ducktails
Well-Known Member
Sorry to post this in here as well but i need to call the vet back today and any info/questions i can gather will be of help.
We have just got back from the vets for our 3rd lameness work up of the year and have finally come to a conclusion of spavin, kind of.
Basically all hock x rays are clear and both my local practice and newmarket agree that there are no boney changes, however the mare is coming sound when the hock joint is blocked out. My vet has therefore treated her with steroid injections on the last two work ups but they have made little or no difference to her. The latest diagnosis from today that there is inflammation in the hock joint but it is below the bone (sorry cant remember the proper name) so there will be no boney changes that we can see and the reason that she is not responding is because the steroid is not reaching where it needs to reach... so what now?
My vet wants to try tildren and then has basically said if tildren doesnt work she is a lost cause and we go for loss of use. The mare is only 7 but she doesnt have great hind leg confo (very straight, say 7 out of 10 for straightness) so the worry is that she will not stand up to any amount of work in the future, but I will try every option for her..
So other than for someone to blubber away at so late at night u might think what do i want help with, well..
1) has anyone had any experience of this before, horse is blocking sound to hock blocks but no changes to actually indicate spavin
2) do you think i should carry on down the diagnostic route incase my vet is wrong?
3) Tildren?? yay, nay? from what i can make out it will never be a complete fix and once we are past the 12 months claim i will be left paying for the tildren treatments my self
4) Loss of use, Im with E&L (I can here you groan already) any tips? In an ideal world the tildren wil work and i wont need to claim for it but if the last few months are to go by we dont live in an ideal world :O(
Cheers for getting this far, as always any advice appreciated I really love this mare and I want to give her every chance possible.
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We have just got back from the vets for our 3rd lameness work up of the year and have finally come to a conclusion of spavin, kind of.
Basically all hock x rays are clear and both my local practice and newmarket agree that there are no boney changes, however the mare is coming sound when the hock joint is blocked out. My vet has therefore treated her with steroid injections on the last two work ups but they have made little or no difference to her. The latest diagnosis from today that there is inflammation in the hock joint but it is below the bone (sorry cant remember the proper name) so there will be no boney changes that we can see and the reason that she is not responding is because the steroid is not reaching where it needs to reach... so what now?
My vet wants to try tildren and then has basically said if tildren doesnt work she is a lost cause and we go for loss of use. The mare is only 7 but she doesnt have great hind leg confo (very straight, say 7 out of 10 for straightness) so the worry is that she will not stand up to any amount of work in the future, but I will try every option for her..
So other than for someone to blubber away at so late at night u might think what do i want help with, well..
1) has anyone had any experience of this before, horse is blocking sound to hock blocks but no changes to actually indicate spavin
2) do you think i should carry on down the diagnostic route incase my vet is wrong?
3) Tildren?? yay, nay? from what i can make out it will never be a complete fix and once we are past the 12 months claim i will be left paying for the tildren treatments my self
4) Loss of use, Im with E&L (I can here you groan already) any tips? In an ideal world the tildren wil work and i wont need to claim for it but if the last few months are to go by we dont live in an ideal world :O(
Cheers for getting this far, as always any advice appreciated I really love this mare and I want to give her every chance possible.
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