Although I am a serial lurker, I do come on here everyday for a good read of all new posts, so I feel like you guys will be able to offer me some helpful advice.
My situation is this: I currently have a horse (Pink) who is 20 and has intemittent laminitis attacks, her last one was in the snow last year when she had just come off box rest from a ligament injury and started being turned out for a couple of hours a day and came down with lami, vet seemed to think it was shock induced from a change in routine and sudden snow on ground. Obviously she was box rested again during her recovery and proceeded to having gradual turnout by the spring and went on to being out about 8-9 hours a day with a muzzle on throught the summer. She is not overweight but i do muzzle her from feb/march to about late oct so she doesnt gorge too much and get too much sugar. So she has been stabled overnight for about the last 6 years.
I also have a small pony for my girls and have been bringing him in overnight since about october cos I am soft with him but i am going to try him out 24/7 again.
I am struggling financially at the moment and need to cut my costs abit so I was thinking if they both lived out then my bedding costs would be a big saving.
So the question is do you think my horse could cope living out and would it be too much of a shock to her system and likely to induce another attack of lami? I have her on lami supplement all year round and she is really well in herself at the moment but i don't want to do anything that might end up costing me more money in the long run!! The vet is coming to do their jabs in the next couple of weeks so I was going to ask his advice too but wondered if any of you guys had similar experiences with yours.
Cookies and wine to all of you who got to the end!!
My situation is this: I currently have a horse (Pink) who is 20 and has intemittent laminitis attacks, her last one was in the snow last year when she had just come off box rest from a ligament injury and started being turned out for a couple of hours a day and came down with lami, vet seemed to think it was shock induced from a change in routine and sudden snow on ground. Obviously she was box rested again during her recovery and proceeded to having gradual turnout by the spring and went on to being out about 8-9 hours a day with a muzzle on throught the summer. She is not overweight but i do muzzle her from feb/march to about late oct so she doesnt gorge too much and get too much sugar. So she has been stabled overnight for about the last 6 years.
I also have a small pony for my girls and have been bringing him in overnight since about october cos I am soft with him but i am going to try him out 24/7 again.
I am struggling financially at the moment and need to cut my costs abit so I was thinking if they both lived out then my bedding costs would be a big saving.
So the question is do you think my horse could cope living out and would it be too much of a shock to her system and likely to induce another attack of lami? I have her on lami supplement all year round and she is really well in herself at the moment but i don't want to do anything that might end up costing me more money in the long run!! The vet is coming to do their jabs in the next couple of weeks so I was going to ask his advice too but wondered if any of you guys had similar experiences with yours.
Cookies and wine to all of you who got to the end!!
