Long story short my friend did all the right things to ensure my horse re-injured his tendon.

(read my 2nd to last question if you want the story)

anyway. I am going to be trailering him up to my vet's next Thursday as he is speaking at some horse events this week.

I am (as many people) in a tight money situation especially after I had to pay 10 grand in taxes this year :O

I have never had to trailer my horse to my vet before since he normally can just come down here and doesn't normally need Heavy Equipment.

I'm going to guess I will be charged a "trailer in" fee.
a lameness exam fee
an ultra sound fee
and possibly shock wave.

my question is…what do these treatments/exams normally run?
ultra sounding is normally like $75/leg. correct? a lameness exam for this vet will probably be like…$100? and a trailer in fee I'm again guessing $50? but shock wave? what does that run? also, depending on what my horse has or has not done what are some other treatments he may use on him and what do they run?

basically please list any and all fee's you can think of when it comes to trailering in a horse with a tendon injury. it is mild. after an over night poultice it was cold and tight. so I turned him out thinking it was nothing and that I overreacted. and it puffed up after 4 hours of t/o. (I watched him, he didn't run or anything) then I brought him in and it was tight again! so it is kind of an indecisive tendon "injury"

he previously injured it. could it just be a flare up telling him to take it easy on the running in the field? I haven't been riding him as he is "head tossing" and I am not going to ride him until we get that figured out as well. (had an appointment for next Saturday…moved it up to Thursday since his tendon)

also does anyone know what testing for allergies etc. costs? he is "head tossing" (another one of my previous questions) they say it is often allergies or an injury to the nose. what does testing for this normally run?

sorry this is so long but I'm stressed with having to pay the government 10 grand I am running out of funds for this kind of stuff. I will of course do it and find a way but I want to know what I'm getting into if I can.

thanks!
Z666-with the allergy testing. his teeth were done mechanicially about 4 months ago (where they tranque them and dont just float them but do a through job) he also has no EM's from what i can tell…i check his ears almost every day.
i read that they often have allergies (seasonal) and it starts in spring (like his has) continues through summer, levels off in autumn and disappears in winter. he has lived in FL his whole life other than showing and we just moved him to indiana this past fall so it deff. makes sense. they say the only thing that really helps is a nasal net relief muzzle? something like that. or it can*
i cant believe you got quoted $700 more from one place to another!!! i guess it is an obvious decision
i am only trailering him to a vet because i feel as though my local vet is not as good at lameness etc. but we will see. i am going to talk to him later today and see what he can do as far as treatments his clinic offers.
good luck with your horses surgery

Fees vary wildly from place to place and from clinic to clinic.

Just as an example – My horse needs an eye removed. I got a quote for $1,000 from the local vet hospital, and another for $300 from one an hour further away.

I have had both ultrasounds and shockwaves done on one of my horses which I rescued with a pretty bad tendon lesion. The vet brought the equipment to my farm, and did it here.

When I've trailed to an equine hospital, in the past it cost more than having the vet come here (Stupid, huh?) but they've fixed that now. So usually there's no trailer in fee… that your clinic may have one.

If the horse needs shockwave treatment, or won't stand still for the ultrasound, you'll also have to pay to have it tranqed.

As far as allergy testing… I'd recommend against it. The results tend to be inconclusive. A horse will frequently react to everthing. This is a reaction to the test itself, not the allergen. Or the mast cells can be in a hyperreactive state, and react to everthing even if the horse is not allergic. One of my friend's horses tested positive for almost everything, including hay, corn, oats, and everything else they fed him. BUT, it was a seasonal allergy problem, while he ate the feed year round, so the feed could not have been the problem. She spent hundreds for the tests, more hundreds for the treatments, and the horse got no relief from the itching and pain. Another vet came in and diagnosed habromyasis (sp?), a skin parasite, with an underlying fly allergy. They were able to give it quite a bit of relief, though fly allergies are particularly difficult.

Head tossing… I'd check his teeth for dental issues and his ears for mites, as I've never heard of allergies causing head tossing.

Many vets will either set up a payment plan or subscribe to a payment assist plan, where you can pay over time.

Good Luck!

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