Supertrooper
Well-Known Member
My little rescue pony is 11 this year, he was diagnosed with bone spavin in his right hock by WHW when he was around 6/7yrs old.
He lives out all year round and is 98% fine but the colder weather has started to effect him more often than it did.
This morning he looked stiff on his back end, I immediately checked for pulses which were ok (paranoid about laminitis). The inside of the affected hock is warm however.
I gave him Bute this morning and will again this eve and as Ive noticed before that his back is often sore when his hock is Ill be putting his 50g rug on just to keep the wind off him.
My real question is will the spavins keep getting worse potentially to an extent where hes no longer field sound?
BTW hes on Global Herbs Alphabute
He lives out all year round and is 98% fine but the colder weather has started to effect him more often than it did.
This morning he looked stiff on his back end, I immediately checked for pulses which were ok (paranoid about laminitis). The inside of the affected hock is warm however.
I gave him Bute this morning and will again this eve and as Ive noticed before that his back is often sore when his hock is Ill be putting his 50g rug on just to keep the wind off him.
My real question is will the spavins keep getting worse potentially to an extent where hes no longer field sound?
BTW hes on Global Herbs Alphabute