Swollen sheath...Help please!!

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Buddy has been hanging his willy out an awful lot lately, the other day he seemed to be trying to kick at it when it was dangling down... He'll let me touch it and his actual willy isn't sore, but his sheath area looks abit swollen to me, it had some of those horrid little biting flies on it yest which at drawn abit of blood on the sheath area so I washed it in very dilute hibiscrub and smothered it in fly cream

He's still hanging his willy out today on and off which he's never done before and striking at it, unfortunatley haven't seen him wee in the last two days as he lives out 24/7 but on friday he wee'd fine.

Any ideas??!! Do I need to get some sheath cleaner and have a good scrub inside? Or does this upset some sort of balance? Tbh i've never cleaned his sheath as i've never seen a problem.

Will obvs get vet if this continues, however would rather save myself a call out if it just needs a good clean!!!

Will also post in vet FC but lots more traffic here!!

So all I have on offer is a cup of yorkshire tea and stale digestive but surely helping solve my boy's winkle trouble will go towards your deed for the day?! :p Ta.
 
shysmum said:
vet asap, without a shadow of a doubt. he needs sedating and a thorough check up.
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Echo this unless he will let you stick your hand up there and clean it. Micah did this a couple of days on the trot, as he used to stick it out when he wanted it cleaned I ignored him the first day. second day I cleaned it and found a small splinter of wood up there, it was stuck and had dried blood on it :eek::eek: dam good job I found it though
 
Freddie has had a very swollen sheath (due to 100's of ticks on it) I frontlined it ouchyyyyyyyyyy... and smothered it 4 days later in sudocreme, its now not swollen at all, have noticed his willy has been hanging out alot too. I find lots of sudocreme around the sheath once a day keeps the biting midges etc at bay!

I echo what the other 2 said tho, if you can't give it a thorough examination yourself then I would get a vet to have a look.
 
My horse gets a swollen sheath whenever the weather is warm and damp. I got the vet out the first time and 300 pounds later he still had a swollen sheath. I bought some red rum sheath cleaner, diluted it by half their recommendations, cleaned it and then rinsed really well! Within two days all swelling had gone and no more dangling!! He now needs it cleaning about twice a year depending on the weather.
Hope that helps
Xx
 
My gelding has this sometimes in the warm weather, vet checked and said it was sheath oedema, it walks off when he starts moving about when turned out in the morning
 
Vet ASAP it can be very serious if not treated quickly with steroids. I had the same problem cost me £200. To get it sorted
 
I've had two sheath-related problems in the past (lucky me!!). One was a smegma bean - I hadn't heard of it, but YO knew exactly what it was and squeezed it out (it was as big as a broad bean - must have hurt!).

The second was after he'd been bitten by flies and they'd left little spots of blood. I smothered it with sudocreme - and caused the poor boy wet eczema which needed the vet and antibiotic cream.

It may not be a big worry - my current horse swells a bit in the heat, but it goes down when it's cooler. I guess if you can't identify anything specific, then a vet's opinion is worthwhile.
 
Thank You everybody, conflicting advice! I will ring the vets first, see if they recommend giving it a clean... its certainly not huge! the swelling is slight, its more the willy dangling!
dare i ask what a smegma bean is?!
 
Good question - I didn't know about it either. It's a build-up of smegma (the yuk the get on their williws!) that literall y sticks together to form a hard, round lump.

On my horse it was just up inside the penis opening. I wouldn't have spotted it, but my then YO knew what she was looking for (can't remember why/how she knew - ie, what the symptoms were, other than a bit of swelling round the sheath). She squeezed the penis open until it popped out. Yes, he was a saint - I can't imagine either of our current boys allowing us to do that! Also, despite seeing it done, not sure I'd be confident to do it myself either.

It's a difficult one as it may just be a heat reaction, or a bit of irritation from flies, but I think I would call the vet to double check - if you can combine the call out with something or someone else that would be great, but still worth it for peace of mind, I think :rolleyes:
 
Thank you very much oddjob, luckily I'm a carer to that doesn't gross me out too much. I've hassaled my lovely vet, he's said to give it good clean and keep the flies away from it and give a day to see if he stops dangling it. So we'll see, tut boys and their bits
 
I just love this advice:
http://www.equusite.com/articles/health/healthSheathCleaning.shtml

Makes me die!

You could try to see if more turn out helps: my boy's bits swell if he's in too long. You could gently play a hose around the area and if it's flies, then maybe get some Summer fly cream, the yellow stuff. It has deet in it and is madly effective, I find, as long as you don't mind your horse displaying a fluorescent yellow sheath in the field! :eek:
 
My pony gets a little swollen if he gets attacked by files!!!!

I can not use sudocrem evey day as he gets it all over and produces more willy gung. He only seams to react when bitten, in winter we don't have a problem. I have to wash his sheath once a week to keep it clean and this seams to reduce the amount of flies that bite, which then means his sheath does not swell.
 
my horse had swollen sheath - i made it worse by trying to clean it with sheath cleaner. He had to have 'Newmarket Broth'. to re-populate the area with friendly bacteria as per vet visit. i leave it alone now!
 
My boy had a warm and slightly swollen sheath the friday before the jubilee bank holiday weekend. Vet advised to give him bute and cold hose it. By the monday it was back to normal. If it is tender to touch and warm it will be infected so will need antibiotics, but if it is not tender to touch, I'd suggest the above treatment will do the trick!
 
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