Arthritis in hind legs

[ridinghorsez]

Hi,

My pony has just been diagnosed with Arthritis in both hind legs. He is to be ridden at least 3 times a week to stop him seizing up and be given glucosamine hydrochloride supplement In his feed.
I was just wondering is there anything else/ any supplements anyone has ever used that helped their arthritic horses?
thankyou

 

[unbalanced]

Yes, loads of things. Do a search on here and you will find tons of stuff.
- turn out - ideally living out
- magnetic boots
- chaps in winter
- stretching exercises
- feed turmeric
- as much appropriate exercise as possible, talk to your vet
- remove shoes to reduce concussion to joints
- feed msm and chondritrin
- some people like green lipped mussels
- stable mats (eva are good)
- massage pads (lumber back can get very tight as a result)
- tildren and hock injections, adequan
- bute as necessary
- lateral work, in hand warm ups
- don't clip legs in winter

There is probably more stuff that I have forgotten, but like I have said, do a search and you will find it. There are loads of really good threads on this

 

[4x4]

Hi, not sure if yours is spavins but I am currently using Equimins Joint Ease for spavins and hacking out in walk as often as I can.

 

[ridinghorsez]

Thank you! He lives out 24/7 anyway so I'm glad that may be beneficial to him! and he hasn't been clipped at all this year
We are buying some Bute along side the supplements so if we ever do longer rides he wont be painful/stiff the next day! x
And we have also decided that, even thought the vet didn't mention this, we are going to warm him up in walk for longer just so he can stretch out a little!
I will do some extra research though