Sorry I know it's been done to death - sheath cleaning

[Casey76]

I've noticed that my youngster is not dropping his penis to stale, (though the last time he did, his penis is as clean as a whistle); so I had a tentative feel around the inside of his sheath to discover there are large deposits of soft smegma.

I guess it's just a job of donning latex gloves and having a ferret around with warm water?

 

[Nudibranch]

A handful of Sudocrem sorts my two geldings out, preferably when they drop but otherwise a handful into the sheath. I know a lot of people say leave alone, but water alone doesn't do anything and the Sudocrem is gentle and cleans everything up without any more manual intervention!

 

[Birker2020]

Yes, no soap said my vet who laughed at me when I said I thought my horse had a 'bean'. I had the last laugh when he pulled a lump the size of a 50p piece out and declared it was the largest 'bean' he'd ever found!

But seriously he said he has known of a horse who had a serious problem after someone repeatedly cleaned his geldings sheath with all sorts of 'specialist sheath cleaning products' thinking he was doing the horse a favour and after repeated infections and swellings the horse ended up in a right state. Alters the PH balance. Warm water is sufficient.

Don't forget to don a hard hat! Happy ferretting or heureux aiglet

 

[nuttychestnut]

When I do it, only 1-2 per year I use KY Jelly. Really helps to get the rubbish off, I found water isn't as easy.
But don't buy the latex gloves and jelly together as you get some very odd looks!!

 

[diamonddogs]

Would aqueous cream work? It's very bland and seems to work for most things (my mare gets sore behind her udder when she's in season and it's great) and it's less than a quid for a massive tub.