Is your horse getting fat?  When will it end?   

Quick Answer:  Update:  Skye seems ok .  Do be careful with fat, overweight horses and ponies, after laminitis the ongoing risk never goes away, you will always be looking - avoid laminitis,  keep them slim either on a track or using a grazing muzzle preferably a soft one like the Litebite. 

Today we arrived at the field where Skye and Tara live on a track.  That's great and we are lucky to have it but the thing with tracks is that they have a middle.  Skye does not need her Litebite grazing muzzle because of the grassless track but of course they are so wishing they could get at the grass.

Well today she did. She poked her head through the electric fence (there are 6 strands) and pushed it over, getting her hind legs tangled in the tape. Didn't stop her eating and she ate until she couldn't reach any further.  We untangled her only to watch her sink down on to the sand, groaning.  We gave her Quick Fix and watched.  As if laminitis is always on our minds now we had colic as well.  

The good news is that she recovered very quickly and looked for more to eat, these good doers never stop.  So we wait to see if her laminitis will come back, her crest is full and hard after that grass.

Update:  she seems ok and I am sure this has happened to you or your friend.  Do be careful with fat horses and ponies, after laminitis the ongoing risk never goes away, you will always be looking - keep them slim either on a track or using a grazing muzzle preferably a soft one like the Litebite.

Celie