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Felt i should put this in its own thread
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I posted this not v long ago, but whats the best way to clean a horses sheath when he verbally squeals / fidgets and kicks upwards. He wouldnt ever dare to kick me purposefully...but still its a pain in the .rse. I dont really want to have him sedated to do it which a few people on my yard have suggested as vet call out etc seems a bit silly to me for something i COULD tackle myself. Unless i used sedaline? I think thats what its called tehe. He never also gives me an oppurtunity to put baby oil on it as a few other people have suggested.. Some others have just suggested a hose..but whether he'd appreciate that i dont know either
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So! Pervy HHOs, what would you do
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no to the hose! that is not going to do anything.

Does he need it doing? many will say you don't need to do it. and I have known many geldings have no problems. I think it depends if you have an older gelding and it has been done a lot before. My boys gets exceptionally crusty and will get to the point where he gets sticky smegma down his back legs so he does need doing. (spect I do every 9 months or so)

He is quite good though, with some gentle persuasions (get your hand round it and give it a gentle tug!) but I generally have to be gentle and massage round and take my time. I use baby oil, or some barrier healthcare sheath cleanser, I normally give it a good rub the day before then attack with warm water and more oil and a large pair of marigolds.

With yours I would def try the sedalin option, might just take enough of the edge off.
 
you can get some proper sheath cleaner that you dilute in water thats not very expensive, you could give him some sedaline paste to keep him quite which would also relax him
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Is this whole site full of thieves and perverts
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Seriously though we had to have ours sedated and he still almost got the vet he objects so much. The vet just did it as part of another call (one of many for his multiple problems
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)so it was not so expensive. He did not find it an unusual problem.
 
My old pony used to love the hose and a sponge
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I think you should go down the twitch/sedaline route first rather than getting the vet out which could/would be quite expensive for a small task.
 
Haha , i'll do it when no ones around
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And its been about 10 months , probably more ( going from his old owners) that he was last done so he probably does need it. But i suspect its pretty 'awful in there' haha. I'll have a look up about some sedaline if i fail miserably tonight ^-^
 
Why does it need doing? I'd leave it, tbh, unless there was an obvious problem, have never cleaned sheaths and never had any problems. Once you start messing with it, then that may cause problems that weren't there to begin with. It's the same with your own bits and mouth; I've never understood anti-bacterial mouth wash / loo roll - that's the last thing you want near your insides!
 
Moring All,

I kinda a gree with the not doing it. We/my mum (just so i dont look like the perv) used to do my old horse and no-one else on the yard ever did theres, unless they happened to get it out and it was filthy.

So if there is no need to and its not causing him uncomfort then i would leave it to save the hassle all round. Maybe in the futyre if he is being sedated for something take the Opp then to do it..
 
This post made me smile, a couple of years ago i was on a livery yard with a lady who owned a stallion.

Now, i have to set the scene here, the stables were at the side of a public footpath and the hosing area had just a picket fence along the side of the path.

One sunny morning we were all on the yard and said lady was washing stallion's bits.

She used to get him to drop it on command, but this day he wasn't playing.
"come lad, drop it for mummy and she'll make it all pink and shiny for you" just as a family went walking down the footpath!!!
The man grabbed his daughter round the head and covered her eyes as mother just stood there with her mouth open.

The lady, realising that her timing was all wrong stayed down on her knees and crawled on all 4 towards the stables.
Well you can imagine how much howling went on !!!!
 
I only used to do my old horse when he let down and it was very very yucky...

Method i sued to use was a pack of surgical rubber gloves and KY Jelly (try asking for those in a chemist with a straight face especially when you live in a small village in Cyprus!)

Smear glove in KY gently insert hand into sheath (and it goes up a very long way) and just start to move your hand gently removing all the dried gunk.

Some people go for the bean.....but I never felt the need to take it that far.

VERY IMPORTANT be aware that just as you are standing there with most of your arm inserted into your geldings male parts and he is crossing his eyes and groaning like a porn star the local vicar, busload of Brownies and the man you most fancy in the whole world will turn up and be shocked to the core.

Its the law!

Last warning.....the smell! you will smell of manky gelding afterwards gloves or not no matter how much you wash your hands and no matter what you use....do not organise a hot date immediatly after a Sheath clean.
 
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Antibacterial loo roll?!? oh my word lol .. and i always sort of think "well they wouldnt get cleaned in the wild?"

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But then, they don't get gelded in the wild either....

I would suggest getting a tube of sedolin posted to you from the vet. Ask what he suggests for dosage (my mare has 4mm prior to clipping), once he's doped it should fall out then you can get it cleaned. Shame he won't drop it out, a guy who used to be at our yard used to wait for his pony to drop it out and squirt baby oil at it. That pony's sheath was never dirty !!

I am SO glad that I have a mare, has only taken me 4 years to be able to clean her teats without threat of a cow kick!!
 
I am so lucky, Chancer is one of those that does need a lot of TLC in that area - he gets huge hard deposits (beans) that I have to pop out every couple of months.

Vet has checked him out and says some are just like this - he also rubs his belly a lot so fills the sheath with mud and grit.

Chancer normally drops his out when he is eating so most of the time a gentle rub down with the hand is all he needs during the week and every month I take the time to give the sheath a rinse round and check for build ups and pop them out before they get big - far easier when small. He is happy for me to grope and poke.

In summer he gets a hose and my hand in the sheath to scrape out the general crud he has gathered. In winter I use warm water - I only use water apart from once a year in spring when he gets a small amount of sheath cleaner to get the winter build up off.

If he is not having crusty gunk or you can smell him as you walk past, not having problems peeing, then leave it.

Maybe you could gently start getting him used to having your hand in the area, just give him a gentle rub (sorry to sound a perve) and a treat so he associates you and his boys bits being handled as nice and build up slowly. It could be that he has been roughly handled in the past in that area.

I treat Chancer's old fella as I would my husband's - gently and with respect
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Cairo would make it very obvious that he enjoyed having his sheath cleaned - he needed it as he got older - neck stretched, lips working and a groan of bliss as I gently scratched inside his sheath.

Luckily we now have another mare - for Farra, 2 seconds with a cloth and done.
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I used to squirt baby oil from a distance, when you used to get it out, which was every time he ate! dont do it on a hot day, but it does work, all the bits drop off, urrrrr ive just eaten lunch, what a thing to discuss! lol
 
My boy's generally doesn't need done - I've had him 6 years and done it (I think) twice. He hasn't had any problems, so it ony gets done if he drops it (which he usually does when being groomed) and I think it looks like it could do with cleaning.
 
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