i have been offered a purebred arab mare free,hopefully she is coming to live with us in afew weeks.I just wanted to ask she has a windgall do you know of anybody that has had one drained and if it was successful or wether they have used global herbs msm which is a sulphur supplement and windgall which is also made by globleherbs and if this has reduced the swelling or if possible could you ask on arabianlines i would very much appreciate anyones views on this.
I've never heard of anyone having a windgall drained. As they are an over production of synovial fluid I doubt very much draining would do much good as they would simply reform - unless you applied banadages almost permanantly.
I hope I'm right in saying that most vets (and judges) see them as a blemish rather than a fault as such but they do indicate excess strain on the joint(s).
I'd be inclined to say if she is not lame with it then leave well alone. Unsightly they may be and if it's just a case of wanting to improve the cosmetics of it for eg; showing, there are many products out there that will help tighten it for a short while. I'd also use sesamoid boots during exercise.
I agree - leave well alone unless she is lame. I would say that if she is unsound then the windgall may be a symptom rather than the cause!
Caryn
Kharidian (Prince Sadik x Khiri)........ Alkara Cassino (H Tobago x Rose Aboud) aka "Roger".................................... aka "Chips" The first image is from an original painting by Pat Shorto.
My gelding was at a DIY livery when he was a youngster and the ground was really hard and lots of horses; they used to gallop around a lot and he got really bad windgalls and splints. I then found somewhere else and moved him and the windgalls and splints eventually disappeared. I didn't do anything to them and he was never lame.
He died earlier this year at almost 32 and his legs were like a youngsters, no sign of windgalls or splints.
I have read about MSM being good for windgalls but have no personal experience of this yet (have only fed it for a week). I did a search on this forum entering windgalls and ticking archived posts and there was some mention of using these supplements with good results. Also if you google msm and windgalls there are some intersting articles. I am personally very cheered by Barbara's post!
The old ID mare I used to loan had windgalls, but they never made her unsound and would go down in the winter when the ground was softer. Cold hosing also helped them go down a bit too.
I used massage, global herbs "windgalls" and after 6 weeks there was a dramatic improvement. He now has slight lumps but definately no fluid now... Never affected him... Enjoy your new mare :)
Windgalls
Posted - 01 Nov 2009 : 11:01:18 AM
