Clicky joint

[kimrichards]

Morning all, i was wondering if any of you have had or have a horse with clicky joints, my mare seems to have a clicky joint in her back leg think its comes from her hock when i ride her in the school (doesn't seem to thappen out hacking) not making her lame or anything like that but i was wondering if you have found anything that has stopped it or made it better?
Shes on cod liver oil now........

Thank you!!!

 

[_jetset_]

Hannah has clicky hocks... she has always had them (since I bought her as a 4/5 year old, and with a 5 stage vetting). She is on Cortaflex, but I wouldn't say they click less, just never got any worse I suppose. It does not affect her way of going, and she is not stiff in them at all.

 

[kimrichards]

thanks, just wanted reasurance that me not being to worried about it was a problem, i will put her on a joint sup see what happens but thats great thank you!!!

 

[kinderhorse]

Hello
My horse too has the same problem and is on cortaflex which now makes the clicking intermitant , he has been checked over by two vets and the say he is fine and it is not causing him pain and keep giving him the cotaflex .

 

[Nudibranch]

Interesting - my horse has just been diagnosed with arthritis in 3 legs and have started noticing clicky noises in the hocks. Then again I have a clicky ankle since I wrecked it in an accident and my physio reckons clicky noises are just "one of those things" and not a sign of anything at all.

 

[Blizzard]

Lance is very clicky, just age as he is almost 19, but there has def been an improvement since i put him on glucosamine

 

[alsxx]

My 4 year old mare clicks - no amount of cortaflex or anything makes any difference, but she is as sound as a pound!! I have had two vets check her out and they are not at all concerned.