PROLAPSE??

[penny2]

I have a very lively 20 plus gelding. He has always liked to have a pee in a certain place when out on exercise, but of late he has taken to having a pee before we hack out. If he misses this he seems to become a touch unsettled when out on exercise, and sometimes he seems to be reluctant to canter but breaking into a jolting trot. Upon arriving home he now sometimes seems to let it all "Hang out" I have started to watch his shadow when riding and he does tend to show himself. Has anybody experienced this, and is there a solution to this, or is it a case of everything going south???? He really is a lively old boy, game for anything.

 

[ivenoidea]

I hope you get an answer. I've been thinking about posting on something similar. An old boy who has taken to pee'ing more than normal ( - everytime I arrive at the yard, catch in, put back in his box after mucking out etc etc etc), and is constantly 'hanging out' despite the cold weather

 

[Box_Of_Frogs]

Hi florin. Sunny (22) used to insist on stopping at exactly the same spot on our fave 2hr hack for a pee too. Unfortunately it was right alongside a cemetery and I'm sure passers by used to think I was mad or weird or both! He's not so bothered on shorter hacks. I think they just get set in a routine and derive reassurance from it so I always used to let Sunny have his pee and on we went.

A prolapse is something very different eg a prolapsed uterus is where the womb turns inside out and hangs out of the back of the mare. There's not as much to prolapse with a gelding - I guess it would be a hernia. I can't begin to imagine the bladder being able to squeeze ... no...can't happen! What may be happening is that he has a mild water or sheath infection or a degree of weakness in the bladder sphincter. I'd get the vet to have a look under mild sedation so he happily lobs his old boy out (horse, not vet!) just in case it's something more sinister that is impeding the flow of urine x