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| Does anyone have any experience with a capped hock?? I understand it will probably never go down completely but has any had any luck at least reducing it?? If so what are the best remedies!!! |
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| nothing...if it is sore or causes discomfort you can cold hose or ice it, otherwise it will go down on it's own but never completely go away. |
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| That is what I thought. I have tried everything under the sun with absolutely no luck!
He did have some infection set up in it that I am treating with antibiotics which is causing some lameness but I am hoping that goes away. |
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Location: Randolph, Utah | I used ice boots and sore no more mud on my horse that I had with a capped hock, never went down completely but it did help. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | One of my mares has a permanently capped hock. She split open the point, ruptured a tendon sheath, and had to have surgery. Was sound the entire time. She was 2 when she did it, and is now 4--it hasn't bothered her at all to be ridden. It's 100% cosmetic at this point. If your horse has or had an infection, I would be getting it looked at. |
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Location: Midwest | Mine had an infection (in the skin) at the point. It never went down all the way. I cold hosed and poulticed it until the infection was gone, and buted as needed for the intial few days, along with two buckets of Uniprim.
He recovered fine and while it is a little bigger than the other one, he has no lingering issues from that injury.
I would be using SNM poultice. It helped me draw the pus out of the infected area.
I would have a vet involved if you don't. Joint or tendon sheath infections can get serious real fast. |
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| He has been to the vet and I have been in touch with him routinely since so we are keeping a close eye on him.
I have cold hosed, ice boots, sore no more, bot hock wraps, etc.. I am hoping once we get infection cleared up it will start to go down at least some. I has been the single most frustrating thing feeling like nothing you do helps! |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | barrelracr131 - 2014-07-21 2:20 PM
Mine had an infection (in the skin) at the point. It never went down all the way. I cold hosed and poulticed it until the infection was gone, and buted as needed for the intial few days, along with two buckets of Uniprim.
He recovered fine and while it is a little bigger than the other one, he has no lingering issues from that injury.
I would be using SNM poultice. It helped me draw the pus out of the infected area.
I would have a vet involved if you don't. Joint or tendon sheath infections can get serious real fast.
SNM poultice is so versatile. I'm using to help protect a really bad coronet band abscess wound while it heals. Spray vetrycin, cover with SNM, let dry, and I can leave it unwrapped as long as she doesn't get it wet.
OP, don't worry so much about what it ends up looking like--you will quit noticing after a while. And it's a common injury, so as long as the horse is sound, I don't think very many people would be turned off by it if you ever wanted to sell the horse. |
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| Thank you so much. Makes me feel a ton better!! This is my first experience.. |
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