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Post by Trixie on Aug 7, 2005 16:13:08 GMT
My horse is staring to get windgalls, I dont over work him how can I treat them and prevent them from getting worse.
Any suggestions would be helpful
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Post by Painted Lady on Aug 7, 2005 17:16:06 GMT
I saw at a show recently a top showing connemara wearing those magnetic boots on his back legs. Perhaps they work, not tried them myself.
Bandaging is suppose to help but not sure for how long. though.
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Post by Curious on Aug 7, 2005 17:17:49 GMT
Dumbo question here, what's a windgall?   |
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Post by Vetpet on Aug 7, 2005 17:30:27 GMT
Swellings of the bursae just above and to the sides of the fetlock joints. They are often painful and are a cause of lameness when first formed, but generally give little trouble later.
Bursae are sacs containing synovial fluid. This fluid lubricates joints and tendons so that they can move without friction. A strain or injury will cause more fluid to be produced, and soft, visible swelling (bursal enlargements) will result.
No I am not clever got it from a vet book.
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Post by Dalesgirl on Aug 7, 2005 19:24:26 GMT
That looks like a good book what is it called?
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Post by Vetpet on Aug 7, 2005 20:04:24 GMT
Nothing posh jus the Manual of Horsemanship from the Pony club.
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Post by Caroline on Aug 8, 2005 15:36:29 GMT
I have not tried them but I have heard from friends that those Magnetic boots are helpful for windgalls.
Another friend tried them on her horse with splints over the winter and the almost disappered after.
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Post by cRAFYT on Aug 11, 2005 14:25:55 GMT
i HAD GALL STONES THEY WER REALLY PAINFUL
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Post by Splints on Oct 30, 2005 10:30:38 GMT
Hi, does any one no of any good ways of getting rid of splints???
please reply
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Post by observer on May 2, 2006 21:33:59 GMT
i do, use magnetheorpy boots they work wonders or get laser treatment ;D
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Post by abe on May 3, 2006 12:38:59 GMT
I used to have a worker with splints and we were just really careful with what we did with him;by the time we sold him, they were barely there! I know people say you cant get rid of splints and that there's no cure but careful treatment really does help reduce them! Btw, I didn't know that windgalls were the bursae-I actually had them and had an operation to sort it!lol!!!
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Post by intrigued on May 3, 2006 14:02:00 GMT
saw someone removing clingfilm from windgalled fetlock at a show once- don't know if it works!!
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Post by op on May 3, 2006 21:08:19 GMT
Used to use bandages soaked in vinegar for windgalls. But that was a loooong time ago. Magenetic boots are good for splints but really think time is the best healer
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Post by Guest 1 on May 4, 2006 22:40:03 GMT
MAgnetic boots are fantastic!
There is a homepathic remedy that I used on my stallion that threw loads of splints when he was 10, it was something along the line of Cal flux hecta lava, it really worked! they all dissapeared within 6 months and have never returned! Ainsworths can help you with it they are fantastic!
As for the windgalls, what breed is your pony? How old is he? Does he really flex his fetlocks in his action? Banadging helps, but when used longterm, they make the hair crinkly and it's a tell tell give away that there may be an issue! Magnets are great, also cold boots, Aerboorn and puffa do boots that you put in cold water and they swell up andyou put them on the legs to cool them down and tighten the limbs back up again! Ice tight helps to if you apply a layer of brown paper before gamgee and bandages!
If you can find a friend who has an equissage hand unit and leg boot, use that to as the results are fab as the equissage works on the circulation system, especially the lymph, so gets it moving and eliminates the sluggishness that causes swellings to form!
Failing that DMSO FM, from the vet!
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Post by splint on May 15, 2006 10:03:14 GMT
On the subject of splints, does anyone know of a pony having surgery to remove them? has it been successfull?? Have been speaking to a vet regarding a splint on a friends pony, and they said that treatments like, laser, DMSO (when you can get it) magnetic boots etc are only successfull when the splint is active, ie forming. once it is cold and inactive very little can be done? what are other peoples experiences? |
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Post by natmidd on May 15, 2006 15:02:24 GMT
None myself but a friend of mine has a friend whose pony went into the vets for a operation to remove the splint. It went well but when the pony started to come round it thrashed about and because the leg was weaker it broke it and had to be put to sleep. It was a cracking pony that had qualified HOYS too. It was such a shame.
I had a horse with a splint and all I did was have it lasered at first when it was new then kept him in magnetic boots for 6 hours a day and it totally went down after a few months. The year later you couldn't even see it but he was a young horse.
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Post by chazzysmum on May 15, 2006 16:40:20 GMT
When we qualified for RIHS a couple of years ago I was talking to the people who were parked next to us who turned out to be "professionals", (In fact I was asking them to not make so much noise at 12.30 at night when we had a 7.30am class!!) anyway they placated me with a glass of wine and they told me to wrap the windgall in cabbage leaves (which they supplied me with!)and then bandage overnight. Not easy to do in the dark with a torch but it did have some effect - we went on to win the best 143cm award in the open 148cm show pony class!!!! so whether the confirmation judge was ignoring the windgall or the cabbage leaves had the desired effect, I cant really say!
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Post by picwic on May 23, 2006 13:58:54 GMT
hi we had a twoyo colt who threw a splint huge by the end of summer ,it was operated on and he had to stand in for quite some time used to buck and kick out the light it went aeay started showing again and came huge ( didnt stop him winning a few major titles ) the he went to stud and it settlted down with time but sometimes leave alone ,MAGNETIC BOOTS BRILLIANT FOR ANY SWELLING ,AINSWORTHS BRILLIANT FOR ANY HELPreally nice people, also vinegar and brown paper fpr wingalls...
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Post by dillis on Sept 28, 2006 8:35:50 GMT
I had a 5yr old that threw a splint and we used splintex gold from Fylde saddlery and it went down, my fr pony had her splints injected (?) don't know what with and they to went so much so that one judge actually looked for her splints and commented on there disappearance. There is a sml isrt/hack on the circuit that has had at least 1 splint operation and is still going strong after many years. And on the windgall subject I have used dock leaves to good effect i expect they are the same principal as cabbage leaves!!
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Post by shootmedowninflames on Sept 28, 2006 11:42:43 GMT
I would not do "cosmetic surgery" on a horse or pony. Any operation carries risks. So the animal has a splint, get over it! Many prolific winners have one - some two!
Use some of the other remedies (a good rest, magnetic boots,etc) to sort it out, but surgery, or blistering procedures ?...pleease! Would you like this done on yourself or your children if they were not quite perfect? My vet would flat refuse to carry out a procedure like that.
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Post by ponygirl on Sept 28, 2006 13:17:27 GMT
I would not do "cosmetic surgery" on a horse or pony. Any operation carries risks. So the animal has a splint, get over it! Many prolific winners have one - some two! Use some of the other remedies (a good rest, magnetic boots,etc) to sort it out, but surgery, or blistering procedures ?...pleease! Would you like this done on yourself or your children if they were not quite perfect? My vet would flat refuse to carry out a procedure like that. The only exception would be a broken splint bone I guess I know someone whose pony was operated on for this and perhaps that is what the above poster is referring to? |
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Post by dl on Sept 28, 2006 18:09:18 GMT
my old pony had wingalls applying tight bandages before a class got them down but i felt mean doing it so stopped they never really affected her conf mark(usually got around 33/34) and speaking to some judges they wernt bothered about them as they arnt born with them so apparently it doesnt come into it unless a decider is needed.
splints- a friend of mine had her horses blistered off by the vet.
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Post by splint on Nov 20, 2006 21:30:52 GMT
 we had a 15hh shp that was very successful with his splints but it did mean if we were on joint marks we would be 2nd so decided to have them operated on it was very successful and he went on to be one of the most consistant ponies in the country!
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Post by shootmedowninflames on Nov 23, 2006 15:19:20 GMT
Splint, if by "operated on" you mean you subjected your pony to a general anasethic or a procedure under local which meant a painful recovery just to upgrade from a blue to a red rossette then I feel very for your pony!!! If a pony needs an operation for a physical reason, fair enough...but "cosmetic surgery" ? |
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Post by LowriC on Jul 30, 2007 21:32:32 GMT
Hi there,
My ex Coloured pony had bad windgalls, and travelling long distances (standing on the lorry) made them far worse.
We used cooling jell/gell (how on earth do you spell that!?) on the legs, then used ice packs and bandaged them tightly...
Apart from the odd judge...He never got anything under 40 for his conf...
Hope this helps! X
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Post by katie on Aug 14, 2007 19:52:48 GMT
re windgalls, Bio flow boots used along with Super Flex has worked on my horse,after 9 mnths, no sign of them now. Always careful on very hard ground , using sports boots and the same when traveling as they help with the strain. A good poultice if they appear will take them down ie; after hunting and then as above .  |
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Post by Casey on Aug 29, 2007 15:13:00 GMT
Splintex defo works!
Had a pony with a large old splint and Splintex silver totaly got rid of it!!
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Post by sallyw on Oct 9, 2007 7:55:24 GMT
I've got windgalls myself and I think its down to old age and too much running on hard ground showing ponies in hand. However, for ponies - I have one with them, we travel there in magnetic boots and back in clay. We did boots religously every night in the stable when the ground is hard and they more or less stayed away. However, since he has been on Equimins Flexijoint they appear (crossed fingers) to have disappeared. I going to see if they do a human supplement!
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Post by 10melpen on Oct 25, 2007 20:56:56 GMT
No guys,!!!!! hardly anybody has mentioned lazering!! -absolutely amazing i wil swear by it. My 3 yr old, reared and fell back on herself wich left a massive rok hard lump nr her hock, so we had it lazered, u canot tel it existed. Also had lil lumps n bumps lazered. it is pain free n a lot of physios hav lazers. DONT HIRE UR OWN LAZER THOUGH!! sum companys r sendin out hocus pocus that if u hire ur own lazers it wil end up chepaer. cheapre yes,, but as effectiv as shinin a lazer pen on ur horses leg. DO NOT PUT DMSO ON UR HORSE IF IT IS SENSITIVE ELSE IT WILLLL SCAR!!!! also ultrasounding small bumps also works. And finall the final recipe that no one else has mentioned, MOVELAT SPORT RELIEF CREAM!!!! this has helpd withg my horses windgalls-also a god send!!! guys!!! these methods do work ive had them dun n hav seen the results n recomding u use them!!!! xx
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Post by SHOWHACK on Aug 8, 2008 18:16:18 GMT
Lots of rest will bring them down bandage them as well xx
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