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Talkingshell

My boy was x-rayed to confirm my boy was classed as chronic laminitis with dropped soles and also has Pedal Osteitis.

My vet wouldn't tell me what was the wrong till she saw the x-rays.

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Poppy

Oh sorry for you B&T
I have been dealing with my mini's laminitis for the past couple of weeks-its not fun!
Have you thought about foundergard? My mini I now have locked up on sand, lots of meadow hay (or she colics), 20-30mins grass pick a day. Tiny (handful) feed of chaff with foundergard and multivit mix in it. I had her on bute paste for 8days. She has been pain free and sound for just on 3 weeks now so fingers crossed!
She was xrayed and had mild rotation of pedal bone in all 4 feet, luckily can be managed with good trimming, weight control and excercise.
It may be worth trying the foundergard particularly if Ted is going to be on grass and hard feed still.
All the best
Poppy

Cheeki

Ohh that sucks Bon Poor Ted .. Hon is still waiting to meet him for a ride hehe

Hugs for Ted

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SSAPH

Bon & Ted...

One thing I can say is don't panic about the laminitis you have found it early which is great and it is manageable.

This time 6 yrs ago my then 4yr old anglo gelding - also named Ted was diagnosed with laminitis. He had a 6 degree rotation in one foot and 9 degrees in the other- confirmed by x-rays.

With the help of an excellent farrier, who was able to trim his feet correctly (farrier had extensive experience with laminitic horses), my horse made a full recovery and within 6 months was back in the show ring. All of his recovery was barefoot even though he had holes in the soles of both front feet.

For the first year after the bout of laminitis he lived on founderguard and calplus with biotin (to promote the hoof growth), since then he has been fed neither of these and was back on his normal feed of oats, lucerne, chaff and bran.

6 yrs on we have never had a repeat episode, he still competes in the show ring and has now travelled over 3000km in endurance rides, but in saying that I am very careful about how long he is allowed out in the paddock during spring, and if necessary will lock him up during the day and only let him out on the paddock at night.

Good Luck

Tash

Horsetalk

Poor Ted, I'm sure he will be ok if it is only mild case you will have it under control Bon.

pso

he got laminitis or has he foundered?

Given that it has happened in all four feet, you might want to rule out toxins... (eg cape tulip)

Teddie1980

Oh poor Ted, i once had a TB (Percy) who came off spell and i fed him up but too much protein (young and inexperienced) and poor thing got laminitis

That fatty boombar ahhahah - told ya he was a good doer

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Trojane

Sorry to hear about Ted. I hope things are coming on okay? It may be Old News but there's been research on using metformin to prevent laminitis in horses (appears most useful beforehand though - which makes it tricky to know when to start!) I'm not sure if vets are ready to go with this yet or if it needs more trials. Anyway it's something to keep an eye on for the future. Your experience makes me feel twitchy about my (tubby) horse!

The effect of metformin on measurements of insulin...[Equine Vet J. 2008] - PubMed Result

Metformin looks like being useful on pre-diabetic humans.

Razzie

dont use founderguard!

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jodles

My friend has used foundergaurd and did not find it helped. Her horse had a 6% rotation (x-rayed) in the front feet. He is on Biotin which is brilliant and the ridge has just about grown out. Like Tash said watch him in spring, it is to do with the oxylates in the grass being higher than normal and also after a rain period as well. There is a person at QLD uni who is very knowledgable with Founder Chris Pollitt i think i got the surname correct and there is still so much unknown but you could always call him for advice