Does anyone have any experience of this as an alternative to injecting hocks with steroids? A conversation with one of my vets brought the subject up and it appears that it's an effective alternative for those who cannot have steroids due to laminitis risk so I'm very interested. It would appear the only downside is cost, though that's not as bad as her initial comment made me expect! And it would mean I wasn't paying for a daily bute. Reading up on it from google searches it actually sounds like a better alternative than the steroids even if they were an option for him, but I'm just wondering if anyone has first hand experience of it or even seen it used in someone else's horse. No need to send me internet links, the chances are I've seen them!
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know nothing about it would be interested as Buddy is on bute and can't have steroid injections due to laminitis risk as well
@diplomaticandtactful it sounds like you're in the same boat as me, and that's why I was so excited by this. I'd certainly suggest googling it as there is some information out there, and also have a chat with your vet. If, as seems very likely, I go ahead with it I'll let you know but it may not be for a while because if they have to be kept in for a while after I'll need to wait until everyone is in at night - His Welshness doesn't do standing in quietly unless everyone is in, and while I can probably keep him in the stable I can't make him rest and say still!
Bud is managing quite well without it, on danilon 1/2 sachet twice a week and joint medication daily. He would not pass a flexion test or in a circle but he is fine in straight lines and still has a blast up the field. Unfortunatley his insurance for this is now expired so wish i had known about it earlier when it was in force
@diplomaticandtactful I don't know how long it's been readily available for horses as a joint medication, it hadn't been mentioned to me before and my practice is a specialised equine one with many top level completion horses on it's books so stuff like this is important to them. Also if Bud is coping well on that low a level of danilon and a joint supplement then it may well be that he isn't at a point where medicating hocks will be of much benefit - I don't know, I'm not a vet.
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