been
free of this.
Laminitis is new to me, I'm not sure what to do. I haven't yet phoned a vet,
Honey appears to be well, eating, not lame or in pain; remedial shoeing is not
an option, as we've had to keep her without shoes as she rips them off (stands
with one hoof on the other and walks in order to rip them (and half her hoof
off!)), she had terrible hooves, with very, very thin soles (you can press them
in!).
My question is I've had conflicting advice on whether to walk her out or not,
and I'm unsure whether to leave her in a stable full time (which'll drive her
mad, she tends to try and eat her way out), or get some electric fencing and
give her a little playpen, with next to no grass to wander in??
Any advice anyone can give would be helpful. Hosing is difficult the field
(she's grass kept), is some distance from the nearest house, though I could try
and tempt her into the river (the fields are surrounded by them), and 'hose' her
this way.
Regards,
Sarah
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| 1964.1 | Laminitis is a very serious problem. | TUXEDO::MURTHA | | Tue Apr 18 1995 12:20 | 53 |
| This reply is based on a recent experience
with our mare. I have never had to deal
with laminitis before this, I hope that this
message helps you in some way. Laminitis
untreated can lead to founder. In some cases
it is minor and goes away, our farrier noticed
rings on her front hoofs and said that she
probably had a bout with laminitis last fall.
We were not aware of a problem until several
weeks ago when the mare started to make short
steps.
Her feet became very warm and she was
diagnosed with laminitis. The farrier was very
helpful, and very serious about me getting vet
attention immediately. The mare had changed her
gait to compensate for the pain, so we noticed
and thought that her hoofs needed trimmed.
The farrier call was just as helpful as a vet
and probably costed less in the long run.
The farrier made out a complete report for the vet.
My vet gave me bute and another bottle ( 1000 pills ) for
dialating the blood vessels. The vet (McGee) and farrier
work together often so he wrote a perscription
from the report. The bute was necessary for
pain releif and treating inflamation. McGee
said the mare would let us know when she was
better, ie. no pain. He also said that the
farrier would judge when she is ready for
shoes, and then we could ride again.
The mare is ok now but it took
4 weeks of care including standing in cold water
(buckets) for 15 min. as many days as possible. I
also had to keep lily pads on her feet, those had
to be re-taped almost every day.
The farrier said leaving her in the stall was the
worst thing to do. The horse must be able to walk
and move freely. I also noticed that just 15 min.
in the stall and she was noticably worse.
The bottom line is that if we had not noticed the
problem she could have foundered and been rendered
lame in a matter of hours. Needless to say we were
very upset.
The cause of the problem was over feeding, and
excess weight.
Rob
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| 1964.2 | See also notes 184.* and 956.* | GBLAUT::JANICKI | V. Janicki DCE Engineering DTN 226-5980 | Tue Apr 18 1995 12:24 | 0 |
| 1964.3 | | SAC::CHANDLER_S | | Tue Apr 18 1995 14:12 | 15 |
| Thanks for the replies so far - yes I've read the other notes, it's the
conflicting advice that's confusing!!
I'm just off down to check her now, and will call the vet...
The cause of this problem is definitely excess weight (and I guess the grass is
too rich), and she's had no feed through winter, only hay... The problem is a
long standing one, and I'm fighting this along with others as a result of
long-term neglect from the previous owners (not the one's I sold her to!!). Her
huge tummy was been treated as a bloat from serious worm infestation (the vet
seems to have resolved this), I guess I hadn't noticed that it's probably just
fat now.
Regards,
Sarah
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