superpony
Well-Known Member
My 8 year old TB was diagnosed with navicular June 2010, he has worn eggbars ever since and been on a danilon a day. He has been fine hacking, schooling, small jumps etc, up until about 8/9 weeks ago when he went lame again.
Hes not badly lame in a straight line but isn't *right* and is quite obviously lame on a circle especially on hard ground. He was re xrayed a few weeks ago and the navicular hasn't detoriated but he is still lame despite being reshod by another farrier.
On the barefoot front... I have thought about/researched it and my vets do not recommend it to help him, if the tildren doesn't work/I decide not to do the tildren then I am going to take his shoes off and let him chill in the field and see what happens but I want to follow the vets advice first..
I have spoken to the vets and the last resort before retirement is tildren, at the cost of approx £500. I am happy to pay this (he is no longer covered under insurance for navicular) if there is a decent chance of marked improvement, however I do want to be throwing good money after bad!!!!
Also he is very sensitive so I am worried about the stress of it all as well as the risk of colic afterwards etc! And whether it will make enough of an improvement to ride him again.
So I was wondering if anyone could share their experiences on navicular/tildren please? Good and bad welcomed!!!
Hes not badly lame in a straight line but isn't *right* and is quite obviously lame on a circle especially on hard ground. He was re xrayed a few weeks ago and the navicular hasn't detoriated but he is still lame despite being reshod by another farrier.
On the barefoot front... I have thought about/researched it and my vets do not recommend it to help him, if the tildren doesn't work/I decide not to do the tildren then I am going to take his shoes off and let him chill in the field and see what happens but I want to follow the vets advice first..
I have spoken to the vets and the last resort before retirement is tildren, at the cost of approx £500. I am happy to pay this (he is no longer covered under insurance for navicular) if there is a decent chance of marked improvement, however I do want to be throwing good money after bad!!!!
Also he is very sensitive so I am worried about the stress of it all as well as the risk of colic afterwards etc! And whether it will make enough of an improvement to ride him again.
So I was wondering if anyone could share their experiences on navicular/tildren please? Good and bad welcomed!!!