Posted 2008-08-01 1:07 AM (#88722 - in reply to #88601) Subject: RE: Need Feed Help
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Originally written by gabz on 2008-07-30 12:35 PM
Holy Crap - you guys are diagnosing a horse you've never seen!!
How do you know his original laminitis/founder was from IR? (insulin resistance) Maybe he had a fever from Potomac Horse fever, or West Nile or a virus or any other number of causes. Maybe he had a bad abscess that caused the original laminitis. Laminitis can be caused as we all know from an excess grain load or even a road founder can occur. There are many causes of laminitis and founder. Just because the horse now needs low sugar feeds and forage doesn't mean the horse has ALWAYS required that.
The horse is 27 years old. The owner must be doing something right. She has stated the horse is not in pain. Are you calling her a liar?
Nothing like taking a simple question and turning it into something awful.
Please reread what I wrote... The OP has a horse suffering from IR and previous founders...I was telling her that to AVOID future events...SOAK HAY to remove carbs...and plan on restricting pasture access...
And as old as this horse is...Do you think there is going to be a major metabolic change in this horse in the near term?
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