Gelding owners *sensitive subject*

My Mickey loved nothing better than having his willy washed...it was always the highlight of his week
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We used to just put the hose pipe into his sheath and gently turn it on....he loved it! He'd spread his legs as if weeing, and make the most 'interesting' noises
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Stallions use their man parts in the wild and in captivity so they do not get a build up like Geldings do.

My Vet has always said to keep the man parts clean, and to wash it gently with warm water. If you dont it can get infected. My friends horse got a very badley infected sheath and as for maggots that can happen too.

Our old boy was acting very bizaree one day, bucking and kicking and working himself up into a right state. Vet came out and basically some sort of fly had got up into his sheath and had laid eggs which had hatched into maggots and were eating into his poor man bits.

The vet wanted to put the maggots in a pot and give them to us, yuk! He had always had his man bits cleaned every few months but it goes to show it can happen.

TBH I find it gross when a Gelding gets his bits out and they are covered in yellow gunk. Gross!

I clean my mares titties as well. She gets bitten by flies in the summer and I have to cover her private parts with Aloe Vera.

We clean their noses and eyes so its no different.
 
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Um I think that's a 'bit' of an exaggeration. Perhaps your horse is prone to infection?
And I have yet to have any vet tell me that not cleaning a sheath could cause cancer.

What do you think wild horses do? Run round all day with maggots on their bits?
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Anyway, If you must clean it, please just use warm water and nothing else!

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Wild horses aren't gelded! So they 'air' their bits rather more frequently. They don't regularly work in dusty arenas, or get stabled and lie down in dusty bedding, etc. etc. etc. And if the get infections (or maggots) they die - and no-one notices or cares!!

Have never heard of cancer being caused by a dirty sheath - but I have heard of maggots (my vet saw 4 cases this year!)
 
buy a bottle of sheath cleaner and clean it with that. its just dirt from his sheath. if you touch whats on his leg, it will be very sticky.
 
I seem to have got the reputation as the yard "sheath cleaning expert" (no idea why), so I keep getting asked to clean other peoples' geldings' sheaths. I think I just get more out than most (not lost my watch up there yet), but its not on my top 10 list of fun activities!
 
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