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| Pasha |
Posted - 17 Jan 2011 : 10:23:12 PM
Firstly thank you all for the support and friendship following my post earlier! I am truly overwhelmed!!!
The vet has been and Shesky is sore on all 4 feet - he "suspects" low grade Lami as he doesn't have any pulses and is non-responsive to hoof testers! He does react to pressure in the coronary band though!
I am in shock and cannot believe I'm going through this all again!
Of course he is 14 and it's January so he's taken bloods and he's told me to start him on Pasha's pergolide!
18 months ago he had 2 ACTH tests and both were negative but he has always drunk alot and weed alot since I got him. He also doesn't have hollows above his eyes (but not fat pads either).
Just can't believe it! And feel utterly utterly helpless as he already has soaked hay and a Lami diet - poor little mite had his speedi beet reduced from a mug between 2 feeds to just a spoonful (just in case), but now feel
Guilty as he isn't fat... Not sure what to do!
Sarah x |
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| Goldenmane |
Posted - 27 Jan 2011 : 07:42:18 AM
Good luck on Friday, sounds like he's feeling better and coping well with being in. |
| Pasha |
Posted - 27 Jan 2011 : 06:59:30 AM
He would have been in 12 days on Friday when the vet comes back - he was in 5 weeks last time, but then he had full blown Lami... Will have to wait and see what the vet says! |
| Slave 2 Magic |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 8:28:21 PM
I'm so glad to hear that Shesky is feeling better. He sounds to really like his flexible friend. |
| oliviaw |
Posted - 26 Jan 2011 : 8:15:35 PM
Glad to hear shesky is feeling better and is enjoying his reflective friend!
How long will he have been on box rest now? tillys is due to finish tomorrow but iv been reading on the internet about once being sound continue with box rest for a month but im not sure whether this applys to low grade lami as well???
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| pat day |
Posted - 23 Jan 2011 : 3:00:05 PM
Glad to hear he, s in good spirits Sarah.
Hope it keeps going that way. |
| Pasha |
Posted - 23 Jan 2011 : 2:58:02 PM
He's feeling much better thank you! Bounced out of his box on Friday and has been a complete nuisance ever since he he! His stable mirror has been installed and he is completely in love! Wish I would have got him one before (he never showed much interest in Pasha's) - even left his hay to go and have a snooze next to his best chum! So so sweet!
Going to speak to the vet tomorrow but I like to air on the side of caution so think he'll be in all next week whilst I ease him off his 1 Danillon a day and also want him to see the farrier before he's let lose!
Must remember to get some sedalin too :D |
| oliviaw |
Posted - 22 Jan 2011 : 8:25:47 PM
How is shesky doing now?
xx |
| oliviaw |
Posted - 20 Jan 2011 : 11:13:25 PM
Poor Shesky and Tilly :(
Tilly wasnt sensitive to the hoof testers either, but she is more lame on the turn and is walking heel first :(
xx |
| Kazzy |
Posted - 19 Jan 2011 : 4:27:47 PM
Yes, Jaj, my vet and farrier told me about the daylight thing with Cushings.
You can get lamps that make it looklike daylight in the dark gloomy winter months.
Janet |
| jaj |
Posted - 19 Jan 2011 : 3:06:17 PM
That's really interesting about the daylight hours. Wonder if that is a widely know theory? Be good for people to get hold of the light lamps for their cushings horses/ponies.
Bet you are on tenterhooks waiting for the results, fingers crossed for you  .
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| Pasha |
Posted - 19 Jan 2011 : 11:09:52 AM
Sorry Lynda, the daylight hours was with specific reference to Cushingoid horses... the symptoms are much worse during the winter months (shorter daylight hours) and they seem to get the most cases in Jan/Feb.
Some Cushingoid ponies (that haven't had Lami I assume) can come off meds during the summer months as the symptoms almost dissapear |
| LYNDILOU |
Posted - 19 Jan 2011 : 10:59:53 AM
blimey , short day light has been happening for ions! laminitis has been rife this winter and it seems no one is safe, so please dont be blaming yourself. Shaheena is a bit on the lardy side so I guess I am to blame for her lami , although I am assured by the vet that this is happening all over despite the size of the horses . she is now out in the sandschool after a week of stable and is sound , but will stay off the grass until vet thinks otherwise , also on a very strict diet of 12 hour soaked hay ( leeches all the sugars out apparently) and happy hoof in small quantities . so we will get there in the end. |
| Pasha |
Posted - 19 Jan 2011 : 10:07:34 AM
Aw thanks... currently sitting by the phone as apparently Liphook have sent through some results that were sent off the same time as Shesky's so they're chasing to see if the have Sheskys... the suspense is killing me!!!
Vet said they are all sick to death of Lami, Cushings, IR, EMS... that is all they get called out about and he said, and not to make light of it, but their newest vet was excited yesterday as she got a 'nail in the foot' as it was something different! He said they were all ponies/small horses and Arabs! He puts it down to the shorter daylight hours being the trigger... we have daylight lights for Pasha, so looks like Shesky will be going fluorescent as well! |
| angelarab |
Posted - 19 Jan 2011 : 09:44:32 AM
Just to say i am thinking about you and the boys and sending lots of positive healing vibes and hugs, |
| Pasha |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 8:57:09 PM
Originally posted by jajDid his toys arrive ?
No not yet, but he is being surprisingly good! Rugs and boots still intact and nothing broken of injured today! YO giving me reports in exact time he is finishing a haynet so he is obviously making that fact known :P
So upsetting to see him sore though! Maybe it's because he hasn't got shoes on but he seems much more sore than he did last time yet barely any pulses - so wierd! Still happy to rest a hind leg, which is good! |
| Alisonm |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 8:21:57 PM
Hope Shesky gets well soon. Sending him healing vibes. |
| jaj |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 6:49:17 PM
Did his toys arrive ? |
| xsara |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 6:38:18 PM
I hope sheskey recovers quickly and you can get it under control before any real damage is caused. it is not your fault and can be so hard to find out the actual cause sometimes hopefully the blood test will shed some light. It was around this time last year honey took her bout of lami total supprise when she got it and was linked to a sensitive tummy which she stressed about. |
| Milotkha |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 5:08:44 PM
Hey Sarah.
Sending get well hugs to Shesky.
Sounds as though he is getting lots of love and care.
Keep us updated on his recovery.
Kim x |
| Pasha |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 3:27:28 PM
Thank you both, but I doubt Shesky would agree! I know tonight I will get a full blown snake face and ill only be forgiven if I play twisty neck/kiss nose/gobble the hair band... all good fun until he takes it that one step too far, and I get nipped! He is so funny, but so impatient it is untrue and woe betide me if I dare to brush him  Wish me luck... it's like entering the dragons lare  |
| Zan |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 3:08:56 PM
Shesky is lucky to belong to you because you are going to do everything possible to get him right, and you are so knowledgeable about this horrible condition. |
| Tzarina |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 2:17:50 PM
Sarah, just caught up with this thread, so sorry to hear of latest problems, but as others have said you have the experience to be able to cope with it, your regime doesnt sound as if it could be any better.
I'm sure Shesky like Pasha is in the best hands |
| Pasha |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 2:09:35 PM
Thanks again everyone xxx |
| sazzlepants71 |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 1:59:51 PM
hi sarah, I cant believe this! poor you and of course shesky, we all know how much you adore your boys so dont blame yourself xx
lets keep our fingers crossed for the results on thursday and lots of healing vibes heading your way xxxx |
| garnet |
Posted - 18 Jan 2011 : 12:50:33 PM
So sorry to hear you are going through this. There is always this 'bad mother' thing with lami and I couldn't believe it when Red succumbed last May, particularly as Jim the Cob had also had it several years ago. Red is barely back in work now with the weather having got in the way and although we are being very careful with feed and turnout all the lami cases we are hearing about are very worrying! On a positive note, our Jim came back into work after his lami and was brilliant until a pedunculated lipoma took him only 3 weeks after the show in my sig pic. Thinking of you and everyone else in lami hell at the moment - fingers crossed! |
