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My horse very rarely drops his penis out and it really needs cleaned. When he pees he dosent drop it entirely out just kind off the fore skin bit. He dose drop it out completely but puts it in straight away when I come. Bit embarrassed maby ? :p any advice on how I can get him to drop it out entirely. ?
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I soo happend to get a quick look one day before he put it back and I noticed it was flakey and I don't know if this is true but if it makes that funny notice when you ride it means it needs cleaned ?
 
My boy gets infections so have to give him a bit of sedalin to make him relax so I can clean it properly, I was told to clean his every 3-4 months, the vet showed me how to do it, what to use, it was very interesting. From my experience I wish I had got the vet to show me from the start as they said I had not helped the situation as I wasn't cleaning it properly
 
Cleaning sheaths on a regular basis is a very new thing and I suspect it has been driven by marketers wanting to sell a product and get you to part with your money.

I have owned geldings for over 30 years. I've never cleaned a sheath and I have no intention of starting now.
 
Well I clean my boys sheaths, always have and always will. They tell me when they need cleaning due to a smell, a crusty willy and smegma down their legs.
I also check for smegma beans inside the urethra too. Don't bother with commercially made sheath cleaners just baby oil, my hands and sometimes a bucket of warm water.
Never had infections, never had issues and would much rather be checking out my boys bits on a regular basis even if just to look at so I can be rest assured they have no urinating problems or other issues which may need addressing.
Male horses in the wild would be self cleaning their bits due to hanging it out a bit more, putting it into a mare's vagina and ejaculating.
Geldings don't get this privilege ( unless maybe a rig) so I will stick to self cleaning.
OP you could try giving him a small feed before you do as I know at least one of my boys drops his if I do that. The other drops his if I crouch down and look under him, as if he knows it is time lol.
 
cptrayes said:
Cleaning sheaths on a regular basis is a very new thing and I suspect it has been driven by marketers wanting to sell a product and get you to part with your money.

I have owned geldings for over 30 years. I've never cleaned a sheath and I have no intention of starting now.
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Absolutely agree this is correct. My old boy is very crusty and I only put udder cream or something similar in summer if he is getting nibbled(he does get bitten) but never did this on other horses that we have had. I just slap it on when flies are a nuisance he is out 24/7. I dont do it religiously just if I notice the flies around his bits. But I would not recommend cleaning, I think you are more likely to upset the natural flora if you start poking around and cause an infection.
 
Fantasy_World said:
Don't bother with commercially made sheath cleaners just baby oil, my hands and sometimes a bucket of warm water.
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baby oil is the wrong PH and completely the wrong product.

Fantasy_World said:
Male horses in the wild would be self cleaning their bits due to hanging it out a bit more, putting it into a mare's vagina and ejaculating.
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Less than one in six male horses in the wild mate because stallions run harems of six or more mares. The rest live in bachelor groups and don't mate. All my geldings hang it out on a regular basis :D

Fantasy_World said:
I also check for smegma beans inside the urethra too.
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I doubt very much if you have a smegma bean in the urethra. The urethra is a narrow tube leading from the bladder to the end of the penis. The bean you are referring to is found in the sheath, not in the urethra, where it would be washed out at least daily by a fountain of pee.
 
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Someone came on here asking for advice on how to get their horses bits to drop out so could clean them. Not for a debate on whether or not it should be done and playground type patronisation.
 
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I've always had geldings and i've never cleaned my boys old boy!! There's never been a need, always looks clean, never smelly! I think that if its fine leave it alone!! I assume it will be a very sensitive area to wash and must have a delicate PH so messing with it may upset the area and then lead to needing it cleaned more and more!!

I'm lucky my boys have always been fine, though i do check regularly that its still looking fine. My previous geldings have always let it hang out but my boy now i've never seen him let it hang out!

Probably thinks hes a girl, never run with geldings or stallions!! :D
 
I've found that mr winky tends to come out when Bails is warm and relaxed, so if you've got a nice warm sunny day, tie him up outside and give him a real good groom all over. As he relaxes he should let it hang out :)

I have to be quick with Bail's though, I have about 20 seconds to pick bits of the cornflake off before he realises what i'm doing and sucks it back in! I only clean the inside of his sheath properly once a year (and I only use baby oil as a lubricant and warm water) but whenever I see his winky hanging down, I pick the cornflakes off if I can see any.

It's a gross chore :p
 
Leave well alone, unless there's a problem. It's all designed to be self-cleaning. I owned a gelding that lived to 28 without me ever going near his penis. Likewise, with my dog. Don't hear about anyone insisting on cleaning their bits - dear Lord, people don't do that, do they?
 
I think my gelding would take my head off if I went anywhere near his bits. I say leave well alone unless there is a problem.
 
madmav said:
Leave well alone, unless there's a problem. It's all designed to be self-cleaning. I owned a gelding that lived to 28 without me ever going near his penis. Likewise, with my dog. Don't hear about anyone insisting on cleaning their bits - dear Lord, people don't do that, do they?
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I went along with that notion until my boy got an infection, then I got a vets bill and told to clean it by the vet, "if" it needs doing, squirt baby oil up his sheath, spread it around, let it soak a while, stick your hand up and gently pull his willy out, clean off dirt from willy and in sheath, all done gently, job done, don't use any soap or sheath cleaners as they mess up the natural balance of things.
 
Flakes are quite normal, and as long as the sheath looks healthy, and doesn't smell - then there's no reason to interfere with it.

If you're that concerned about the flakes you can put a little baby oil (not Tesco's own though) on your hand and give it a little moisturise.

However, in most cases, there really is no need to interfere at all (unless it's hanging down and you're allowed a little pick......)
 
cptrayes said:
Cleaning sheaths on a regular basis is a very new thing and I suspect it has been driven by marketers wanting to sell a product and get you to part with your money.

I have owned geldings for over 30 years. I've never cleaned a sheath and I have no intention of starting now.
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When I started on a high quality hunter livery yard nearly 40 years ago every sheath was washed after hunting always.so it not a new thing.
 
:eek: I admit to running in an picking off all the bits i can when its hanging out, unhappily, mine seems to enjoy this sometimes :eek: :o :D

I do wash one of ours, as it gets very smelly, and itchy - he spends his summer rubbing his back legs together to try and ease it the poor thing :(

I get one bucket of warm sheath cleaner water, and one bucket of warm clean water. Stick on a glove, get a small sponge/towel (we have lots of bar towels which are very handy!) and soak in sheath cleaner, stick arm up and in and have a good rummage without being too rough. Then rinse in clean water bucket, and then resoak in sheath cleaner bucket before repeating. I find this is a way of keeping the towel/sponge the cleanest and means you just keep changing the rinsing bucket if needed.

He doesn't mind this one bit - in fact I think he quite enjoys it - and he seems much happier for the days after :)
 
cptrayes said:
Cleaning sheaths on a regular basis is a very new thing and I suspect it has been driven by marketers wanting to sell a product and get you to part with your money.

I have owned geldings for over 30 years. I've never cleaned a sheath and I have no intention of starting now.
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Totally agree.
I've had my boy 8 years and never touched it and don't intend to unless there's ever a problem.
IMO your asking for trouble by sticking stuff up there that nature never intended!
No-one decided to gives their mare's floo a good scrub every week (i hope! :rolleyes:)
 
Fantasy_World said:
Someone came on here asking for advice on how to get their horses bits to drop out so could clean them. Not for a debate on whether or not it should be done and playground type patronisation.
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Well it's a good job some of us were here because the product that you recommended is likely to cause an imbalance of bacteria in the sheath and actually cause a situation where it will need cleaning. And your use of the word urethra might have led to people poking things up this sensitive tube to the bladder to try to get the "bean" out.

So perhaps you might like to get off your high horse :) ?
 
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Fantasy_World said:
Someone came on here asking for advice on how to get their horses bits to drop out so could clean them. Not for a debate on whether or not it should be done and playground type patronisation.
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It's called a development of the original topic - that's what conversation is.

Can you point me in the direction of the patronisation?
 
My boy hates his being touched... so I don't! I leave well alone. Some boys on my yard love having theirs cleaned, some require sedation. But personally... I leave his alone.
 
I'm really in 2 minds about this, I've always had geldings on and off over many years and never been a 'cleaner' believing they must be self cleaning. The one time I was persuaded to give 2 of mine a sluish out due to lots of black yucky stuff, one of them became quite swollen afterwards so I hadn't done it since. All 3 regularly get black sticky stuff on their legs lying down, but recently when grooming my grey he had more black sticky gunk around his sheath and it was quite smelly. I gave it a gentle clean just with water which has sorted it...confusing!:confused:
 
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