Girth Galls????

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Does anyone no what GIRTH GALLS look like, what they are, what cause them and how to get rid of them????
 
a variety - can literally look like a rub, or flaky skin. Seems to happen when the coat is changing on some horses with very sensitive skins or could be not cleaning the girth area properly. Cleaning the area and allowing it to heal up is the best option, then maybe riding in something like a girth sleeve if your horse is sensitive. However it can be a bit of trial and error. A friends horse always seems to suffer from them at this time of year, regardless of what she does. She has forked out for really expensive and lined girths and ended up with a cheap girth, wrapped around with vet wrap. Mind you I did make myself very unpopular by bringing a horse back to the yard for the YO and what I thought were just girth galls turned out to be ringworm!
 
o thank you, this is a soft palpable lumb and doesnt cause horse any pain when squeezed etc. like a hive lump but instead there of being a few theres only 1 lump.
 
My mare who is now 20 has just come down with girth galls for the first time in 16 years! She has a horrible sore rub just infront of the girth, she has never suffered from them before and I am using the same girth I have for years, so its very strange. I am just going to use a girth sleeve for the time being and hope it clears up when her summer coat is through!
 
Locket said:
o thank you, this is a soft palpable lumb and doesnt cause horse any pain when squeezed etc. like a hive lump but instead there of being a few theres only 1 lump.
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my horse came in with one like that last year. It did become a girth gall but we think it was originally a fly bite which had been irritated by the girth.
 
you can try applying surgical spirit to it to harden it before it opens up. I would just apply loads of sudocreme over the top of it and then use a sheepskin girth sleeve over it so you can continue riding without it becoming a problem.It can take a couple of weeks to disappear though.
 
what girth are you using, my horse is probe to rubs but also, if I use an atherstone which is very narrow behind the elbows (which he needs as big elbows!) he gets these pressure lumps come up. He still has one but it is small and manageable now.

A happy compromise for us has been the aerborn waffle atherstone though i still sometimes use a sheepskin on it.
 
My horse seems to suffer form slight rubs this time of year when his coat is changing for some reason, even though I use a proper sheepskin girth sleeve all the time, it just seems to affect him this time of year, propolis gel is good on it if the skin isn't broken, it promotes the hair growth and soothes
 
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