mez
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has anyone had any experience of the side effects and if so was there any treatment?
novice event horse know crippled.
my horse was diagonised with artheritis and bone spavins in the hock so he was injected six times into his hocks, all was fine he felt better but not quite even on both legs, he was back into full work, just not jumping.
3 weeks later the vet looked at him and decided to inject into his back as he was very tight, he did not have his back xrayed. he was sedated for this, he woke up from the sedation and i went to put him back into the stable as advised by vet and he couldnt walk, he had no control of his back legs just kept crossing them over and falling down, we managed someohow to get him to a stable. it took five hours for his back legs to work properly again for him to manage to walk back to his stable. the next day he seemed okay just a bit stiff. i did as vet advised 3 days of , 3 days lunge then bring back into work, vet said he;d be fine to walk, trot, canter back competing in a month. been having problems bringing him back to work he was really struggling to go up hills and felt wobbley. this is on one bute a day and cosequin.
spoke to vet upped bute to two a day and vet coming out in a couple of days. horse still not feeling right.
vet comes out says hes reacted to injections but theres obviously something else going on, but doesnt say what and doesnt suggest investigating.
tells me to take him off bute and try new drug, exercise gently and we;ll know in next couple weeks what will happen. says im going to struggle to event him again but we should try.
i rode him out at a walk yesterday and hes crippled, wobbley and struggles bit time to do a little walk, i felt awful.
we;re all thinking that we;re going to have to retire him but im gutted, he was a fit horse that was suppose to novice event this season and hopefully intermediate next year, now he cant even walk out on a hack.
any suggestions or anyone in a similar situation with info greatly appreciated.
sorry soo long! thanks for reading
novice event horse know crippled.
my horse was diagonised with artheritis and bone spavins in the hock so he was injected six times into his hocks, all was fine he felt better but not quite even on both legs, he was back into full work, just not jumping.
3 weeks later the vet looked at him and decided to inject into his back as he was very tight, he did not have his back xrayed. he was sedated for this, he woke up from the sedation and i went to put him back into the stable as advised by vet and he couldnt walk, he had no control of his back legs just kept crossing them over and falling down, we managed someohow to get him to a stable. it took five hours for his back legs to work properly again for him to manage to walk back to his stable. the next day he seemed okay just a bit stiff. i did as vet advised 3 days of , 3 days lunge then bring back into work, vet said he;d be fine to walk, trot, canter back competing in a month. been having problems bringing him back to work he was really struggling to go up hills and felt wobbley. this is on one bute a day and cosequin.
spoke to vet upped bute to two a day and vet coming out in a couple of days. horse still not feeling right.
vet comes out says hes reacted to injections but theres obviously something else going on, but doesnt say what and doesnt suggest investigating.
tells me to take him off bute and try new drug, exercise gently and we;ll know in next couple weeks what will happen. says im going to struggle to event him again but we should try.
i rode him out at a walk yesterday and hes crippled, wobbley and struggles bit time to do a little walk, i felt awful.
we;re all thinking that we;re going to have to retire him but im gutted, he was a fit horse that was suppose to novice event this season and hopefully intermediate next year, now he cant even walk out on a hack.
any suggestions or anyone in a similar situation with info greatly appreciated.
sorry soo long! thanks for reading