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ShowJumperBeckii

ShowJumperBeckii

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I Fed ebs last night and noticed as she moved the bowl around she wouldt walk to it? she streched her front legs or shuffled and slowly swinged around so her hocks werent on the little contrect bit before the bedding, they had some heat and now today she doesnt seem as stiff [but she did have brute last night] but shes got heat and i feel as if the heats like below her hocks? :confused:
iv given her some more brute and left her in [no ones going out today] and shall hose them later but i dont want to panic unless its just a 'off day'
PLEASE dont shoot me down For asking!! her hock injections aint due until the end of this month [has them yearly] silly question really do you think its worth getting them out next week or over the weekend?
thanks x
 
why was she having Bute (no R in it ;) ) before you noticed the problem?

If the vet is due in a few weeks I'd just get them out a bit earlier. You know she has arthritus in her hocks and really the best thing for her would to be out and walking around. Standing in a stable is the worst thing you can do for a horse with arthritus/bone spavins.
 
she still had some food left so when she was seems stiff i secerltly shoved it in ;)
i cant get her out if no one going out? she tries to jump out or runs thought the fence :o
Yeah what i thought hes due soon so might as well come out 3 weeks early :) thanks x
 
Please don't take this the wrong way, but this is an honest question. When you know that your horse has these problems why do you ride her the way you do? You are always mentioning how high you jump and what work you are doing - can you not see that this is having a knock on effect? How long do you think that the injections will last for her?

I would call the vet and explain her problems and you were thinking that it might be best for them to come and see her now and give her the injections early. I would also be very honest with the vet about the work you have been doing and what you expect of her and see if they are happy and what her 'life expectancy' will be if you choose to continue.

My best friend was given a show jumper last summer, he had the same issues but was 8, we were told that he was still a little off but with rest he would come right. He had treatment like your mare with the injections until they stopped working, the damage that he had done whilst jumping these tracks and having the injections was so severe that the poor thing couldn't even stand on 4 legs, we had him scanned and pumped full of bute for his pain till we go the results and he was then pts. He was the most wonderful, wonderful horse and all that because someone just couldn't slow down.

I am not having a dig but I just hope that you can have a completely honest talk with your vet about Ebs as from your posts, there is always something wrong with her.
 
When you book the vet make sure she has had NO bute for at least 7 days (it takes that long for it to go out of the system). You need the vet to see her as she actually is, not on painkillers.

Do you have her x rayed every year before treatment? To monitor the progress? I know I would be.

How often does she not get turnout? This really isn't ideal and if it is fairly regular I'd be considering moving somewhere that can offer better grazing....
 
Yeah i see where your coming from lochpearl i was thinking to myself today what going to happen with her work when he comes again to do her joints, cause he probally will ask what im doing as i was told last year i could jump and he is coming back this year will acess her and see if she needs the joint injections as he told us he would only give them if he felt the need!
yes we have a indoor and outdoor school that i could let her loose in for 30mins ect
and no we cant move its the nearest yard around us, and im not sure if he will x ray her ect he just said hes going to acess her :) thanks x
 
I would deff let her have a couple of sessions in the school today then, or any day when she can't get to the field. Standing still all day will be doing nothing for her hocks!
 
When the vet said that you could jump, did he said how high how much? i.e. you could go out competing 1.10 at weekends and jump school in the week also, or did he just say you could jump her, which in his mind could have meant the odd little clear round at a local show type of thing?

It is inevitable that the more you do with her - jumping the more likely she will break. I have one that has had all sorts of problems since I got him as a 4 year old, had 5 weeks riding and he broke, had a year box rest, lots of treatment and then surgery last june, I have been slowly bringing him back into work since about Sept/Oct and we are still walking. I know that the slower I take it, the more likely he will be to survive to a decent age. He is wrapped in cotton wool. Again, this is not a dig, I just can't really see why it isn't obvious to you that the more you do with her the worse she seems to get.

With her condition, I agree, no turn out is terrible for her, but you can walk her in hand when you go to the yard, let her loose in the school if she wont go ballistic. Even walk her round the school for a leg stretch, just please don't be jumping or doing any circles or fast work until the vet has been to see her. As others have said too, bute will only mask a multitude of problems, don't give her anymore and see if the vet will come and see her at the end of next week when she is clear.
 
PLEASE dont shoot me down For asking!! her hock injections aint due until the end of this month [has them yearly] silly question really do you think its worth getting them out next week or over the weekend?
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If she's receiving medication from the vet for problems with the hocks then you need to ring them and make an appointment for next week.
 
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