how often are steroid injections repeated for bone spavin?

[jessicaamy88]

my horse was diagnosed with bilateral bone spavin about 2 years ago.. i had all the scans/xrays etc done and she ended up having steroid injections and i was told by my vet to light hack for a year or breed from her. i chose to breed a gorgeous foal from her and have just started bringing her back into work. i have noticed she is short on her near hind when riding in the school and has a habit of trying to miss trot out! (she will trot if i make her with pricked ears so not sure if this is just beacause she is fresh) but after a while she gets a bit nappy and doesnt seem to want to go!!
our school is quite deep so is quite hard for her to work in and with her being quite fat and unfit im not sure if shes just being a typical "stroppy mare" or if she has strained a muscle (causing her to be short) OR her spavin is bothering her??
she is an absolute diamond out hacking and is never a bother to trot/canter but seems to dislike any schooling work.

any suggestions please???

 

[claracanter]

My horse has had the same injections and my vet said they could be repeated at any time when I felt he needed doing again. He used to be reluctant to go up into trot in the school even after the injections until he had treatment for secondary back pain caused by the spavins. He is now going well. If it was me I would talk to my vet.

 

[Birker2020]

Ask your vet about fusion using ethanol (alcohol). It is a one off injection which kills the nerves in the hock area so the horse can't feel any pain. Fusion takes place 12 -18 months down the line. Here is a website about it that I have randomly found http://drtanis.com/2011/05/12/ethyl-alcohol-joint-fusion/

Had my horse done in about March this year, hasn't looked back. Using his hocks much more although he still drags his toes, but his ears are forward and he is a happy bunny as he feels no pain. Previous to this he had Tildren, steroid injections and adequan.

Had I have been given the choice I would have bypassed the Tildren and steroid injections altogether and just opted for the fusion, but I didn't know about it at the time as this was about 4 years ago.

 

[chestnut cob]

Mine has bilateral bone spavins. He had both medicated with steroids when they were first diagnosed, a year later and then again around 2 years later. They make a massive difference to him. My vet said he could have them done every 3 months if necessary but he doesn't like to do them more often than every 6 months because of the risk of laminitis with them.