Maggoty willy and sheath... gross!!

[PapaFrita]

BOF's horse has got maggots in his sheath which has swollen right up. I noticed (in lieu of anyone else paying any attention to the poor sod- F is on holiday) that he kept trying to do the splits like the karate kid, so lubed up (seemed the courteous thing to do!) and had a feel and found 3 sores inside his sheath- a little maggot put his head out and waved at me- BLEEEEURGH!!!!. Neddy's willy was absolutely nowhere to be found!!!
Spoke to F who is as good as a vet (especially since BOF won't GET the vet!) And he told me to stick the hose up there and then which product to use in the area.
Horse was deffo more comfortable today, and willy emerged again but despite (or perhaps because of) our intimate *cough* moment yesterday horsey has bee rather coy and reticent today and keeps popping it back in. ANYhoo, I managed to get a look at it long enough to notice that he's got a sore right on the end of his willy too! Managed to pretend to be doing something else long enough for horsey to relax long enough for me to spray the area, but how can I encourage him to drop it a bit longer so I can get a good look?
Horsey porn???

Thanks for help

 

[brighteyes]

I think there's a sedative which might make him 'relax'.

 

[PapaFrita]

Can I not just sweet talk him or something? I'd have to buy the blinking sedative because BOF is cheap and also away at the mo.

 

[PennyJ]

I know this one!

We had vet out today for dentals and vaccs and there was one really gross sheath that I HAD TO DO (he wouldn't let me near him when I tried to do it on several occasions). The sedative you need to use is ACP (Sedulin oral paste if I remember correctly). This has the effect of expanding the blood vessels - in practice, this means the willy drops right down so you can have a good rummage around. Lucky me -at least I had no maggots to deal with, poor you!

 

[Pidge]

I know it sounds really bad but he will get used to you lurking by his willy quite quickly as I never saw Pidge's to start with as he put it away every time I went anywhere near it - god that sounds really perverted doesn't it! Anyway he soon got used to his strange mummy and is a lot more relaxed "cough" now when I'm near!
Can't belive I've posted this

 

[PapaFrita]

I actually HAVE some ACP, but in pills . How many do you think might do the trick?

 

[PapaFrita]

LOL! Well, he was waggling his lip like mad when he had the hose up there, so perhaps he WAS enjoying it a bit..

 

[Pidge]

PMSL I think so

 

[Weezy]

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

I once had to look after a polo pony who had a lump under her head ( by the back of the noseband). One morning I went to feed and the manger had hundreds of maggots in

Was very perplexed, then when I went to put her headcollar on I realised the lump had opened and the maggots had come out of her *insert green faced smilie here*

 

[madhector]

i have just turned green reading that

 

[Pidge]

that's gross, not even gonna ask how you treated it

 

[Weezy]

Well as it was clean I didn't actually do anything other than wash it with saline and puff some silver powder in (believe me, 16 years ago in Spain EVERYTHING was treated with silver powder!)

We didn't have the vet out for anything *that* inconsequential - the removal of the maggots from the manger was the most horrid bit!

 

[Pidge]

think I could have coped with the wound but as for clearing up the maggots - no way hosay (sp)

 

[Weezy]

I poured boiling water over them LOL!

 

[Happy Horse]

My old boy had lots of melanomas inside his sheath and much as I tried to keep it clean it was really hard. One day he came up to me in the field and stood with one back leg in the air - I took him in and had a look at his sheath and a maggot fell out. I called the vet (I don't do maggots!) and he came and sedated him and gave it a good clean out. After that I used Battles fly cream and he used to love having it massaged up there - perv! It never happened again once I started using that although the poor boy did have bright yellow bits!

 

[FMM]

ACP works well. If you go to a show and see the normally naughty horses behaving, 9 times out of 10 (if they are geldings) their willies are peeping out! Bit of a giveaway.

 

[*hic*]

*leaves thread, heaving!*

 

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How would the maggots have gotten in there in the first place? Are they really harmfull and can any horse have loads of maggots inside it and you wouldn't even know??

 

[PapaFrita]

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Well as it was clean I didn't actually do anything other than wash it with saline and puff some silver powder in (believe me, 16 years ago in Spain EVERYTHING was treated with silver powder!)

We didn't have the vet out for anything *that* inconsequential - the removal of the maggots from the manger was the most horrid bit!

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OMG! Are you sure you weren't in Argentina? We've got Bactrovet, a spray which is MARVELLOUS and silver; kills bugs, repels flies... Use it for pretty much EVERYthing!!

 

[PapaFrita]

Flies will lay eggs, especially on/near wounds, then they hatch and the little maggots willy bury their way in... We have to keep a pretty sharp lookout for stuff like that here; it's quite common in hot countries.

 

[joanne1920]

i gave my pony 10 acp tabs in his breakfastr before i did his, he was a gypsy pony who had never had his sheath cleaned and had loads of black gunge hanging out, acp takes about an hour to work, but then you can have a good rumage, they seem to quite enjoy it when theyre sleepy!!!!

 

[BuckingHorse]

Gross, gross, gross

Why have I just bought a gelding?????

 

[SouthWestWhippet]

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Gross, gross, gross Why have I just bought a gelding?????

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ha ha ha ha ha I have a mare

 

[Fantasy_World]

Lol I have two of them and discovered the meaning of willy washing recently.
Only done the older horse as the young un seems a bit nervous when I have even touched him near it and a leg has started to raise up off the ground.
Sorry to jump in like this but how much does acp normally cost? and is there any other alternative to getting a youngster to drop and not be quite so nervous.
Have tried to just keep touching whenever possible but the yard gets busy and we just never seem to get many quiet moments these days plus now that I am working I don't have the normally quiet morning spot in which to spend time with the horses.
Would really love to know if there are herbal alternatives that actually work? I would prefer to use these wherever possible as to be honest I don't like giving drugs to myself nevermind my animals unless absolutely necessary.
Cazx

 

[brighteyes]

I had a gelding who loved his sheath being scrubbed out

 

[Fantasy_World]

Lol brighteyes the trouble was when I decided to do his on the big grooming block on the yard everyone decided to turn up to see to their horses ( they arrive at various times normally). I didn't know where to put my face lol as most of the horses on the yard are mares and the two other geldings I've never seen have theirs done.
Bit embarrassing to say the least lol

 

[Weezy]

Hi Cazee

Is there any particular reason that you want to clean your youngsters bits (as in are they really grim)? I never touch my geldings bits as if you do it once you wreck the natural bacteria and cleaning process and then have to keep doing it - if you leave it to nature then it should self clean (that is the theory anyway and it works for me - never had a smelly willy LOL). If you really want to help then a squirt of baby oil up the sheath may be all you need, but if you can help yourself, best to leave alone

 

[Fantasy_World]

Hiya Weezy yes I agree about the leaving alone as I did think that. However his owner ( the big lad) asked me to make sure I cleaned it and judging by the gunk he had up there it might be an ongoing issue. The trouble is that I read on some sites ( as I tried to do some reading up on it when I got them both) the same as what you are saying about it destroying the natural bacteria.
I think the big lad has always had it cleaned and so it will be a case of keep doing it. I know when I did it that first time I found he had a massive lump of smegma in the tip of it, it was almost blocking his urethra

Poor lad must have been in discomfort when he peed.
I suppose I just thought that I had hoped Mcfly didn't have the same, a mass in the end of his. I have never felt the end of his ( crikey this posting sounds awful lol) so I have no idea if he has or not.
But yes I agree I would rather let mother nature take care of it because it is more natural, you don't end up smelling like you have just unblocked the pipes under the sink and finally you don't have to try and hide your face with embarrassment from people around you who don't know what you are doing and why lol.
I will try the baby oil though thanks and someone else who has geldings who I spoke to the other day said that she cleans hers and puts some vaseline on it afterwards as it helps to lubricate and stops the smegma from building up.
I cannot see it doing any harm as you would use vaseline on a sore babies bum ( and they are very sensitive areas) and I have known people use it on other areas of a baby if they have had a medical issue which caused problems urinating.
So long as I don't find any lumps in the end of Mcfly's I would rather leave him alone and maybe just use the baby oil to try and flush it ( as I presume that is what it is useful for as well as helping lubrication and the smegma falling off naturally?)
I must admit when I saw him extend it the other day ( a rare sight as most times it is hidden from view lol) it did not seem very dirty and there was very little smegma on it.
But thanks for the advice though, will take it on board

Cazx

 

[PapaFrita]

Happy to report that maggotty sheath and willy are much much better

Swelling is very much reduced and sores are healing nicely. No more maggots waving at me!!

 

[dieseldog]

Yuck yuck yuck

Valerian might be an alternative to ACP as it is a 'calmer'.

One of our liveries had maggots in his foot in the cleft of the frog, as she was obsessed by picking his feet out not really sure how it happened, but I had the pleasure of cleaning it out for her as she was too squeamish (actually I got OH to do it)