Boots for wingalls

Loopy_Laura

Loopy_Laura

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I noticed on my mares hind fetlocks that she seems to be getting windgalls. She is not particularly heavy built, and i am careful about the ground when i work her. I am going to start cold hosing after strenuous work.

I was just wondering what boots are best for ponies that are susceptible? She currently just has woof brushing boots. We do a bit of everything, including fast work and jumping.

Are the sports medicine types of use? or tendon and fetlock boots? Or does it make little difference?
 
Coquette's got windgalls, and we use a sports medicine type boot. Seems to help a bit, and then a rubdown with liniment after particularly hard work.

But what's helped even more, is changing her stabling. How is your mare stabled/kept? Making sure Coquette's only on soft ground (dirt/grass in pasture, and rubber matting with shavings in her stall) has drastically reduced her windpuffs. She developed them after going to a trainer that had cement floors with no matting under the shavings. And they got worse when her field shelter had a cement floor.
 
Ground is very hard atm, that may have triggered the windgalls.
Mine has them to a greater or lesser extent pretty much all year. I've tried numerous boots for turnout but tbh they only temporarily prevent the filling -the fluid is simply displaced elsewhere; she's a conne x but on the fine side.
 
im about to invest in 4 of these:

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I have a TB that stiffens up very easily when standing still and has bad wingalls so he's going to wear them at night.


They're the Veredus Magnetik Stable Boots, but you can get them without the magnets too.
 
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Kia has developed windgalls after an injury. are these likely to go down ever or are his legs gonna be like this forever??

Not hijaking your thread as i would spend the money on something that will make them disappear..

I am gonna be showing him again and he has lovely clean legs otherwise.

Nikki xxxx
 
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