Stable leg wraps recommendations

[silvester]

Can anyone recommend some stable boots or leg war please?

My horse suffers badly from laminitis only in the cold frosty winter, not the spring or summer. We think it's brought on by the stress of the cold and poor circulation. I always bandage her legs up to keep her warm but I'd like to buy some wraps to save time

I was thinking of thermalux ones or even magnetic as I'd like to try anything to keep the circulation going, also if possible I'd like ones to keep the coronet band and possibly hoof warm too

Any recommendations please?

[Louise Dixon]

I have both thermatex and bioflow magnetic ones and although I haven't had cause to use either for quite some years now, they have both had loads of use and have been excellent. I don't know if this is still the case as it is years since I bought my bioflow ones, but at the time, the sizes were HUGE so needed smaller than you would expect.

[5874julie]

neoprene is quite good, if you buy something like a neoprene bandage boot you can turn out it in as well, and they wash and dry really quickly. A company called Kitt makes a bandage boot, not expensive, about £20 a pair i think.

[fanfarefan]

we use bioflow magnetic wraps ( but you have to use bandages with them) on my sons cushings pony , who is a veteran and also gets lammi , and imo , these have made a noticable difference to her sound ness

[rabbit]

if it is possibly cushings related, we have found if you leave stable light on at night and we use tescos support bandage , just pull on and double up, the light fools them into thinking the days are longer as cushings is sometimes light related, (ie dark nights longer in winter) . this is supported by the Australian research, and has certainly helped our 15 yr old pony a great deal, best winter yet, although always on a knife edge!

[sassie]

Veredus Magnetic stable boots are fantastic! I use them on my TB and also on my old girl who has an old injury which means her leg is permanently swollen, if i use these boots there is next to no swelling!! They fit like a glove too...

[fanfarefan]

minkara , what a great idea with the light , but does it have to be one of the blue , day / night bulbs ?

[silvester]

Woe minkara, never heard that before but I'll defiantly try it, she is laminitic through cushings, and it's awful, she's even bad with this slight cold weather we've had

Thanks for the suggestions, keep em coming!

[helle]

we use a set of soft travel boots.

[fanfarefan]

just a thought sylvester , do you turn out on the frosty grass ??

[helle]

ah-know what you are thinking fanfare, apparently this thought (grazing on frozen grass bringing on laminitis) is currently being called into question , and it is being suggested that it is the cold from the ground brining on the laminitis rather than eating the frozen grass???

[rabbit]

we only use ordinary flurescent strip , havent even got closed in stables, open fronted breeze blocks with 8 ft overhang, so i wasnt sure it would work, but , fingers crossed, seems to be good so far, also use lamineze, at a million pound a scoop!!!, cider vinegar, and the usual peroglide and metaformin, have found since we put him back into work, (very careful with no trotting on road, as concussion laminitis isnt good either!!) he is much better. No grass, turnout in arena, and people stimulation with the best box in the yard!!

[rabbit]

also forgot to say, if you do get an attack, its really important to ice the legs as quickly as poss, tescos bandages again, double them up and fill with ice, and get as low as poss right over pulse points and down over hoof, a must for the first 72 hrs also use bute. this stops the toxins reaching the laminae, the old boys used to stand them in a stream, same effect, keep topping up with ice, support frog if you have lilly pads from vet -good, i have used packs of rowntrees jelly in desperation! strapped to the frog with surgical tape, and if poss a wet sand bed again to support the frog. at this point i feed epsom salts with a little bran and NON mollassed chaff to try and hurry toxins through the system. even a thumping pulse will subside with this method

[silvester]

Thank you for your very useful advice

This is now the 3rd winter my poor horse has suffered from lami in the winter, first year was awful, got it bad just after a heavy snow fall so e linked it to grazing on frosty grass, however she wasn't really turned out in snow (I don't like wreaking my fields!) but was out for maybe a half hour leg stretch. The next winter I was so so so careful with frosty ground, yet she still got it bad, and again this winter we've had 2 nights with a slight frost and 1 days snow and she's got it. I am so wary and kept her exercised rather than grazing as I wanted to keep the circulation moving and obviously not eat frosty grass!

She is only 15, been on pergolide now for 3 years (upped dosage when it turned cold!) and obviously bute, lives in heart bars, and everything a lami horse should have

I have always felt I need to keep her feet warm to help circulation, but I'm willing to try the ice as TBH I'm running out of ideas and I hate seeing my beloved horse suffering. Am reaching the end of the line in some respects, as year 1 she was bad for 7 months, year 2 took 5 months, now it's the third year and weve begun what could be another long stretch. Shes also no longt covered on the insurance and it does add up. Alhough I will max out my overdraft if it works!!

Thank you again

[jacksprat]

we use equichaps stable chaps, they come down right over the heel

[AS123]

We use fleece leg wraps and fleece bandages made by Dreamchaser, very warm, no marks/lines left and are great value.