Laminitis...crumbly feet

[fifi]

Hi

I have a pony with laminitis atm. He is on box rest and while picking his feet out I noticed they are very crumbly (back feet). Is there anything I can apply/add to his feed to help?
He has only been with me a week (already had lami...long story). I have him on Hi Fi Lite and Clop for vits and mins and he's on a bute a day.
I clean out his feet at least twice a day and keep his bed clean..

Is this something to do with the laminitis or poor management or something he may be lacking?

Any ideas anyone?.. and any general advise regarding his laminitis would be really appreciated

Thanks in advance ;D

[Azrael]

Is it the soles that are crumbly? If so that's nothing to worry about, build up of exfoliating sole with being on box rest and not moving around much is most likely. If its anywhere other than the sole or the feet smell horrible then there's likely to be some infection, diluted milton is my favourite treatment unless its really deep and nasty then its clean trax, but there's loads of treatments that work.

[specialsparkle3]

Please try Formula 4 feet. Two of my mares came home from their show career with the worst feet I have ever seen. I couldn't keep shoes on them ( They were shod infront only ) but they were lame without. One of them had been on Farrier's Formula all the time, to no affect.

I tried Formula 4 Feet and the difference after only a few weeks was astounding. A year later, they both have rock hard feet which my Farrier has pronounced nothing short of a miracle, ----------------------and it's cheaper than Farrier's Formula.

[fifi]

Thankyou both..

I should've specified sorry...it's his soles that are crumbly...just his backs. I've never seen such crumbly soles and have cleaned them off but was a bit worried about scraping off too much sole and making him sore..
Will obviously get the vet/farrier to check them out after Christmas...

[mandal]

I would agree with melanie...as it's his soles it probably just means he is trying to exfoliate sole himself if it's crumbly. No need to scrape it off especially if you're getting the Farrier after the Hols. Good luck with him.

[fifi]

Thanks Mandel

I feel a bit silly tbh... I have 5 other equines and they all have such rock hard hooves that I thought maybe it was something to do withthe laminitis...
Sounds like its not so will relax and wait and see what the farrier says...

[dingbat]

if its just the soles - dont panic! How bad is the lammi, is he past the worst and now improving?

Reason i say, is because with mine, once we had him stable and then he started getting better, his feet once ready to do so, shed sole. On and off really but some days it seemed lots! Yet with a 'normal' horse, shod or unshod, you dont notice it - because although they will prob shed sole, its not in big amounts.

But i was a little worried and asked my trimmer if it was ok and she said it was fine! Phew. So i suspect its that?

Agree about the supplement F4F is ok, or something else with a higher content of vits/mins would be better than the one hes on. I tried lo-cal and that was fine and also feedmark benevit is ok. but you get what you pay for so obviously the better ones are more money. (2 i've mentioned arent bad though). i'd avoid top spec. Mag ox may be worth trying too. But other than that, sounds like you have it covered (stabled, on hay, and hi-fi lite).