How much would you expect to pay for a horse with Artiritis?

Ditto Nic01 - would need more information really
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What sort of horse, can arthritis be managed with pain medication, what is horse being sold as - i.e. companion, hack, etc. More info please!
 
Depends on so much - he horse, type of arthritis, age, stage of deterioration....
I have to say, don't think there is much of a market really except as a happy hacker, as anyone buying a horse with arthritis to do more than that could be disappointed when they go lame after a while....my mare was diagnosed years ago and I would never sell her on as I think she'd have a very uncertain future. She is out on loan but stays at our yard, and I've always said if she really couldn't be ridden any moer and couldn't be a lawnmower with us for whatever reason I'd have her pts rather than sell her on, as who knows where she'd end up? Having said that if I did offer her to the lady who loans her I think she'd probably give me £1000 or so for as she loves her to pieces, does exactly what she needs her to do, and would be a great nanny for her youngster. ets she is a 16hh WB mare, 16 years old, lovely temprament, used to have the scope to jump a 5 bar gate from a trot....so no much compared to what she would have been worth in her heyday!
However, on a positive note I know plenty of horses, including her. still out and about doing almost as much as they were before being diagnosed. It takes management and depends on the case/seriousness of course, but isn't necesarily cause to write a horse off!
 
What a shame for you
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TBH to a lot of people he has nil value, as managing the arthritis will be an ongoing concern. No reason why he cannot go and do great things, but it WILL put people off and insurance will be tough to find.
 
It depends on how bad the arthritis is - I have two with arthritis. One is kept ticking over and is hacking sound by having a bute in his morning feed before he is hacked. But he is only hacked very gently - just to keep him interested and his joints mobile. The other has been diagnosed with arthritis of the coffin joint, she has remedial shoeing (quite expensive) and has had two injections of corticosteroids into the joint. We are hoping she will come sound enough to hack about. I wouldn't consider selling either of them as they need careful and occasionally expensive management and I wouldn't want them to face an uncertain future. I would guess that their value would be minimal.
 
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ok...that's good. i love oscar
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how is he at the minute?

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Had the vet out today, cos he is going down on his right leg, because he has a sore left leg (sidebone) the right leg is beggining to get worse. Vet thinks it will be ringbone, arthiritus. Having X Rays next week to tell. Probs will not sell, as mum could still hack. Depends how bad it is, but by looking at some of the posts in Vetenary, it looks like it gets worse
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It depends on how bad the arthritis is - I have two with arthritis. One is kept ticking over and is hacking sound by having a bute in his morning feed before he is hacked. But he is only hacked very gently - just to keep him interested and his joints mobile. The other has been diagnosed with arthritis of the coffin joint, she has remedial shoeing (quite expensive) and has had two injections of corticosteroids into the joint. We are hoping she will come sound enough to hack about. I wouldn't consider selling either of them as they need careful and occasionally expensive management and I wouldn't want them to face an uncertain future. I would guess that their value would be minimal.

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Yeah, its the expense of the shoeing and treatment I dont think we would be able to afford. I really hope its not bad
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oh i'm sorry Soph
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He's such a great boy and loves his jumping. Would you be able to get something else to jump/XC, etc if he can't anymore?

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I dont think we would be able to afford another one, qould love to though
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Is he insured? You'll get a years worth of treatment etc if he is....we had corticosteroids etc the first time tia was diagnosed. Second time was her hocks fusing and we didn't have insurance payout as she was excluded by then, but vet said not point anyway as she was too far gone! But she is fine at the moment and has normal shoes etc. Living out helps as she doesn't stiffen up.
 
Years ago I had horses with arthritis, I had had them years & they were part of the family. We paid vet bills & eventually had to have both PTS due to their condition.

To be brutally honest if your horse has this condition he will be of little or no value. You may be able to get insurance for him, unlikely though, but there would probably so many exclusions on it that it wouldn't be worth bothering.

It is a progressive illness & you will get vet bills from now on & probably heavier ones as he ages & the condition deteriorates. Sorry
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On a more positive note, my old hunter hunted for 6 seasons on no bute after being diagnosed with ringbone. Like all of the arthritic conditions, the severity and speed of deteriation varies fron horse to horse. There were many old ponies at ponyclub with obvious sidebone who seemed to go on forever.

I really hope Oscar improves for you.
 
I wouldn't contemplate buying anything with arthritis - probably wouldn't be given one. Sorry, unless someone has endless amounts of money (or is confortable) and wants a safe horse to do just a bit of hacking with. I know many horses compete with arthritis but is is a degenerative disease and will eventually cause the horse a lot of pain.
 
Please wait to hear what your vet says before thinking the worst Skewbaldappo, there are so many different variations and treatments and success stories and also worst case scenarios... Of course you want other peoples opinions but dont work yourself up about it before the Xrays.
 
I bought my boy with arthritis in his coffin joint for £1750 and yep I know I paid too much for him but I had him on loan so was already attached.
I have had 2 fantastic years with him before having to semi retire him and I don't regret a single thing.
Definately wait until you get a definate diagnosis and find out all possible treatments that are availible to your horse before thinking of what next
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Good luck, will keep my finger's crossed for you
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My horse was diagnosed with arthritis in his fetlock and ringbone last year (Near fore), and this year with arthritis in both hocks. Chances are his off fore is affected too but had no reason to investigate as yet. He is 11 years old and vet said to keep him as mobile as possible. He has now been living out for 4 months and is doing really well. He is ridden daily, sometimes twice a day. I don't think I would ever sell him as I know his condition will get worse as time goes on and I would be really concerned about how he was looked after. At the moment he is really happy in himself (did a 15 mile sponsored ride at the weekend), and the longer I can keep him that way, the better.
 
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Had the vet out today, cos he is going down on his right leg, because he has a sore left leg (sidebone) the right leg is beggining to get worse. Vet thinks it will be ringbone, arthiritus. Having X Rays next week to tell.

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Morally I couldn't sell a horse like this I'm afraid - and you would have a hard time finding a buyer anyway. If you can find a realiable companion home for him great, or obviously keep him yourself in retirement - even better.

I have had two horses like this - and ultimately they were put down, rather than pass them on to an unknown future.
 
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