Fly/barrier cream for sheath

[AWinter]

Can anyone recommend a good, gentle on the skin product to keep flies away from their sheath? My gelding has a nightmare as soon as the flies come out every year and rubs his sheath to the point of bleeding at times and it ends up swollen.

He wears a full fly rug and fly spray but it just doesn’t seem to help the sheath issue. He will literally sit like a dog when he rolls and rub back and forth.

 

[Barton Bounty]

Battles summer fly cream

 

[ameeyal]

I use baby oil on all of my horses, works great.

 

[Sossigpoker]

Please don't use baby oil , oil in the sun will burn their skin!

Battles summer cream is brilliant. It's yellow but I believe they do a clear version now too.

 

[Taliesan]

I use the Eqwax neem wax. I brush it on around their sheaths and inner thighs (as well as in their ears) and it does a fabulous job of keeping the flies away.

 

[Gloi]

Battles summer fly cream

I've been using that. Turns everything yellow though.

 

[Barton Bounty]

I've been using that. Turns everything yellow though.

Yeah it does, i think its a bonus seems to deflect the flies

 

[HappyHollyDays]

Eqwax Lemongrass, it’s really good at repelling the horrible biting midges that make a beeline for B’s sheath.

 

[Jambarissa]

The battles summer fly cream is excellent. It's deet based but intended to be 7sed on cuts and grazes to keep the flies off whilst they heal.

It does stain though, apply with a sponge!

 

[Identityincrisis]

I know it’s not exactly gentle but i use phazer gel on my boy who gets bitten on his sheath to the point of bleeding too, this works very well.

I noticed snuggy hoods have brought out a sheath cover if it’s really bad for him. Had the phazer not worked for my boy, that was my next step

 

[Barton Bounty]

I know it’s not exactly gentle but i use phazer gel on my boy who gets bitten on his sheath to the point of bleeding too, this works very well.

I noticed snuggy hoods have brought out a sheath cover if it’s really bad for him. Had the phazer not worked for my boy, that was my next step

I sometimes use phazer gel too

 

[BMA2]

My gelding had exactly the same...
A green oils type gel will work. I used to use one that vets would dish out...but you could get it from viovet etc. Annoyingly and unhelpfully I cannot remember what it was called. Im sure this had citronella in it.

The only issue was it made his tail lank and greasy so I did then end up using Deosect which worked if applied regularly

If I can remember the name of the greasy tail stuff I'll let you know

 

[SmartieBean09]

I use this

Lincoln Fly Stuff for Horses

Lincoln Fly Stuff is available online with fast delivery from VioVet, the trusted supplier of veterinary medication, foods and animal care products.

www.viovet.co.uk

Based on the yellow fly cream but is white.

 

[ameeyal]

Please don't use baby oil , oil in the sun will burn their skin!

Battles summer cream is brilliant. It's yellow but I believe they do a clear version now too.

Never in all of my years of using baby oil on my 9 horses/ponys have I ever had a burn.

 

[meleeka]

Another vote for Battles. I use a glove to apply but it does what it says on the tin and doesnt lose its effectiveness through the day.

 

[Chianti]

Battles summer fly cream

Please patch test this very well - on the sheath itself. I stupidly didn't and pony had a very bad reaction to it.

 

[WestCoast]

If you don’t like they yellow of battles I’ve been using Nettex Summer Fly Cream Deet on my mare’s teats and ears. I did a patch test before using it - including putting it on my own neck which is very sensitive So you’d want to do one on your boy as well.

 

[saddlesore]

Nettex summer freedom I think it’s called. Tub with a green label

 

[First Frost]

Agree with nettex summer freedom. My gelding really suffers with fly bites on his sheath and 'belly seam'. He is also very sensitive to products but summer freedom has been fine for him.

 

[Boots*McGruber]

I used Battles fly cream as a lot of people recommend, however my horse had a reaction to it so worth a patch test first. I’m sure that’s true of anything you apply to their coat or skin to be fair.

 

[Floofball]

Power Phaser Durative Gel on sheath, umbilical line and most of his head. Works really well for mine

 

[Sossigpoker]

Never in all of my years of using baby oil on my 9 horses/ponys have I ever had a burn.

Well you're lucky. But it's basically liquid vaselin . It certainly doesn't deter flys or midges.
My physio saw a client recently with a horse with a severely burned sheath and willy - caused by baby oil. Apparently it was fire engine red!

 

[Hollylee1989]

Naf deet fly gel (Black and white tub), smells horrible!

 

[Fransurrey]

I use aloe vera gel on the sheath. Doubles as lube if he has a crusty cling-on, too. flies don't seem to like it, much! I use neem oil on my mare, but it does stain, so can't use it on my white gelding!

 

[BMA2]

Equi-Salve F.R for Horses

Equi-salve F.R - For horses that suffer from mud fever and sweet itch. The antibacterial properties of the lotion and the inclusion of a natural fly repellent also makes it ideal for use in the management of minor cuts and abrasions.

www.petdrugsonline.co.uk

Sorry for the really late reply but it's this I used and they left his sheath alone. But his tail looked like the hair of a heroine addict

 

[BMA2]

I know it's sooo long after but it was one of things lightbulb moments that I remembered

 

[Melandmary]

My mare has the same problem on her udder. I use good old sudacrem- I apply it with a body brush on her udder and an application lasts 2 days. Have done this for years after giving up with the snuggyhood with udder guard. Its Cheap and just add it to my weekly shop