Blood coming from ponys sheath area?

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Tonight I noticed some small spots of blood on my minis back legs under his sheath area...

I had a good rummage around (yum!) and all I found was a slightly dirty sheath, no blood or traces or anything. He was quite kicky at first but I don't think thats because it was hurting him, more that he didn't want me touching his bits!

I have waited and waited for him to pee with a bucket to catch it but he must have stage fright!

What would you do? I'd like to try and get a sample of wee before I call the vet as I expect thats what they'll be after.
 
Sounds like fly bites around his sheath. There are some nasty little bloodsuckers out at the moment that get in ears and all along the tummy and sheath. Blood spots from the bite can end up on their legs.
 
It probably is fly bites but would advise you to get it checked. I lost a horse to cancer in the sheath and would not take the chance. Had my other horse checked when I found reddish discharge and it turned out to be a bean in his penis. Sorry don't want to panic you.
 
Mine looked just like this the other day and was fly bites, definitely confirmed by the little blighters landing on him while I was looking!!
 
I think flies too. My mare was being eaten alive around her udder and tummy button earlier this week by those little blood sucking fruit fly things. I hadn't realised until I was rugging her one night and saw them all attached to her tummy. I've used sudocrem as a barrier and equimins de itch cream to smooth the area and put the flies off.

I have one gelding with white legs and I can see tiny spots of blood on his hind legs where he has kicked at his tummy. He has had the same treatment.
 
I've had exactly the same with my little gelding. .. is most probably gnats biting as mentioned above. I have used naf D itch. Slap a bit on the bitten area & it soothes & protects the skin & also acts as a good repellent. Really pleased with this product.
 
Cold hose the are with a good strong spray of water, and then spray coers fly repellent around outside of sheath inside hind legs, poor little man. I wouldnt leave it, flies lay eggs, yuk and eggs hatch and eat the flesh yuk and very sore.
 
Ditto the horrid blood sucking flies! Never seen them before but both my boys covered in them last couple of days- all stuck to their chests, tummies and sheaths. Some drops of blood. Have washed sheath areas with insecticidal shampoo but to no avail. So sprayed with fly spray and that has helped a bit.
 
I'd say flies too - I've had tiny pinprick blood spots down the front of my pony's back legs this week and also the blood blobs on his actual sheath where the flies seal up the hole with their saliva or some such I think....or maybe it's just where the blood from the bite dries.
 
It'll be the horrible little black biters. They appear every year at this time, a sure sign spring is here :D

They hang about driving the horses wild for about two weeks and then disappear, to be replaced by the midgies!

I don't know the technical name for the black biters, but they are bigger than midgies and mosquitos and seem to aim for sheaths and udders.
 
Ahh this has made me feel a lot better :) thank you!

Had all sorts of worries, poor pony probably feels very violated!! Will still try and catch some wee tomorrow though just to be sure!

So am I best to fly spray the area and keep an eye?

I have to say unless they have wriggly friends up there then I dont want to go spraying a cold hose up there.... cold!! I'd rather keep it clean - any suggestions on a good sheath cleaner?
 
I'm another that lost a (share) horse to cancer in that area so i would be keeping a really close eye on it. It does sound like fly bites with your chap but from our horrible experience i've found that you can't be too careful!!!
 
I have thought about that and will of course be keeping an eye on it. But, perhaps a little wishful thinking, hes only 10 months old so I would hope life wouldn't be cruel enough to get him so young!
 
My mare was being eaten alive around the teats and belly today :-( really horrid and she's already rubbed it raw, plus there are a lot of black bits - are these eggs? They were all over the inside of her legs etc I wasn't sure if they were just bite scabs. She didn't mind me washing her anyway it seemed to be a relief with the cold-ish water then I slathered her in baby oil until I get some udder cream or something tomorrow, poor ponies!
 
Be careful putting fly spray onto broken skin -it could sting! Thats why I use D-itch because its a soothing gel &a repellent x
 
My mare gets the same laong her udders and just behind her girth area. I smother it with sudocrem to sooth it and stop them biting. I put fly spray around the area too.
 
1001 racehorses get cold hosed around their sheath area every day of their lives to get rid of the sweat, they are fine, the cold hose was to remove the dried blood, cool down the pain and itch and wash away any eggs that might have been laid, cold water is not going to hurt him, i think only of easing the ponys discomfort.
 
Sorry, but Im not about to start doing something to any pony of mine just because 1001 racehorses have it done.... Unless theres maggots there are plenty of other ways to ease any discomfort he may have.

Thanks everyone, sprayed them both with fly spray today and also sprayed some tea tree spray under their bellies, no signs of blood today but the weather wasn't very good!

Safe to say that something good has come from this... I now have two baby ponies that dont mind being sprayed or having their private regions violated :D
 
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