The Tragedy of Laminitis Part 5

Examination of cadaver hooves of 12 year old Arab mare, that had to be put down, due to severe laminitis and founder.

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Pets & Animals

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• barefoot
• trim
• horse
• laminitis
• founder
• farrier

[bunny2057]

my 14 year old arab gelding he was limping in the front i had cleaned his feet out and he seems to be ok ,his front feet are a bit warm. could it be from a small rock stuk or a brused sole.? his diet is mix alfalfa timothey mix he gets 2 flakes in the morning and 2 at night i have been feeding him c.o.b 1cup in the morning and at night i bumped it down to just in the morning incase hes getting too much hot foods i did notice his front soles were a bit flakey is this normal ?

[thehappyhoof]

@bunny2057 A lot depends on the true condition of the feet. If they get lamintis but actually have good feet, they will weather through, but if not they they are in more trouble. But if you feel he's sore cut out some sweet feed and see if it helps. But that doesn't sound like too much to me. Woudl have to see the pics to tell more. Message me and I will send you my email address if you want to send pics.

[buddymacs]

what was the horses diet? her bad hoof form was just the straw....that broke the camels back...........

[thehappyhoof]

@buddymacs All the lush green fescue she could eat in the wet season, and some sweet feed every day to top it off.

[timberfaller390]

I enjoyed these videos greatly, however as a full time farrier with 10 years behind the anvil I have to disagree with your statement that the toe flair "was caused by a farriers hoof trim". It is not possible for a farrier to caues a flair in the hoof wall simply by trimming the hoof. The most common cause of hoof flares is hooves that are too long from NOT having your horse trimmed on a 6-8 week schedule.

[vgoth100]

Thanks for posting, but I do have to say one thing, when I was a young equestrienne in the 1980s, two of the main horse health things I heard were: 1. Cool the horse down well after exercise and don't let him drink too much cold water, and 2. Don't turn your horses out on super-green spring pastures....if you claim this owner cared so much about her horse (which I'm sure she did, in heart) why didn't she know not to do this? It is a tragedy, either way. Knowlegde is power, thanks for sharing.

[Kaliegrl67]

Poor girl at least she lived some of her life without it.

[JWDragon4]

@vgoth100 I have to agree here also. As a trainer I make it priority to have a half hour to one hour cool down walk before a warm water shower-for cheap way insted of heater waterers-hook a hose to ur barn sink most have one for this purpose or mixing foods.-from hind hooves up to hocks and hind quarters. then front hooves up then torso. Pretty basic way to prevent that. Then never let a horse drink water cooler than 60 degrees after a workout or being on pasture all day. Warm is fine.

[JWDragon4]

@timberfaller390 Yes Sir. I absolutely agree. as said before on the other vids i commented on-The woman who owned this horse was in the wrong completely and has full responsibility as caregiver of the horse. No one else had control over it. She should be thrown in prison for neglect and animal cruelty. Period-dont give a darn how old she was-by 70 years of life experience and common knowledge that woman shoulda have known better. there is no excuse for the prolonged time that this went on.

[JWDragon4]

@timberfaller390 Yes Sir. I absoulutely agree.

[buddymacs]

laminitis to a horse is not much different than diabetis in a human being.....the common ground is sugar/fructan ... humans get addicted to sugar and can die from it, that poor horse didnt have a choice ....and i do think that horses get addicted to lush green grass ......its a sugar high of sorts........so sad she died, hope somebody learned something from it..

[buddymacs]

what was the horses diet? her bad hoof form was just the straw....that broke the camels back...........she _ate herself into laminitis cant be caused by anything else..