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Post by lumpy legs on May 1, 2007 9:36:54 GMT
Has anyone got any good ideas for windgalls. With this hard ground we cant be the only ones suffering!
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Post by cabbage on May 1, 2007 11:00:31 GMT
Apparently wrapping the joint in cabbage leaves (or dock leaves) and bandaging in place helps them to go down. Don't think its a permanent solution but just reduces the inflammation. I believe that this makes them worse before it makes them better so not a remedy for the day before a show I have been advised to do this for 2 weeks and then there should be some improvement. May sound wacky but women have been advised to put cabbage leaves in their bra's for years as a remedy for breast engorgment following childbirth so obviously they have some sort of properties that help with swelling. Worth a try as its cheap (or free) and certainly won't do any harm.
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Post by doldy on May 1, 2007 11:08:10 GMT
Apply Stay Sound, then wrap in wet brown paper and bandage.
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Post by faberge on May 1, 2007 11:18:47 GMT
Cabbage leaves not as wacky as it sounds, many years ago I worked with a lad who was a semi pro footballer for a local team in the Conference league. He use to come into work some Mondays with the most horrendous bruises, he used cabbage leaves!! In the end the cabbage leaves and injures meant he was having to have too much time off sick from his r 'real' job and he had to make a choice, football or the Civil Service, naturally he choose football......in Australia
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Post by Molly on May 1, 2007 12:20:14 GMT
I used to have a horse who had windgalls, i used to wrap dock leaves around her legs, then wrap it in wet brown paper and then bandage it with normal leg bandages, seemed to keep them down.
Also i did try the Bioflow boots on them and that seemed to work too.
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Post by WOULD YA on May 1, 2007 13:50:30 GMT
hey any of you judges out there would you consider windgalls big fault or just accept them as a result of our ever changing enviroment ? And with regard to the bio- flow boots would you recommend the normal ones or do you think that the tendon boots given they are better fitting or better Answers on a postcard please !!!!
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Post by debby on May 1, 2007 15:07:50 GMT
We use all the bio flow boots and armadillo wraps to, they all work very well! If you have access to a Equissage hand machine and boot, then they are fantastic for all soft swellings!
Otherwise we bandage over Ice tight/Stay sound and wet brown paper. I used to take the ponies to a local river and stand them in their for 10 mins a couple of times a week, but am not stabled near there any more, which is a pity!
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Post by armada on May 1, 2007 18:11:08 GMT
We've always used boiled nettles (use the young ones), wrapped in brown paper and bandaged on, but yet again, start about a fortnight before, and if your horse has white legs, beware, the green dye does'nt come out for AGES!!!! It stains.
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Post by fullers earth on May 1, 2007 18:44:13 GMT
We use to mix up fuller earth and vinegar into a paste and leave on all night then take them off just before we went in the ring. Worked a treat.
Sight snag you cant get any fullers earth now so you could think of something similar to use.
realize not much help but think laterally
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Post by how come on May 1, 2007 19:35:53 GMT
How come in the winter my mares windgalls go down and as soon as the warm weather comes they are like golf balls she is retired so does not get worked apart from light hacking she has had them for years and if it rains hard in summer they go down what is all that about.
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Post by tustus on May 1, 2007 20:13:19 GMT
How come in the winter my mares windgalls go down and as soon as the warm weather comes they are like golf balls she is retired so does not get worked apart from light hacking she has had them for years and if it rains hard in summer they go down what is all that about. Windgalls are a concussion injury, so on the hard ground they're likely to get worse, and then get better when the ground is soft. Standing horses in for hours at a time can cause the legs to become filled and worsen the windgalls too.
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Post by ednalad on May 1, 2007 22:26:05 GMT
again cabbage leaves covered with a piece of old car innertube works......it tends to sweat them out....
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Post by Molly on May 2, 2007 6:25:07 GMT
hey any of you judges out there would you consider windgalls big fault or just accept them as a result of our ever changing enviroment ? And with regard to the bio- flow boots would you recommend the normal ones or do you think that the tendon boots given they are better fitting or better Answers on a postcard please !!!! I just use the normal bioflow boots. Work a treat.
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Post by how come on May 2, 2007 6:55:07 GMT
Tustus i know they are a concussion injury but even my vet has said she cannot understand why they go down in summer if we have a couple of rainy days because the ground is still hard and as i said she only walks out she never ever does any form of work
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Post by skint on May 2, 2007 8:07:04 GMT
We had a first ridden pony that was exactly the same, if it rained in summer or I took her to the river they went down immediatly. I wondered if it was something to do with the heat with her. She never hasd them at all in winter even though she was worked quite hard
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Post by cheeky on May 2, 2007 8:14:56 GMT
I have just bought a supplement from global herbs that is designed for windgalls, something to do with lubricating the joint. Will let you know how we get on.
Gonna try the Bio flow boots as they sound good. We have the biggest problem when we go to NPS or Puk and they are stood in most of the time. My horses are lucky and normally get a good 8hrs in the field
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Post by busybusy on May 2, 2007 9:45:07 GMT
Don't worry too much about them. Another couple of weeks of this dry weather and every pony competing will have them!
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Post by dressage on May 2, 2007 10:07:17 GMT
Don't worry too much about them. Another couple of weeks of this dry weather and every pony competing will have them! Wingals actually occure more when horses are ridden on surfaces thats why dressage horses all have them they are not a problem and dont hurt the horse they are natural so judges should not put animals down because of it!
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Post by julie on May 3, 2007 8:39:28 GMT
I keep hearing about cabbage leaves - but is it a certain variety or can you use sweetheart, savoy etc??
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