MRI cost at Leahurst

Not Leahurst but I have just been quoted £950 including basic sedation for a 16.2 TB to have a pastern joint and down MRI at Liphook. My bill will come in at more when he goes as he has to have a lot more than basic sedation.
 
Again, not Leahurst but I had my mare's front feet done (both) for £1200 in Kent.

If you ring and ask they will quote you - thats what I did, vet said they usually refer to their chosen hospital but as I was paying for it I could get quotes and he would make the referral.
 
Can we help you avoid the cost? What are they scanning for? If it's for front foot lameness many of us have experience of rehabbing both scanned and non scanned horses.
 
thanks for the replies , ct prayers Showjumper lame in front ,
Toe pointing , and reluctance to put all weight on it , despite being on bute , vets discussed MRI but not insured so
Cost is down to me , nerve blocked and showed foot pain ,
Had straight bar shoes and gel pads on and vets back out again tomoz x
 
racebuddy said:
thanks for the replies , ct prayers Showjumper lame in front ,
Toe pointing , and reluctance to put all weight on it , despite being on bute , vets discussed MRI but not insured so
Cost is down to me , nerve blocked and showed foot pain ,
Had straight bar shoes and gel pads on and vets back out again tomoz x
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I would ask your vet how the recommended treatment is going to change depending on what soft tissue damage the mri identifies.

Thread after thread on here seems to suggest that the exact same drugs, box rest and remedial shoeing are prescribed no matter what soft tissue damage is found - ddft, collateral ligament, impar ligament.

Then do a lot of research into barefoot rehab, starting with rockleyfarm.blogspot.com, which has a success rate roughly four times as high in returning horses to full work. PM the farrier heelfirst for his opinion on bar shoes. Start another thread asking for people's experiences of barefoot rehabs, there are many on here. I have done two, both long term lame after the whole gamut of conventional treatment. Both sound to jump in under four months.

And then make your own mind up about whether spending several thousand pounds on mri and then follow up treatment is the right course of action for you or your horse.

Best wishes with this, it will probably be a conflicting time for you, with so few vets understanding how effective barefoot rehab is compared to conventional therapies.
 
No experience of MRI's touch wood as no insurance either - but just loved the new name allocated to Cptrayes by Racebuddy - ctprayers !!! That's obviously why your two were successful!!
 
Woodsider said:
No experience of MRI's touch wood as no insurance either - but just loved the new name allocated to Cptrayes by Racebuddy - ctprayers !!! That's obviously why your two were successful!!
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:D

I hadn't spotted it, I'm so used to my name being spelt wrong. I got a letter addressed to Mrs Trash once :D
 
Agree with CPT.

Ask your vet exactly what difference it would make to the treatment and outcome. A couple of times vet's have suggested MRI's to me and were surprised when I asked how it would change how we treated it and the prognosis.

The answer was the same both times; It won't.
 
thanks for your replies , and sorry spelt name
Wrong !! Vets examined today deep
Worse with new shoes and gel pads on and
Testing possible to hoof testers which he hasn't done in the past , having shoes off and X-rays done and see we're we go then ,
Just so worried about him x
 
Last time a vet suggested an MRI for a horse with non specific foot pain I said what do you think it is he said X and if it's X what will we do he said three months box rest so we did the box rest and the horse was sound.
Saved myself a lot of money .
However he was an old horse heading for retirement in the not to distant future .
 
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