SEL
Well-Known Member
The diva horse's hocks were x-rayed last November and found to have arthritic changes at the grand old age of 6. Tried catrophen to no effect and planning steroids.
Despite getting her weight down the vets are saying they think there is a laminitis risk as she's a very good doer. I've been doing my on-line googling and from what I can tell the risk of laminitis from a one time injection isn't that high, its multiple injections that increase the risk.
I'm a bit stuck. She's got PSSM and is getting less and less tolerant of exercise because her hocks are sore - and without the exercise her muscles get sore. A few weeks of danilon and the stomach issues flared up, so that's now off the agenda too.
My gut feeling is to go ahead with the steroids and just keep everything crossed. Apart from the usual low sugar / starch protocol is there anything else I can do to minimise the laminitis risk?
Despite getting her weight down the vets are saying they think there is a laminitis risk as she's a very good doer. I've been doing my on-line googling and from what I can tell the risk of laminitis from a one time injection isn't that high, its multiple injections that increase the risk.
I'm a bit stuck. She's got PSSM and is getting less and less tolerant of exercise because her hocks are sore - and without the exercise her muscles get sore. A few weeks of danilon and the stomach issues flared up, so that's now off the agenda too.
My gut feeling is to go ahead with the steroids and just keep everything crossed. Apart from the usual low sugar / starch protocol is there anything else I can do to minimise the laminitis risk?