Bog Spavins

PoppyG

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At the end of last year/the beginning of this year my horse was diagnosed with a bog spavin on one of her back legs, shes sound and the vet said shes fine to carry on as she is as long as she remains sound/not in any pain. About a month or two ago she developed a bog spavin on the other back leg as well (not as bad as the other one). Shes still sound and they doesn't seem to bother her if you touch them, or when shes being riden, she still flys round the field when she wants to! shes currently not on any supplements but i am going to get her some Arthri-Aid because she has started to rest her legs in turn when she is stabled in the day and someone told me this morning that when she rolled in the field yesterday she struggled get up first time and then held her leg up (the worse one) for a few minutes and then was fine. She is sometimes stiff when I pick her feet out and holds her leg up high. Has anyone's horse got/had bog spavins?
 
It sounds like she could have bone spavin along with the bog. The only way to be sure is x-rays. Its worth putting her on a joint supplement.
 
No, i haven't had any x-rays done, shes always had trouble with her legs as she has poor confirmation, the vet said it could be due to that. He said about the x-rays and removing the fluid and injecting the joint but said as she is sound it doesnt need to be done as its painful and risky.
 
How old is she? A bog spavin can be just an idiopathic synovial swelling - i.e. not caused by anything in particular and just a bit unsightly, but it can also be a symptom of an problem in that joint. Unlike in bone spavin, the joint effected is the high motion part of the hock (the lower hock joints can fuse without effecting the horse's way of going too much). For what its worth, my horse has a bog spavin, but his is caused by a bone chip that had to be surgically removed
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As far as i know she is 16 (havent got an exact dob) I didnt call the vet out when the bog spavin appeared on her other leg as thought he would just tel me the same thing! I dont compete with my horse so she just hacks out and works in the school.
 
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