a little update re epsm diet and end of line with my boy

Yep agreed tarrstep. I do actually think there is a slight improvement on a bit of bute which is why I think this is something we still haven't got to the bottom of. I've spoken to the vets about upping the bute gradually to see if or when we notice a difference in his way of going. At least then I would def know if its pain related.
 
CFK, gutted for you that you're not seeing much improvement. Can't see you've got any choice now but to go with a trial of using a heavy dose of nsaid to see if anything changes. Poor you and poor pony, the only comfort I can offer is that even if you never get any answers, you will know that you did everything you could to get to the bottom of this. Who knows how much pain these slight changes in his hocks might be giving him, it's like some horses with a tiny bit of sclerosis on the spine exhibit huge symptoms, others with much closer processes never complain a day in their life. Neuro-wise, I guess you were under Richard Piercy?
 
Yep bubbles it was richard who looked at him then over to david bolt who is am orthopaedic vet. Richard couldn't find anything neuro wrong with him. They both agreed he was displaying classic hock/back pain symptoms but very little to go on clinically.
 
Ok. So you're not totally out of options yet. The nsaid trial is worth a shot, and if he were mine, I'd medicate the back and the hocks: I know there is not much to go on but at this late stage in the game you have nothing to lose, right?
 
His spavins were diagnosed with xrays. All you could see from them was like a little bony spur coming from one of the bones from his hock. He had cortisone injections which did nothing. Then onto the next step of tildren which also didnt work so were now onto surgically fusing them. If you nerve block his hock though he moves really well. So maybe worth xraying his legs to see if he has any pain anywhere which could be causing him to do his funny movement
 
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