Yet another 'oh help, he's so small, I can't figure this out' question

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Little daughter's even littler shetty cross is obviously in need of a good sheath clean - he's very smelly and greasy and has probably got a bit of straw in there or something. He's always been fine to be wiped around, in the normal way of things! but it's obviously a bit sore, so he's very sensitive and kicks out with great accuracy every time we try to get to see what the problem is. (We've had him for going on 9 years now, and he's never had a problem - a regular wipe around otherwise I'm of the non invasive school of thought on sheaths)
Yesterday, I had dh hold his front leg up, and he still managed to kick out with the back one! Not only that, he can kick 'in' as well as 'out' and nearly got me several times. When we swapped over (this time I held up a back leg and he could still kick with the other one!!!) he caught dh on the shin and the air was blue!
As ever I am fascinated by the problems I dealt with easily in 17hh warmbloods for years, which are just undoable with a midget pony! In order to even get at the problem you have to be upside down and/or on the floor!
Short of my husband's (non serious) suggestion of upending him in a sheep cradle (!) I am now thinking our best bet is to get him a very small dose of tranquiliser from the vet, which might a) calm him down and b) cause the problem to ... er.. reveal itself!
Does anyone have an better ideas?!
 
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Ive got a 17hh lad that i cant get near his willy regardless of how many people i have pin him down!!!!He can kick leap nearly killed a vet his very sensitive ( cant clip him pull his mane anything like that) he comes out very quickly from any oral sedation and his very difficult to inject ( only one vet from the practice will come out the rest have refused) It all stems back to some rough treatment when he was abroad i think as he came over clipped and very traumatised ( no fur or skin on his muzzle where he had been twitched which had become infected ) god knows what to do cause his a super star of a horse! If you get any good suggestions let me know!!!
 
Here is my suggestion - feel free to ignore! With my share gelding I use a squeezy bottle of baby oil and kind of squirt it around his willy and his sheath a little. It loosens everything up and make help the dirt or whatever it is come out without being too invasive. You can squirt it from a bit of a distance as well, though the angle may still be a problem!
 
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Here is my suggestion - feel free to ignore! With my share gelding I use a squeezy bottle of baby oil and kind of squirt it around his willy and his sheath a little. It loosens everything up and make help the dirt or whatever it is come out without being too invasive. You can squirt it from a bit of a distance as well, though the angle may still be a problem!

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I agree - this is how I do my 16.2hh TB and my shetland. Works a treat!!
 
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