Buying horse after nerve neurectomy and fasciotomy

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I went to view a mare for someone today and she is perfect in every way BUT had a PSD nerve neuroctomy done on one of her hind legs at the start of the year. She is sound now and is out and about doing BSJA at Disco; she's 6 yrs old, WB and owner wants £5k ono.
Does anyone have any stories of horses after this op that came back sound and stayed sound? Would you buy the horse? I was advised against buying it but what are your views?
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Well i think the owner is having a laugh with the price tag! I would want a perfectly healthy 6 year old doing disc for that much at this time of year in the present climate. Don't know about the success rates, but I assume there may also be some weakness is the leg that wasn't operated on. Personally i wouldn't buy- look at all the heartache PSD has given lots of other members of the forum.
 
Why would you want to pay any money for a horse like this. You should walk away. If she was a well bred mare and you wanted her as a brood mare I could understand it, but not as a performance horse. From what I understand of these cases, there is a good chance the other leg will become affected too
 
We had ligament issues with our four year old mare. She was PTS three weeks ago. She was too far gone for the operation you describe, but even if she hadn't been, I would have thougtht more than twice about it. The nerves can grow back, which leads back to the lameness issue, as tracey said, it one leg goes, due to whatever causes it in the first place the other leg is likely to go. Horses can come back into full work after the op, and many do, but many don't, and the issues can come back. My babe could not be a brood mare due to the weight carrying issue, and due to the pain she walked funny (not quite lame, just didn't use the most affected leg properly), and it affected her pelvis.

Five grand is a heck of a lot of money for any horse right now. For one that will have immediate insurance exclusions (£2200 for a three day lameness work up at the AHT; op around the £1500 mark), it's, in my opinion, barking mad. But, one cannot put a price on the heart strings. Any horse is capable of having anythign happen to it.

I would suggest your friend have a good look round and try others.
 
Absolutely not at that price, the liklihood is the other hock will go at some point in the future too. I do wonder why they didn't have both done?

I took on an outstanding horse that had PSD as a 6yo in one hock, came right from shockwave. The other hock went 5 years later.
I had so much fun with the horse and would do it all over again but this horse was given to me free, no way would I have paid 5K for it
 
Don't touch it. The horse will end up compensating elsewhere and is likely to have other damage. I also wouldn't want to be jumping a horse that had had a neurectomy but that's a personal choice. Certainly at that price she's having a laugh.
 
wouldn't touch with a v long bargepole. bit different if an older schoolmaster - my friend bought one of those and it hasn't caused him a problem, but a 6yr old? no thanks!
 
Thank you all! Does anyone know of horses with both hind legs done then? Do they stay sound enough to event.... just thinking if i was able to purchase the horse at a much cheaper price, if it would still be too big a risk or not...

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yes I have one I brought after the surgery. He was brought to event and I spoke at length with the surgeon who did the surgery (Newmarket vets) and they said they doubted he would ever have a problem again, and that he was only 1/10 lame when operated on. They did the op as a precaution.

Several months on he is jumping BSJA, has no signs whatsoever of it being a problem and by all accounts is better than before.
 
Yes it is a legal requirement to tell the truth if asked if he/she has ever had a problem with lameness etc. If it transpired after that you have lied you'd be on a sticky wicket.

Also for those who mentioned it - the neurectomy with PSD is not the same as with navicular. They only denerve the back branch of the suspensory and this will not grow back. The horse does have feeling in the leg completely, just the tip is affected.

My horse is a better horse for having it done and has just been scanned 100%.
 
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Yes it is a legal requirement to tell the truth if asked if he/she has ever had a problem with lameness etc. If it transpired after that you have lied you'd be on a sticky wicket.

Also for those who mentioned it - the neurectomy with PSD is not the same as with navicular. They only denerve the back branch of the suspensory and this will not grow back. The horse does have feeling in the leg completely, just the tip is affected.

My horse is a better horse for having it done and has just been scanned 100%.

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glad its worked out well for you then - its amazing what can be done these days. Would be a shame to write off a horse so early in their career (as she is only 6)
 
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It was my vet who told me the nerve can grow back. But my horse was beyond the operation, so was academic as far as I was concerned.
 
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