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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | ACEINTHEHOLE - 2014-05-29 2:07 PM missroselee - 2014-05-29 1:04 PM If you want opinions, get radiographs on both hocks. If you are going to inject one, just do both. If your vet isn't willing, then change vets.
It's like you putting a new sole on one sneaker but not the other...I know apples to oranges, but still.....
And find out exactly what kind of sedation that vet used. We have had some horrible horses to deal with the last 20 years and always had a sedative out there somehwere that would work.
Someone help me on this, can you give a horse bute or banamine BEFORE you get them injected? Maybe he's bad because it hurts? I don't think giving them bute or banamine before injections would be harmful... if you are doing a lameness exam you would not want to do this, as it may mask the pain and not give a accurate account of lameness and cause something to be missed.
Yes definitely not if you were doing an eval. But if you knew you were injecting no matter what, I wonder if it would benefit.
I know we inject my gelding once a year (my retired one) to keep him sound even though we don't ride him. He has spurs in both hocks. We don't xray each year but every third year we do just to keep an eye on changes. He's an angel to do though. I used a new vet last time who didn't even sedate him. I don't know if that was good or bad, but he got him done just the same without sedation. |
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Location: Florida.. | SC Wrangler - 2014-05-29 11:46 AM Are you saying that the vet only injected one hock at the last session? If that is the case I would be concerned. Every experienced equine vet that I know of would absolutely do both hocks at the same time.
Additionally putting a horse under general anesthesia carries a lot of risk, even in the healthiest of horses. I would consider it a last ditch effort, when ever other option had been exhausted.
agree.. because at some point he will need injected again.. and that could be 4 -6 months .. and would you want to put him under again? no... imho Im also shocked he only injected one hock. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | Mine sedates and twitches. I don't think laying one down would be a great idea.
The last time they injected, was the horse already upset prior to sedation?
Mine will fight a little, but when he's sedated enough he won't fuss too much. My vet deals with track horses (STB's) and she's never mentioned putting one under general for something like IA injections! |
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 Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | barrelracr131 - 2014-05-29 2:36 PM
Mine sedates and twitches. I don't think laying one down would be a great idea.
The last time they injected, was the horse already upset prior to sedation?
Mine will fight a little, but when he's sedated enough he won't fuss too much. My vet deals with track horses (STB's) and she's never mentioned putting one under general for something like IA injections!
he's never really upset, he's just a very nervous anxious horse. He's great for vaccinations and deworming even getting his feet and teeth done. The only time he's bad is when I've tried to clip his bridle path then he tries to kill you even when sedated. |
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Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | I'm waiting for the vet to call me back. I've shears loved this vet, but now having second thoughts there's another lady in town but I've seen her misdiagnose a few times. |
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