Advise on large wind gall

[Billie]

Billy has had wind galls since I've had him (16 yrs) and from time to time they've got bigger/smaller/harder/softer etc etc. At the moment on one of his hind legs the wind gall seems to have got very large and very hard, it's been like it now a couple of weeks. I took no notice to begin with because, as I've said above, they change from time to time, however this one has been large and hard permanently now for a while. It doesn't bother him, he's not lame and I've prodded and poked it but I didn't know if there was anything I could do with it to reduce the size of it, it must be uncomfortable for him.

 

[vicijp]

Is it on the tendon, ie further back and bit higher up.
If so, we had one the same. Didnt bother him in the slightest, x rayed and scanned nothing sinister going on. We had it drained a couple of times, which is cheap, but works out expensive with antibiotic and anti inflammatory cover. Always came back to be the same so just ignored it in the end.

 

[Billie]

It's to the right and back of his fetlock joint, right on the joint. I might try bandaging it but as you say, it'll come back again probably any way. I don't normally worry about them but this one just appears so large.

 

[MagicMelon]

Splintex. You get gold (for old splints) and silver for new ones. Ive been using the Gold for about 1 and a half months on my boys MASSIVE splint. And it HAS gone down quite a bit! Its not invisible but it definately has diminished quite a bit in size.

I bought my bottle from Ebay (USA), it turned out cheaper to get it from the US than from here.....!!

 

[samp]

My mare came from a SJ and she had big ones but passed 5 stage vetting with flying colours

 

[_jetset_]

My vet recommended the ibruprofen gel you can buy from Boots or Tescos... worked a treat on Hannah's windgalls!

 

[_jetset_]

Think it's like Ibruleve etc.