Cleaning sheath problems !!

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One of my horse is a nightmare to have his sheath cleaned , he has got a lot of discharge coming from it and as he is a grey you can see it clearly , he cow kicks when you even go near that area , Any ideas as dodnt want to have to resort to getting vet out to sedate !! X
 
One feeding him and the other with a warm sponge going from the belly towards his sheath and take your time, if needs be try again next day a little at a time works wanders.:)
 
Try a twitch and strong friend holding up foreleg but personally I would sedate too easy to get the hand cow kicked.
 
When my gelding developed a very swollen, smelly sheath I gave the vet a call, explained the situation (horse wouldn't have me anywhere near it!) and as he'd seen the horse within the previous six months, he was happy to send me out a dose of Dormosedan to knock the little sod out with. It's good stuff! Horse zonked, sheath cleaned and checked over. I had to go in though-it wasn't coming out :eek:

He really enjoys it now. My horse is a perv:rolleyes:
 
Another that thinks sedate... but with the vet there. Most geldings don't need sheath cleaning on a regular basis, you might as well get vet to do a quick check if you're thinking sedate anyway.
 
I had a similar problem with my boy, major amount of grey, bordering black gunk all around his sheath and down his legs.
Got the vet out as didn't understand what was happening as I always understood that in reality you shouldn't need to interfere as it is self-cleaning.

He was sedated and vet had a good poke around and clean, said nothing to worry about but he is obviously missing something (can't remember if it was good bacteria) that they should have to help the self cleaning. It would be a case of we would have to help him out when it gets messy. (There is a long term fix whereby they transfer cells from a 'working' boys area to his, sounded a bit ergh to me)

After a long time of building up he will now let me do it without cow kicking but it took months to be honest. I found that warm water helps as understandably they don't like cold water on their delicate areas. I just started by wiping his belly and slowly moving backwards until he understood it wasn't too bad, he actually quite enjoys it now which gets me some very funny looks from the other liveries :D

I also have the vet give it a deep clean anytime he is sedated just to be sure.
 
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