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    Severe hock arthritis/bone spavin in 5yo

    They're at livery yard and I already have one of those ? as I got my 5 yo to be my riding horse when I had to retire my 15yo due to injury and defiantly can't afford 2 field ornaments :-(
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    Severe hock arthritis/bone spavin in 5yo

    The vets I use are very good and I fully trust them (I also do a lot of research and she is always happy to have discussions about what I find and any questions) and I'm really fussy about vets having had a previous practice nearly kill my older girl by negligence Ethanol fusion is definitely...
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    Severe hock arthritis/bone spavin in 5yo

    I don't think the vets were keen to inject again as its to far gone for that - her only hope is that it fuses really but I will ask about it when they're out on tuesday
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    Severe hock arthritis/bone spavin in 5yo

    I'm going to have a long conversation with the vets on Tuesday and pts is very definitely on the cards :-(
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    Severe hock arthritis/bone spavin in 5yo

    I know it sounds a lot but she really isn't fat - no crest and can feel ribs easily. She weigh tapes about 650kg but when she was 4 weigh taped at 600 and weigh bridged at 700kg. She's an old fashioned chunk. In 7'3 rugs and xfull for everything She only gets a balancer and hay
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    Severe hock arthritis/bone spavin in 5yo

    I have a 5yo pure Irish draught mare, she showed some lameness last year when being back so was worked up and ended up with a diagnosis of slight ocd with very mild changes to tmt joint. Had both hocks injected with steroids. Ideally would have come home and gone into work but brain was fried so...
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    Bilateral hind leg lameness - anyone have any ideas

    Roos been up at the dick vets for a week now, her scan lit up around her sacroiliac joint, reading this fits with some of the ways shes been moving. They're optimistic they can get her comfortable :D:D
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    Bilateral hind leg lameness - anyone have any ideas

    Shes no heat or swelling and has had them scanned in recent months (had sesamoiditis about 18 months ago). Its a possibility on the side that blocked at the hock but not the other side as that was blocked out up to stifle level with no change
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    Bilateral hind leg lameness - anyone have any ideas

    So vets finally got out today. One leg never blocked out at hock (even tho xrays are clean) and the other leg was still crippled even with stifle blocked out so shes off to dick vets to see if they can work it out
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    Bilateral hind leg lameness - anyone have any ideas

    not particularly. She has a tendancy to slide one foot down more - the side that she rests 95% of the time (so I assume its the sorer of the 2)
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    Bilateral hind leg lameness - anyone have any ideas

    Apologies this is long - mixture of frustration at vet cancelling, not knowing whats wrong and fear that PTS is on the way for my girl. 14 year old mare, never done heavy work (most she's done is low level endurance for a year). Past medical history of mild stifle lock bilateral, DDFT hole in...
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    Suspensory issue

    Good news for my girl today at least, tendons and ligaments all look good which is a huge relief - shes more comfortable on bute and it's a waiting game but not as bad I had feared. Fingers crossed yours improves over the winter
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    Suspensory issue

    No positive stories but I feel your pain - last summer we were doing so well, doing endurance and just having a fab time, come autumn (it's always bl**dy autumn time) she started just not being right. We did 6 months box rest due to sesamoiditis, have recently moved and new vet thinks most...
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    FYI. Study shows tramadol....

    Just completing it is a huge acheivment! Well done
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    Baileys Performance Balancer

    Currently using lo cal as she's lame and out of work but last summer I was doing endurance with my cob (about 40-50km per week training plus a couple of rides when I could get transport) I really liked how she looked on it, and was generally very impressed. I did have to top her up for energy...
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