He is walking like a foal :(

My vet was back from holiday yesterday, came out looked at videos, and did tests on him and diagnosed luping ill encephalitis, very rare in horses, tick disease normally in sheep. Only 2nd case in our area! Have to inject him with steroids but he should be ok. We decided to retire him so shoes came off today as this and his other issues are too much for him, so he is now a retired pet just before his tenth birthday. Thanks for all your help x
 
I am so sorry to hear that OP, I'm glad that you know what it is and that he will be okay though. I'm sure he will live a life of pampered bliss!


Red-1 said:
Sorry to hear this scrapster and Goldenstar.
as a wobbler is no good to anyone, .
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Red-1, I'm sure you didn't mean it in such a way but this upset me a little. My boy is a Wobbler (x-rayed compression at C3 as a 2 year old), and now at 8, after a very slow backing and starting, he is living a full life of hacking, schooling, jumping, showing, hunting... everything. He is a lot of good to me and I wouldn't change a things about him
 
scrapster said:
My vet was back from holiday yesterday, came out looked at videos, and did tests on him and diagnosed luping ill encephalitis, very rare in horses, tick disease normally in sheep. Only 2nd case in our area! Have to inject him with steroids but he should be ok. We decided to retire him so shoes came off today as this and his other issues are too much for him, so he is now a retired pet just before his tenth birthday. Thanks for all your help x
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Good to hear you have a diagnosis. Retired pet sounds grand.
 
Considering all the possible outcomes, this one is among the best. Besides, there's so much you can still do with retirees! Look into clicker training and easy, calm tricks for starters, when he's ready to start doing something. :)
 
scrapster said:
Thanks everyone, just having him is enough x
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Glad to hear you have a diagnosis. From the description of your horse clamping his tail it sounded more like Cauda Equina Syndrome/Polyneuritis Equi to me as that one one of the first symptoms my horse showed when he had PE.

Hope he's on the mend soon.
 
AShetlandBitMeOnce said:
I am so sorry to hear that OP, I'm glad that you know what it is and that he will be okay though. I'm sure he will live a life of pampered bliss!



Red-1, I'm sure you didn't mean it in such a way but this upset me a little. My boy is a Wobbler (x-rayed compression at C3 as a 2 year old), and now at 8, after a very slow backing and starting, he is living a full life of hacking, schooling, jumping, showing, hunting... everything. He is a lot of good to me and I wouldn't change a things about him
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I think you should re read my post, as I was describing a hopeful outcome were scrapster's horse to be experiencing ataxic symptoms.

If you read the post my horse was showing full blown wobbler symptoms, where even a strong wind was blowing him sideways. I stand by my assertion that a horse like that is no good to anyone.

If you read on I continue, and say that my horse is now almost symptom free, and is back in work and going great guns. I presume if your horse is hunting, jumping, showing, hacking et al, then he is also going great guns.

It was actually a story of hope.

Scrapster, I am glad your horse will be fixed, and funnily enough by steroids too :-)
 
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OP, I suggested luping I'll earlier in your post as I have first hand experience. It is sadly quite common in one area of Dartmoor my friends horse nearly died, spent 10 days in horspital on iv fluids etc, but has made a 100% recovery.
Vitamin e was part of her treatment & lots of tlc 😁
She had about 3 months off work & another 3 to be back in full work.
Hope that helps
 
I had never heard of it W1bbler, and totally dismissed your comment as "we don't have ticks in this area" 😂. Shows what I know!! We are in North Somerset and this is apparently only the 2nd case in the area, the first case a specialist was brought in as the horse was much worse than mine. We caught it early with the steroids and he seems to be getting better, I am off to collect vitamin e today and more steroids, as he has KS, SI and hock issues and after 3 years we can't get on top of those issues, adding this into the mix, we retired him yesterday and he will be a companion and stay here for as long as he is feeling well enough (will have lots of vet checks), and be my "baby"! I had honestly never heard of this, it's a very scary thing to have happen to your horse and there isn't much info on it as apparently rare. So well done you and I won't dismiss things so readily in future xx
 
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