Help... Smegma in Mares

[moomoos]

Does anyone have any experiences with Mares getting Smegma between their udders? My Mare seems to be suffering with it. I've never heard of or seen this before.

 

[serenityjane]

Absolutely! Black and crusty........mmm- my mare loves the occasional wash between her teats, if you soak it, it comes off easily.

 

[Lorrie66]

Another yes! Winter or Summer, in season or not ......my mare also loves a nice clean in that area & falls asleep! she also likes to check what I have removed, as if she is checking I have done it properly!

 

[moomoos]

Sounds like its defo that... my mares a youngster and isnt keen on you going near her udders. Hopefully in time it'll be as easy as grooming her lol. I wondered what it was when i first see it not nice.

 

[AdorableAlice]

I can tell you a very funny story about this problem.

All my riding horses have been geldings, but I now have a cob mare. Washing her off a few months ago I noticed a lump between her teats. I had a feel and was furious to find what I considered a sarcoid. She had been vetted as free from sarcoids.

I moaned to my vet and asked her to have a look when she next called in. I was not there when she checked the mare and was rather embarrassed to be told I needed to wash the mare more thoroughly as my 'sarcoid' was a hard and very attached lump of smegma !

 

[moomoos]

Bless you AdorableAlice tbh with you its what i thought it was at first :/ my cob mare is my first horse. My goodness im learning new stuff everyday lol. How did you find the best way to remove/wash it off?

 

[AdorableAlice]

Bless you AdorableAlice tbh with you its what i thought it was at first :/ my cob mare is my first horse. My goodness im learning new stuff everyday lol. How did you find the best way to remove/wash it off?

I have no excuse, I have owned horses for 40 years !! I softened the gunk with baby lotion and then washed in warm water.

 

[moomoos]

Wow 40 years thats incredible. Thank you i will try that i was so worried when i first see it, am so relieved its nothing serious. I got a bit off today its the most weirdest stuff I've ever seen! It was dark in places and a orangy/yellow/brown in colour and had ripples thro it. Does this seem like Smegma to you? Sorry for the in depth description.

 

[katherine1975]

My cob mare walks over to people with her ears back, cuts them off and then cocks a back leg to get them to rub her teats lol. Our other mare won't even let you look under her tummy without getting defensive.

 

[moomoos]

Aw bless them Katherine1975 i only have the one she's only 3 and a half years so probably hasn't had anyone near them except those pesky flies. I had a quick go today, shes not kicking out at me but she gives me a moody mare face and swishes her udders with her tail and stomps her foot up at her udders getting agitated.

 

[Lillybob]

Yep, my mare gets this all year round. Never seems to bother her but I like getting rid every now and then just to make myself feel better if nothing else Having my hands there doesn't bother her either thankfully

 

[moomoos]

It doesn't seem to bother my mare either Lillybob It just doesn't look very nice does it :/ I'm just so relieved its nothing serious and all it is, is an additional bit of grooming. I was so freaked out when i first noticed it .

 

[Peregrine Falcon]

My mare was sitting on the floor rubbing herself. Thick smegma between her udders. A nice warm flannel soon put a smile on her face.

 

[zandp]

My younger mare has over the last year begun to relax when I clean there, the older one opens her legs and starts drooling in pleasure ! I either wash it or peel it off, it comes off quite easily.

 

[9tails]

Udder cream is good for slathering on and leaving, then wiping off after a few minutes along with all that black gunk.

 

[Andalucian]

My cob mare walks over to people with her ears back, cuts them off and then cocks a back leg to get them to rub her teats lol. Our other mare won't even let you look under her tummy without getting defensive.

I have 3 mares, all love a good clean, but one is like Katherine's, she marches over and cocks her leg, I hate to think what people think I'm doing when this occurs, she simply demands I sort it out!

 

[Spreebok]

Freaked me out when I first encountered it with my mare, it looked absolutely heinous, almost like she had some puss filled, rotten wound under there. A quick wipe with a moist flannel and back to normal! I make a point to do it every week minimum, especially as I usually slather her udders in sudocreme to keep the flys off, works a treat but leave residue!