Any one had experience with wobblers

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My friend is in bits, her 5 yr old Clydesdale has always been abit trippy but she put that down to him being a giant dangley monster but when he went a little lame behind, the vet, without any tests, said it was wobblers and she should Pts. Surely you can't make that kind of diagnosis with no tests, X-rays etc. any advice ?
 
You're correct. He should be X-rayed to determine if he has compression of the spinal cord, and, if so, where. He should have other tests to rule out any conditions that can cause ataxia, and a loss of proprioception. Unfortunately, at 5 years of age, there might not be anything that can be done for the horse if he is found to have wobblers. The biggest danger owning a wobbler is the possibility of the horse falling over onto his handler/farrier/vet, etc. He is also a danger to himself. Perhaps your friend could have a more in depth conversation with her vet.
 
Always get a second opinion..nothing to do with wobblers..but changing vets saved one of my horse's lives last summer. I wouldn't trust one who made such a visual diagnosis based on a horse just being lame.
 
My horse was diagnosed with Wobblers nearly a year ago. Had every test under the sun to try to prove that this was the case but never found one.

Got a second opinion who x-rayed his back and found ligaments etc out of line from a suspected fall as a jumper.

Horse is still deemed as mildly ataxic but we're competing and he's coming on in leaps and bounds now!
 
I thought X-rays at least should be done before panicking the owner. Had a convo with her today and turns out the back leg he is lame on is the one he has mud fever and thrush !!! I have told her to get a second opinion for sure
 
neep said:
I thought X-rays at least should be done before panicking the owner. Had a convo with her today and turns out the back leg he is lame on is the one he has mud fever and thrush !!! I have told her to get a second opinion for sure
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That is more likely to make him lame than wobblers, did the vet even treat the obvious problems before jumping to such a dramatic diagnosis:confused: I would get a second opinion once the thrush and mud fever have been dealt with but it is likely that he will be fine by then.
 
Ive been told my horse has the onset of wobblers but vets didnt want me to go home thinking my horse had wobblers (work that one out ) :-( I've had 3 big vets look at my horse lots of test found nothing , horse fell up the ramp of lorry on to his neck last April, my horse is lame right hind trips alot going back to RVC Wednesday for another lot of xrays . Good luck. Xx
 
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