Sitfasts

[collie]

Anyone got any remedies for sitfasts tried most none works dont want to go down the road of having them cut out by the vet if possible.

 

[merlinsquest]

What is a sitfast???

 

[Cahill]

dont know,is it like fistulas withers?
(goes off to look it up but will prob get sidetracted!)

 

[merlinsquest]

Looked them up think they are girth galls/saddle sores etc....... google is a wonderful tool!!!

 

[collie]

Sorry, sitfasts are lumps on the horses back. normally hard fibrous skin material that sits under the skin, it occasionally breaks open and weeps. They can be small or up to about an inch in diameter they do not cause the horse pain or discomfort but are unsightly as they are prominent and are accomanied in some cases with hair loss which is the case with my horse. Sometimes known as collagen necrosis i think. They are not the same as saddle sores or girth galls. Vet advice normally is to leave them alone unless the break through the skin, however they look awful and any ideas to help without surgery would be welcome. As an aside they were quite common on working horses many years ago as i remember them in my grandads time on the farm, but i cant remeber how they got rid of them.

 

[vicijp]

I remember a horse with one of these from years back.
Pretty sure a bit of blister got rid of it.

 

[collie]

God i havent heard of that for years dont know if you can still get it or do it.