Cortaflex when dealing with a Spavin

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I was advised to put my boy on cortaflex HA for 6 weeks then bring him back onto his regular joint supplement (equiflex) as a maintainer.

After being diagnosed with a mild hock spavin he's not being schooled now just hacked out 4/5 times a week and we'll probably continue with this over the winter and bring him back into the school next spring.

Just wondered what other advice people have with dealing with a spavin....

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Hiya my lad has bone spavin in both his hocks, its in the advanced stages where the bone changes have completed but hes doing just fine now.

Indi is on Cortaflex permenantly as i just dont trust anything else to do the job and i believe you get what you pay for etc.

He also has cortizone injections every 8 months in each hock and for those very very bad days he goes on bute but those are getting less and less now thank god!.

I think if you just manage him with gentle exercise, cortaflex and advise from your vet you will enjoy your horse just as you did before the diagnosis.

My only advise for people who own horses with spavin is think of your horse before you do anything, dont bomb around because if it were your knees or ankles that were bad you wouldnt want to be run around would you.
 
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Hiya my lad has bone spavin in both his hocks, its in the advanced stages where the bone changes have completed but hes doing just fine now.

Indi is on Cortaflex permenantly as i just dont trust anything else to do the job and i believe you get what you pay for etc.

He also has cortizone injections every 8 months in each hock and for those very very bad days he goes on bute but those are getting less and less now thank god!.

I think if you just manage him with gentle exercise, cortaflex and advise from your vet you will enjoy your horse just as you did before the diagnosis.

My only advise for people who own horses with spavin is think of your horse before you do anything, dont bomb around because if it were your knees or ankles that were bad you wouldnt want to be run around would you.

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Equiflex is good as a manager - it has more or less the same stuff as normal cortaflex but apparently the HA has super duper amounts in!
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Yesterday he was a bit stiff on his back leg so walked for 30 mins - then he suddenly perked up and had a very controlled, short canter. Atleast we know what we're up against now.

He'll never be a jumper but has paces to die for - hopefully next spring he'll start to fulfill that!
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My last horse developed bone spavin at 14. I had the hocks medicated and maintained him on Cortaflex and gave him Cortavet the day before/on/after when he was doing harder work. He went back to jumping though very minimal size around 2'6 just for fun and kept to cross country as he could take the fences in his stride rather than have to come back on his hocks. He was find and was about to have the hock re-medicated a year later when I lost him to a puncture wound. It really depends on the horse and how well they respond to the treatment. I reckon I had one or two more years before I would have cut out the jumping completely and retired him to a happy hacker completely. Hope that helps (PS the cortavet was from the vet and got it on insurance for the first 12 months). Good luck!
 
Cant recommend Cortaflex enough, i think it was what allowed me to continue competing my mare at a decent level - she happily evented at PN level for fun

If you can, whilst on holiday in america, or know someone out there is buy it online and get it brought back or shipped

For the gallon container, I paid as much as the smallest liquid we can get (around £55) in the UK

There is life after spavin diagnosis, it might not be what it was before but it can still be fun. Sven @ Willesley said he also had a horse on a junior team with it also

I also fed my mare soya oil and cider vinegar to assist

Fingers crossed for you x
 
I brought some Cortaflex HA today to kick start and have equiflex as a maintainer. If the Cortaflex makes a dramatic difference then I think I'll keep him on it though.

He will never jump as he hates it (not due to hocks but being blind in one eye) but I'd love him to do more dressage as he really does have a talent for it.

He'll just be hacking this winter now and hopefully will be much better by the spring....
 
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