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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | I think I've asked about this before. My vet is out on a call right now and I can't speak with him till tomorrow and I would ideally like to go into this conversation with a little more knowledge than questions.
1)It was brought up in July if I was unsatisfied with regular anti-inflammatory's keeping the swelling and lameness down, injections COULD be an option. We didn't get too deep into it as we would like to assess bute treatments before we got to serious.
2)Since then, he has been worlds better, but now I feel he's having either more swelling or some resilience to bute paste. Considering we could go 3 days without bute, now I feel like he's off if he doesn't get this daily(not head bobbing lame, but coming out of the stall ouchy and will warm out of it through playing in the pasture, but lame nonetheless.)
If I get him injections, will he have to get them the rest of his life?
How long SHOULD they last?
If I get him injected, would it be fair to think he could be riding sound quickly?
If he gets injected, what's the recovery process?
Any other stories or injection facts you'd like to add into this thread would be appreciated.
3) Some things important to note. We had a shoddy trim that resulted in him hacking his foot up to make it look like he was club footed. He has a new farrier that is admittedly trimming him aggressively every other appointment to help reshape and regrow his foot, she came highly recommended from my vet and several other sources. We put shoes on him to help with the tenderness from the frozen ground, it has helped but not as much as I hoped, I'm thinking pads may be the next step, will have to talk to vet and farrier about these. I'm also completely uneducated on the topic of injections so I don't know how rapidly I'd like to approach that but if it will help I will do anything. I just want my boy feeling good :( | |
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Location: Beggs, OK | With my "navicular" horse his lameness was completely farrier related. It was constant soreness, injections, aluminum shoes, pads, wedges, and drama....I switched farriers and he didn't even have to have special shoes. He stood him up and shod him normally. X-rays will tell you a lot and include the ankle. Mine had more of an issue with high ringbone than he did with his feet. My farrier at the time just didn't know what he was looking at and was making things much more complicated than they actually were. | |
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I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | rachellyn80 - 2015-02-10 12:01 PM
With my "navicular" horse his lameness was completely farrier related. It was constant soreness, injections, aluminum shoes, pads, wedges, and drama....I switched farriers and he didn't even have to have special shoes. He stood him up and shod him normally. X-rays will tell you a lot and include the ankle. Mine had more of an issue with high ringbone than he did with his feet. My farrier at the time just didn't know what he was looking at and was making things much more complicated than they actually were.
I switched farriers in October, so time will have to tell there. already we are seeing some good progress with him getting some good shape and substance. he's a big boy and was hacked down to have little princess feet! | |
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