Cost of having hocks injected

[Christmas Crumpet]

Vet came out yesterday to see horse and we agreed to have his hocks done next week. He is insured with KBIS but having read my policy it says you pay the first £155 of any claim. Am wondering how much it will cost to have the hocks done (rough estimation) and whether its worth claiming or not. I do get that if he needs doing again in less than a year, we can claim for that too.

Any info greatly received - its been 8 years since I had a horse have his hocks done.

 

[be positive]

It will be over £155 and you have to declare it anyway so if the insurance co are willing to pay out it makes sense to claim, you will also be covered if there are any complications arising from the injections, laminitis is a possible side effect and if they are not in the loop you may find they are not happy to pay out, yesterdays visit, xrays will probably be in the region of £200 so the injections will be added to that, if he has not been xrayed then I would get them done so you know what is really going on, if you end up having to do more invasive treatment later it helps to know where you were at the start.

 

[Abacus]

The total cost of mine recently was about £370 including x-rays - so probably worth claiming.

ETA - this was just one leg...

 

[Hanno Verian]

It will be over £155 and you have to declare it anyway so if the insurance co are willing to pay out it makes sense to claim, you will also be covered if there are any complications arising from the injections, laminitis is a possible side effect and if they are not in the loop you may find they are not happy to pay out, yesterdays visit, xrays will probably be in the region of £200 so the injections will be added to that, if he has not been xrayed then I would get them done so you know what is really going on, if you end up having to do more invasive treatment later it helps to know where you were at the start.

That's interesting I had no idea that laminitis was a possible side effect, I had my ID's hocks injected in August and lost him to Laminitis in Jan.

 

[Abacus]

I doubt the laminitis 5 months later was related... the vet told me that it is very rare as a side-effect and they just have to make you aware, it's slightly more likely among very lami-prone horses. I have had several joint injections both in front feet and in hocks with 2 horses, and neither has had laminitis.

 

[be positive]

That's interesting I had no idea that laminitis was a possible side effect, I had my ID's hocks injected in August and lost him to Laminitis in Jan.

It tends to come on fairly quickly after the injections if they are going to get it, there is a definite link but some vets seem to be less concerned than others and a few seem to deny a link completely, my vet is cautious and warns people before treating the horse.

 

[ester]

Yes it would happen quickly, I think it is worth being aware of but probably rarer than the internet makes it feel sometimes. My own vet told me someone had done quite a big analysis recently and the risk was relatively small, and I wonder if they are horses a bit 'on the edge' for other reasons too.

 

[spacefaer]

We had hocks injected last year and it was £160 for both.

 

[rabatsa]

Just paid £430 for hocks and sacral illiac injections but the price included £80 lameness work up.

 

[SEL]

Yes it would happen quickly, I think it is worth being aware of but probably rarer than the internet makes it feel sometimes. My own vet told me someone had done quite a big analysis recently and the risk was relatively small, and I wonder if they are horses a bit 'on the edge' for other reasons too.

My overweight PSSM horse had to have two doses of steroids in quick succession to bring down a stomach inflammation the other week. The vet and I were both on laminitis watch and I did notice a slight softening in her usually tough feet - but that could have been a reaction to being ill as well. Apparently the view is that if they have had laminitis before then they are very high risk, but if no history and management stays the same the risk is low.

I'd like her to have her hocks injected too, but there is a greater risk the more steroid injections they have. We're going to review in Oct & if she's slimmed down then take the risk.

 

[LovesCobs]

I paid over £600 but that included lameness work up and x Rays on all 4 etc both hocks injected.
It was worth claiming and pony needed to be lean to keep the lami chance as low as possible

 

[ROMANY 1959]

Watching this with interest as just getting ok from insurance to do same for step daughters big ID