Bone Spavin - please help?

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I posted this yesterday,

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=477281

Vet came today and after very thorough investigation suspects bone spavin though obviously needs further tests to prove. Problem definately in hock and is in both legs though most severe on left hind. Trotted up a bit lame on right hind after flexion and very lame on left.

If I assume this is a correct diagnosis can anyone share their experiences, prognosis etc. She is up for sale but I have now taken her off the market and she will remain with me.
 
Is she insured for vets bills? My boy has just had hock injections for bilateral bone spavin. He has similar problems to your mare, can canter on the straight but struggles on corners. Lateral bend is difficult too. Vet says the injections work in 90% of cases and hopes that the injections will see him right for at least a year. The aim with bone spavin is that the hocks will fuse and the horse will become pain free and sound. I ran a poll a few days ago which showed quite a few horses come sound after treatment for spavin, and some come sound with no treatment at all. http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=476207 If she is insured then you could opt to have her bones fused surgically. I believe the prognosis is pretty good for this. Remember, that you only have a year's cover on the insurance though for any one condition, so if you decide to go the surgical route, you need to make a decision sooner rather than later. Good luck and let us know what happens.
 
Not insured I'm afraid, first horse I've ever had which I haven't insured and yes now kicking myself big time!

Thanks for the response
 
Mine has bone spavins. He was surgically fused about 10 weeks ago I think now and has just started trotting. He was doin really well but is struggling again on the hard ground so I'm praying for a good poor down. I doubt you will get to that stage especially as not insured. He started with cortisone injections which lasted about 3 weeks. He then had tildren and finally decided to have the operation. I have gone over my £5,000 limit on inusurance and hoping it's by not much but I did get a £2,000 bil from vets the other day which I need to confirm insurance is paying or that I a scary £7,000 to sort him out
 
Mine had both with spavins at same time no insurance either no ops just bute which gave him ulcers so be careful of long term bute. He was fully sound 2 yes later for hacking and jumping but not dressage and jumping on surface or when going good. 8 yrs later he was fully retired with navicular in both front feet age 23. Good luck hope all goes well.
 
I had a fantastic WHP who developed a bone spavin aged 10 - we were instructed by the vet to bute him up and walk him out in hand every day for 30 minutes up as many hills as we could find. We did that for 6 - 8 weeks and he came back 100% sound and jumped round 3' 6" - 3' 11" tracks for years afterwards, included Pony Club Area eventing. I lost him at 26 and he'd never had a days lameness in his life other than when he was developing the spavin. We never buted him again although he did have cortaflex daily.

These days treatment seems much more advanced so I doubt they advocate the treatment we used any more but I thought I'd add my story that there is hope for a sound competion horse after a spavin.....
 
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