so he's even more susceptible. Went out last night for the first time since the injections, came in sound but with very strong pulses in both fronts so I'm going to have to keep him in until they settle down before trying again. Morning all, thought I'd join in on this thread. My boy Max is very susceptible to laminitis, he's LGL-ed on me 3 times already this year despite not being overweight, only ever going out with a muzzle on, and coming in during the day to well soaked hay and a handful of fast fibre with his supplements in it.
Just to make things even easier(!), last week he had steroid injections in both hocks
Laminitis is such a PITA, the only good thing is that I can now spot it coming on at the earliest possible stage so I've managed not to let him get acute since he first had it.
.It's so very hard to work out which feed works & which doesn't ,Ben goes footy on too much Alfalfa like the Simple Systems Lucie Stalks for example . Have bought some of the Pure Feed Co feed,no problem with feet at all,sadly d**n silly pony was an aggressive spooky lunatic so back to HiFi Lite & a very small handful of the rocket fuel.Am elderly with thin hair but my goodness it's gone thinner since pony got lami aaargh!
but hey at least feet are ok!!! hope everyone is ok xxx
Evening all, thought would catch up between breaks on Britains Got Talent - hope everyone is well, really hot here today, Farrier for the other two today so have walked up and down to the field 6 times today ( 12 miles) - must say no way will I ever be overweight at this rate. Farrier pleased with their feet, a bit of Flare on Charlies, but hes not worried (10 weeks and hard ground).
Acorn was having a day up at his paddock, but they decided to have the water cannon on the field next door and his paddock is in the firing line so he had to go upto the field, he went up without his boots, fine in the field, I put his boots on coming back as don't want to over do him, but otherwise he is on top form, think we have the light at the end of the tunnel again - no bute tonight, going down to check on him soon just to make sure hes okay - rain due now for a few days so that will soften the ground up for everyone, trouble is there will be some really fresh grass out there folks! can't have it all ways can we
anyway got to go want to catch rest of show will pop back in tomorrow for any updates, Keep safe
Lx
can not win !! bobs ok tonite feet bit warm but its been hot day, think hes glad to be in stable. can have a lay down.. hes going throw the hay am putting out for him. so i no there no grass well not to talk about !! well off for a bath.. am full of cold and a chest infec so not feeling to good at min.. and just been told horses are been taken from there paddocks in our area... if i catch them ill cut there b
lls off. so everyone on there toes at min.. anyway catch up tomorrow,
hi so pleased all hooves are doing well, rain due here so ground will be great but as you said new grass
tracyx
do hope he's ok tonite. well bobs is fine hes out without boots on as ground is softer and its rainning now so will be better for him. put haylage out this morin wouldnt eat it, so had to go and buy hay and take it to him didnt even get it out of the bag and his head was in it eating it... so throw the haylage over to the other horse and bobs was happy eating his hay... but all is fine with him.. just can not get rid of his hard neck? even now his feet are fine.. dont understand this? any advise?
afternoon all. would love to see acorn running about, them little legs
look back in later
tracyx
typical if you want them to lose it they don't
so i watch everythink he eats. as linda said re-acorn i will take a pic to show his neck, and see what advise i get back, well raining most of the day here so will do his hooves good as hes out without boots on, but he will be very upset as he has not rug on. poor old boy! hope all hooves are well today, and keeping away from the grass.... 
afternoon all. would love to see acorn running about, them little legs
look back in later
tracyx
I don't think we'll ever know what went wrong there as shes as solid as a rock. Poor girly has been quite poorly and its been extremely stressful and upsetting. Fingers crossed, shes on the up.
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Hi, just wanted to join in with this thread and say "hello" Our Wee Robbie - sec B has had lammi with previous owner but we arent sure how far back, thinking about it - I think he had a touch just before we bought him but he came from a dealer with not much history so knew nothing about him or the lammi until I got in contact with the people listed in his passport (very thin when he came with boxy feet, we put him out on the grass to fatten him up
Anyway, just to say that Rob has been on Global Herbs Lammi Prone since we found out he'd prev had lammi (approx 3 years)and I swear by the stuff, some people only give it to their ponies/horses in summer but we give it all year round just to be on the safe side.
So far (runs off to touch wood) he has been fine but we are always on our guard just incase. Rob has an awful crest all year round but we think he was cut very late which wouldnt have helped with the crest.
great to hear another voting for lammi prone - I swear by it and yes he will get it all year round, but I have upped his level during the last few weeks will drop down to maintenance mid summer and then up again for the Autumn flush and then maintenance again for winter - at least thats the plan. TBH my main worry is winter and injury, Acorns 2 episodes have following injury/kept in/stress and both in winter - we now turnout rather than box rest (with agreement from Vet) as it would appear exercise intolerance is a major issue for him, something we learnt the hard way first time around, this time he has not struggled as much in recovery, although the frost didn't help there.
Hi Tracy,
The neck you are describing is very typical of lammis... the pony that lives next door to Vics has this and it literally goes up and down depending on the grass... in the week it was awful, hard , lumpy, rigid lumps, today after being kept off the grass for 3 days its much better. It is odd as Lucy never, ever had a crest, where as Vickys comes up very quickly.... its a sure sign of lammi. Its a very good 'indicator' to what the grass is up to... if that helps!
Vickys is doing well, shes now got the hang of her muzzle so is a very happy girl! still has warm feet and a hard, but not prominent crest...BUT had an awful weekend as my lovely bigmare, Dolly came down with colic
Great to see so many other people posting, I know how awful it is, but as a group we have the most amazing support network, and we can all help each other. It has made me see after Lucy, that no 2 lammi cases are the same, every pony/horse shows it in different ways.
Hope all hoofs are safe and as well as can be D x
hi ever since his first attack back in jan 2009 his neck has always been the same, even when i got him as far as i can remeber his neck was hard, but now i no he had lammi when i got him, but didnt no what lammi was?? as i had never come across it b4, some day his neck is harder than others but his feet are fine, hes not over weight and his weight had been the same now for weeks, i watch his diet. any change just upsets his tummy, and his diorhea is back
pop back later
tracy
poor Bobs - no raincoat, his highness would be upset. Bet he wasn't as mad as my little s**t when I got him in, foul mood left in his paddock, in the rain, hardly any grass, no friends and a big scary Red Pumping machine in the field next to him, it didn't have to be working shooting water out, just stood there was monster enough. anyway hes in now, scoffed his dinner and picking at the nasty hay mum has left, hoping its okay so he can go upto the field tomorrow, hes certainly much better on his feet, no Bute again tonight, he just had a little during the day, hoping to get him off that next few days.