I'll be blunt: Neddie possibly bleeding from his male parts

[vivhewe]

So, warned off all the wusses. Now I can get on with it.

I saw my neddie yesterday and he had something dark caked to his hair in his sheath area. Presuming it was sheep muck he had laid or rolled in I had a go at getting some of it off but he wasn't happy, so I left it. He had a pee and it seemed normal.

I've been today and there is more, and he had his willy out a little bit and it is on the end of there too. Now something tells me he isn't thick enough to get in sheep muck twice, especially not on his man parts (he's a very masculine wannabe 16hh welshie gelding) and so I'm a teeny bit worried it is blood and not dirt.

He won't let me have a look (obviously not an outwardly masculine wannabe 16hh gelding

) but I'm really worried about him. It could be nothing or it could be major

and so my idea is to go back tomorrow, tie him up with food and see if he'll stop trying to kick me and bite my backside at the same time so I can get a better look and possibly get some antiseptic and lukewarm water to give him a clean up.

It doesn't seem swollen, he pees without too much discontent but does anyone have any idea what it may be. My veterinary manual has failed to enlighten me at all.

ETS: He's been gelded for about 12 or 13 years now, so it isn't that I don't think

viv

 

[seza]

Hi
It can be linked with stones/mineral deposits in his bladder. I would get it checked out.

 

[vivhewe]

Oh hell that means surgery

I'm gonna be screwed

 

[virtual]

We had a horse who was bleeding there (it was splattering on to his legs), it was found to be a small tumour on the end of his penis. It was benign and the vet said he would more than likely lead a full and active life without it causing him a problem. There was an operation he could have to have it removed, but we decided against it and he's still going strong 5yrs later.

Why don't you get the vet? You're right, it could be absoloutely nothing, but it could be something that could do with early treatment to prevent more problems or expensive treatment later on.

 

[dozzie]

Have you actually seen blood or is it just black stuff? One of my old geldings gets black greasy stuff on his w. and sheath. I just give it a good clean as well as I can as it can get a bit smelly. He 29 and it doesnt seem to worry him. See if you can get someone with a bit more experience to have a look. if it is blood I think I would speak to vet for advice.

 

[guisbrogal]

Could it not just be smegma (sp?)? I don't know a lot about horsey man bits

but I do know they can get a build up of this

 

[vivhewe]

It is just black stuff, I just presumed it was blood as it wasn't muck and was coming from nowhere

*embarassed face*

I bet it is what you've described now, I feel like a t:t - it's only because he's my favourite that I worry over nothing *sigh* Thinking about it, he won't have had anything done with him since I broke my ankle and that was almost 4 months ago - no flaming wonder!

Can I hide in the corner?

 

[vivhewe]

And Ive found this online too

:

[ QUOTE ]
Part 2: THE CLEANING PROCESS...
WRITTEN BY: Patricia Harris [1998]

1.) Check to make sure there are no prospective boyfriends, elderly neighbors, or Brownie troops with a line of sight to the proceedings. Though of course they're probably going to show up unexpectedly ANYWAY once you're in the middle of things. Prepare a good explanation.

...

11.) Figure out how to explain all this to your mother (or the kid from next door, or the meter reader, or whoever else you've just realized has been standing in the barn doorway speechlessly watching the entire process.)

http://www.equusite.com/articles/health/healthSheathCleaning.shtml


[/ QUOTE ]

LMAO!

 

[Tierra]

What colour is he btw? Some paler horses have smegma that is literally red and pink

(Scared the cra*p out of me when I had a spotted horse in my teens and first noticed it)

Glad you seem to have sorted it though

 

[vivhewe]

He's grey, well, when he hasn't been a typical welshie and covered himself in 6 inches of mud LOL!

 

[Tierra]

Seriously, my spotty horse had bright red and pink smegma

I felt much worse than you because i actually got the damn vet out thinking he'd got internal bleeding or something

Theres some strange coloured stuff comes out of boy horses... particularly greys

 

[vivhewe]

LOL! That's be embarassing, it just shocked me thats all - first time I've seen it on him like that

We should get mares LOL!

 

[hadleigh]

I strongly recommend you get it checked. Without panicking you too much I had a 36 year old horse who bled from his sheath. The vet said it was a tumour and we had to have him put to sleep. Maybe if we had it looked at sooner we could have done something to save him. Hope it turns out to be nothing in your boys case.

 

[rrose]

get it checked. i look after a horse at work that had a tumor he ended up having half of his sheath cutoff. he now has ulcers and bleeds oftern but he is happy and not in pain. we wash it everyday and is checked regualry by a vet

 

[Happy Horse]

I certainly wouldn't panic about it. See if you can have a look at his willie when he has a pee - if there is any cauliflower looking growths on it then get the vet out otherwise I'd just keep an eye on it and mention it next time you have a routine visit.

 

[fizzer]

have had the same prob with mine in the past, rang the vet panicking thinking he had something bleeding internal, he came straight out and cleaned it, not a prob since, he had to be sedated was trying to kick, my vet said it was a build up of smegma, felt a bit of a prat, have learnt alot since those days, thankfully

 

[dozzie]

Im so glad my horsey lets me clean his bits for him!!! Its such a lovely job. Maybe your boy needs to have a yearly MOT...jabs, teeth,...willy clean!!!

Seriously though, if youre worried speak to a vet and pay for advice. Sometimes its better to pay just to have your mind put at rest. Also if you cant clean it without sedation hes going to get a bit uncomfy.
good luck.

 

[XmisshorsestyleX]

Hes a Grey welsh cob?? dont see many of them around!

 

[josephinebutter2]

Re. cleaning sheaths.

If your horse is not allergic, just squirt some baby oil up there every now and again and they keep themselves clean!

On the subject, when my boy had little sarcoids round that area, I had to take photos to send to Liverpool University. He is such a show off and every time I got my camera out - guess what else came out!

And my yard was right next to a gym and tack shop, so you can imageine the looks I got!