Cleaning boy bits

Sidney said:
I have owned geldings for near on 20 yrs and have NEVER cleaned a sheath - I was told that by cleaning it, it disrupts the natural cleaning process, bean or no bean!
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So glad you said that as I have had my one and only gelding in my 30 years of horse ownership for five years and I have never made any attempt to clean his bits.:eek Don't think he would take to kindly to it either. :)
 
I remember at the RS we must have had 20 odd geldings at any one time... only one ever needed anything doing in that department so I think many are fine, but some are not.
 
I recently had to have the vet out to my gelding after the discovery of what was the largest bean my vet had ever seen! The piece of bean that I was given as a 'souvenir' measured approx. 2" x 1.5" and that was only about a third of what was there :eek: The vet also gave his sheath a thorough clean as he was, in her words, 'disgusting'!

After reading the great 'to clean or not to clean' debate I asked my vet's opinion and she said that they would always recommend cleaning once or twice a year. She wouldn't recommend more often than that as you can over clean the sheath.

I will follow my vets advice from now on :)
 
I know someone who became obsessed with cleaning their geldings bits... They would pick at it EVERY DAY :eek:

Needless to say that the horse got maggots twice that summer. So I agree with not cleaning, unless you genuinely feel it needs it.

Theres no harm in checking though, however one of my colts thinks you're trying to take it, and the other enjoys it far, far too much.....:rolleyes:
 
Lol wow didn't expect to get so many responses about willy cleaning! haha

I'm certainly not going to start getting obsessed with cleaning! But it definitely needs doing!

I'm just concerned that the giant bits of gunk stuck to him aren't going to come off! What if they don't? Do I just leave them!?
 
My boy recently had to be sedated when having his teeth done, had never seen his bits in the 6 months i've owned him as he just never seems to have it hanging out. Anyway, whilst sedated he "let it all hang" so it was a good opportunity to remove the "cornflakes".
 
juliette said:
Anyway, whilst sedated he "let it all hang" so it was a good opportunity to remove the "cornflakes".
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Gross!! :D:D:D

I have a *gelding* now, he is well used to me fiddling with his bits as was waiting a whole 18 months for his ball to drop!! would have to feel round for it, it never did appear but the other one just got bigger :eek:
Its all off and the others out now after his op, had to keep an eye on his healing etc but 3 months on and it looks fab, no scars or anything and the vet had to ghet to his abdomen to dig the ****** out :eek::eek:

Don't see much off his *chap* now, he used to run round slapping it on his sides, dirty boy!! however, you never see it nowadays :D
 
Bloody Hell! Boyo would boot me into next week if I started rummaging around like they are in that first video (haven't watched second)

I slowly slowly work my way up there and pick off a few bits of smegma when he lets me, and pick off the cornflakes when he's hanging loose. Owner squirts him occasionally with something that is apparently designed for that purpose.

I've never seen a gelding with gunk down their legs, and have never done a full on rummage clean either. I'm an experienced novice FWIW

Interesting about 'beans' though - what symptoms do they cause?
 
We use baby oil on ours, & we squirt them with baby oil everytime they get it out about once a day (if were lucky) and theirs are gleaming. When we got one of ours his bits were all yellow and crusty, & now you wouldnt believe it was the same one! baby oil works wonders! but a warning, some horses don't like it! but then, who would?
 
I probably only had to do my pony's 2-3 times a year and usually like Ester only if he had sticky gunk on his back legs or was very sweaty/fly-y/smelly in the summer etc. However this winter the poor animal got a very nasty bacterial infection up in the folds of his sheath (from contaminated water in field) - itchy as anything and then it needed veterinary intervention as nothing I was doing was helping to clear up the vile light grey paste that developed. However having had a total antibacterial wash out and then antibiotic wash up there for 5 days we then had to leave well alone to ensure the natural bacteria repopulated so I won't be cleaning unless I have to as before. If it had taken a while apparently there is a bacteria broth for that area you can get to aid the natural bacteria on their way back to dominance!
 
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