Pasture Laminitis: Horse Guide

IR, PPID or EMS horse owner? Check today's pasture sugar risk and safe turnout window from overnight low, sun, drought and frost. Per horse, per paddock.

Stop guessing whether today's pasture is safe for your IR, PPID or EMS horse. Pasture Laminitis gives you a daily grazing risk score based on your local weather and your horse's profile.

Every owner of a metabolic horse knows the spring and autumn fear: one sunny day after a frosty night can spike pasture sugar (NSC, fructan) and trigger a laminitis episode. The decision to turn out, muzzle or dry-lot changes daily and depends on overnight low, sun, drought and frost data that nobody wants to combine before morning chores.

HOW IT WORKS

1. Add your horse: metabolic type, body condition score, grass type, pasture adaptation and exercise level.
2. Pasture Laminitis pulls today's overnight low, cloud cover, days since rain and frost events at your location.
3. You get a daily Fructan Risk Index, a risk band (LOW, MODERATE, HIGH, VERY HIGH) and a safe turnout window.

Under a minute to set up. No account required.

CORE FEATURES

Daily Risk Score A single number plus verdict - full turnout, restricted hours, grazing muzzle or dry-lot only. Built on overnight respiration drawdown, daytime photosynthesis, drought stress and frost multiplier formulas drawn from published equine nutrition research.

Why Today Each verdict comes with the top reason driving today's risk - frost on the grass, drought stress, sunny dormant grass or warm overnight low. You learn pasture science as you check the forecast.

Horse Profile One horse profile included free. Your profile shapes the verdict - a healthy gelding on Bermuda is not the same horse as an EMS pony on ryegrass.

PRO FEATURES Upgrade to Pro for deeper insights:

• 7-day Fructan Risk Index forecast for trip and event planning
• Hourly NSC trend across the next 24 hours
• Unlimited horse profiles for multi-horse yards and horse-sitters
• Frost and overnight-low push alerts the night before
• Daily turnout reminder at your chosen time
• Cumulative log with notes for vet visits and farrier appointments
• Personal sensitivity learning that adapts the score to your specific horse over 30 days of logging
• Per-horse muzzle and dry-lot flag history

PRIVACY FIRST

• No account, no login
• All horse profiles, logs and settings stored locally on your device
• Location is used only to fetch weather data from Open-Meteo. Coordinates are never stored on any server.
• No tracking, no ads, no third-party analytics

Pasture Laminitis provides general grazing guidance based on local weather and published equine nutrition research. NSC estimates are weather-based forecasts, not pasture measurements. Individual horses vary widely in tolerance. It is not a substitute for veterinary advice. Always consult your equine veterinary surgeon for individual turnout, feeding and management decisions.

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