I’ve spent over $2000 trying to ease the pain of arthritis for my gelding. Problem is we both have arthritis and I can only get off and walk a couple miles of mountain before we’re both crippled. Rode him 12 years of many mountain & beach trails & mounted shooting. Grand kids & nieces love him & he loves them. Sending him with a pile of supplements and bute to a kids at risk program next week. It’s going to be tough.
Bute? Why bute? It will give him ulcers and can’t be used long-term. Have you tried Previcox for him? Previcox is far more successful at helping horses cope with chronic pain, like arthritis, and doesn’t have the side effects.
Bute? Why bute? It will give him ulcers and can’t be used long-term. Have you tried Previcox for him? Previcox is far more successful at helping horses cope with chronic pain, like arthritis, and doesn’t have the side effects.
There's significant evidence that arthritis is exacerbated, or even caused, by a chronically acidic cellular environment (low oxygen).
Try Glucosamine & MSM (methylsulfonylmethane).
Also try an alkaline diet, and alkaline supplements such as pinches of baking soda in your water and food (really), MMS (a Chlorine Dioxide solution), massively upping your dark greens and water intake, and cutting out acidic foods such as sugar, coffee, alcohol, etc.
I see no reason why the same principles wouldn't apply to your horse, too.