BK :>Understand.. given the shear number of articles even in the
BK :>more technical magazines (even moreso then EQUUS).. they
BK :>all say the same think about grass during spring and fall
BK :>growth. There is a serious founder risk there from over
BK :>eating.
I understand that...however, I think had the "great grass escape" been the 
precipitating factor, I would have seen an acute laminitis soon after...it 
didn't happen that way at all.  It was a couple of weeks, I think, after that 
that she just started to go a little lame..this was a progressive thing, not 
quick.
I just read in the new Equus that over 50 percent of laminitis cases have no 
known cause...scary!
BK :>Shouldn't be though.. since when are Arabs prone to
BK :>founder? It's late.. but this just doesn't click for me.
It didn't for me either...always thought founder was fast onset, with acute 
symptoms.  Guess it isn't in all cases.  That's why it took so long to 
diagnose.
BK :>talk about from time to time.. the substitute is a poor oat
BK :>hay and the horses are not fond of it. :( 
Wouldn't you know it...this has been the best hay season in years!  And poor 
Fiddle...on low quality grass hay, with all that good stuff out there (g).
BK :>To what degree?? Just curious. Ask your shoer what the
BK :>angle is.
53 on one and 54 on the other.
BK :>I know... chuckle.. Tush is over the heat and back into
BK :>serious runamouk in her turn outs.. She's banged herself up
BK :>twice lately.. a cut to the chin and a serious dent in the
BK :>head.. took a decent size patch of hair off the other day.
Well, with both of them being pretty much stall confined, Shiloh decided to 
day to freak out when I turned them out (they're in separate turnouts now). 
That got Fiddle going...she trotted around and threw her lilly pads.  Had to 
get them both in quick!
BK :>Yep.. it happens when you're concentrating on two horses.
No....I was concentrating on ONE (g)!
BK :>Whoops! best take care of that mare meg. :)
I am back to checking her out every day, like a good girl.
Meg  
 
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