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Post by charliedales on Sept 3, 2010 19:31:19 GMT -1
Lovely molls has been diagnosed with a hock spavin, vet has a good plan of action to suit her, and I plan to give her Reiki treatments, herbs and magnetic boots to help.
Am just wondering what other people's experiences are of dealing with them?
I'm concerned about workload, which my vet will advise on, but i don't want to overdo things and exacerbate her problem long-term.
ty all x
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Post by SuzieP on Sept 3, 2010 20:23:25 GMT -1
Sorry to hear that. I don't have first hand experience, but the cob I used to own now has hock spavin. His current owner told me last week that he's doing fine and it doesn't seem to be affecting him at all as yet. I think the prognosis is good, provided workload isn't heavy or demanding.
Bea has arthritis in his fetlock and I've had good results with Synequin - a rather expensive joint supplement. The vet can prescribe it until the insurance runs out. I get it online now for about £50 cheaper than the vet supplies it.
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Post by harleydales on Sept 8, 2010 10:49:15 GMT -1
A lot of people now carry on working them gently, little and often, which seems to help to keep the joint moving - much like arthritis in humans I suppose.
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Post by charliedales on Sept 11, 2010 9:13:32 GMT -1
ty, it's in early stages so vet thinks she'll be more sore now than when it settles down, would never have known if the blacksmith hadn't said she was really reluctant to hold her leg up for him, she's not lame at all!
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Post by zeldalithgow on Sept 11, 2010 10:00:22 GMT -1
It was only Sara that could feel that Prince wasn't right, before he was diagnosed. The head honcho at the Dick vets told us that 70% of horses have spavins.
We were also told that it was better for Prince to live out 24/7 as keeps the joints moving where as stabling would make him seize up. I've now got him on turmeric and ginger to help the arthritis (not that he seems to be sore), but for years he hasn't had any supplements for it - but he isn't in work if he was it might be different, I did give him herbs when he was first diagnosed. I've read that you should be careful giving glucosamine to horse that have had or are susceptible to laminitis.
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Post by mickey on Sept 23, 2010 17:27:52 GMT -1
It depends which bone in the hock has the spavin- one of them in an ideal world would fuse, the other one you dont want to fuse. If its the one they want to fuse the vets do usually want the horse working. One the joint has fused it's more comfortable as the 2 bone dont "rub" over each other.
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