laminitis affected most of my horses and ponies it can be contained with limited  eating one option is to to keep them in the stable at night or  during the day or limit the grass space they have. my friends pony had laminitis and they made two small paddocks while one grew the pony stayed in the other because the fresh shoots  of grass is what give the laminitis but in the end they decided that they wanted to put her in a complete mud paddock she was occasionly fed some grass in a bucket and since has been very healthy .

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Hi, in my opinion  Laminitis can be kept at bay in most cases with good management. My pony is prone and this is what i do, hope it helps.  Limit grazing in spring and autumn when the grass grows as this is the most risky time although grazing after a frost can also trigger it so dont put them out then.  You can limit grazing in a few ways, and it will depend on the quality of grass (my pony never got it until we moved areas and the grass quality changed). But as you havent had him/her long go with precaution until you know his tolerance. Section off a small part of the field and once he has eaten that down bare you can move the post a foot on one side say every few weeks. Native ponies are greedy and love to run through electric fence when they se green grass so keep your battery charged! My boy also has a selection of muzzles  which works well for him but it does depend how much grass your field has and how green it is. His muzzles have different sized smiles cut in the bottom which allow him to graze but limit the amount. Some people think they are cruel but my boy is happy to have his on when before he rotated his days in and out and he would much rather roam around a big field all day!  Dont starve him, as that can bring other problems. He probably wont need much if anything in the summer but if you do feed hay soak it first. I always bring mine in at night as I know he will eat constantly if he has the chance. Try to not bed on straw as it can be hard to know how much he is eating when he can munch his bed. Also check his feet for heat and a pulse twice a day, if his pulse is raging and / or he has heat keep him in until it goes and edit the above accordingly. Hope that helps? :)