RobaDob
24th Apr 2007, 04:02 PM
Vet has said for Honey to be grazing at least 30 mins once a day now. As she is walking and trotting in hand with no problemo!
Im so pleased with how quick she has become sound-ish-
The "original" vet said that purple lines on her feet were just "bruises" from being ridden every day...
So we got a second opinion (like most of you advised), and we got told they werent "bruises" they were laminitus rings, (shows how much some vets know..:rolleyes: )
So, once we knew what we were dealing with, we got her sorted out straight away, she was on 20ml bute in her feed (bread..chaff..pony nuts) once a night, and 10ml on her bread (fed by hand), and was stabled 24/7, and with the "good old" vets advice to walk her around 5 mins (for the first week) to keep the blood flowing and stuff, then gradually make it to 20 mins, which is what she is doing now.
And had the vet out friday to see how she was, and he said to leave her another week or two before doing light work, but can do 2mins (max) of trotting in hand, but if she doesnt want to.. dont force her to, and that he didnt think she would come yet so far, in such little time (shes trotting and walking and now grazing for 30mins after 2 weeks box rest), we had x-rays on her on friday too, and everything that "blew up" has finally gone down, and hardly anything wrong with her, but just dont do anything too much with her at the minute.
Not much of an update really, just i wanted you lot to know how she is, as i havent posted much in the past 2 weeks (:eek: )
Im so pleased with how quick she has become sound-ish-
The "original" vet said that purple lines on her feet were just "bruises" from being ridden every day...
So we got a second opinion (like most of you advised), and we got told they werent "bruises" they were laminitus rings, (shows how much some vets know..:rolleyes: )
So, once we knew what we were dealing with, we got her sorted out straight away, she was on 20ml bute in her feed (bread..chaff..pony nuts) once a night, and 10ml on her bread (fed by hand), and was stabled 24/7, and with the "good old" vets advice to walk her around 5 mins (for the first week) to keep the blood flowing and stuff, then gradually make it to 20 mins, which is what she is doing now.
And had the vet out friday to see how she was, and he said to leave her another week or two before doing light work, but can do 2mins (max) of trotting in hand, but if she doesnt want to.. dont force her to, and that he didnt think she would come yet so far, in such little time (shes trotting and walking and now grazing for 30mins after 2 weeks box rest), we had x-rays on her on friday too, and everything that "blew up" has finally gone down, and hardly anything wrong with her, but just dont do anything too much with her at the minute.
Not much of an update really, just i wanted you lot to know how she is, as i havent posted much in the past 2 weeks (:eek: )