WHAT, for the love of horses, IS THIS!? Also questions on how to treat whatever it is and more....?

[AmberLops]

Sheath cleaning. I squeeze KY up there the day before, then another tube before I dig in and start cleaning. This of course is the signal for Joe, (that's his eye in my avatar) to suck his pee pee up in the vicinity of somewhere behind his eyeballs. Undaunted, I pull on my inadequate latex glove and shove my hand up to my armpit, groping around for the shy, elusive ding dong. This annoys Joe, who lays his ears back and raises his back hoof, clearly stating, "You better let go of my ding-a-ling or I am going to kick your head off." Somewhere between snatching the prize and dragging it out, I lose my glove. How did THAT happen? Hmmm...… if I go fishing for it, I will lose my grip.....it can wait.

I have a bucket of warm sudsy water with a big sponge and rag, as I reach for it, Joe sidesteps. My arm goes with him aaaaand the bucket is out of reach. reckon I can "lead" him back over, closer to the bucket? I pull and he raises his hind hoof again. Maybe steady pressure will do it and I lean into it. Joe is more annoyed and starts stomping his feet, this inches me closer to the bucket. I grab sponge and rag and start scrubbing. Joe is cremello in color, pink skinned, purest white and blue eyed. His ding dong is gross, looks like corn flakes are stuck to it and HE is not the least bit interested in getting "all cleaned up". Nope. Not even a little bit. Somewhere in the process, the lost glove shows up. Fat lot of good that did me.

And then there's the BEAN! Must not forget the BEAN! That requires a delicate insertion of a finger in his pee pee to dig out uric crystals that form a white blob of grossness that can plug up his urethra and cause some real problems. Once again, Joe is not impressed. In fact, this is the last straw and he is really pissed off (literally).

Finally I get the water hose and wash the sheath out, making sure all the soapy suds are gone, and we're done.

The first time I read this, I laughed until I cried. I have sang this many a time to my Joe. It doesn't help his feelings one bit, but it makes me laugh.

The Sheath Cleaning Song
Author Unknown

(Sing it to the tune of "Hello Mother, Hello Father" from camp song)

How's it hangin'?
So much cleaner.
Aren't you glad I
washed your wiener?

I'll admit it's
kinda creepy
that I had to stick my arm up in your pee-pee.


It was sticky.
It was gunky.
It felt icky.
It smelled funky.

It was cruddy,
it was crusty--
when you stuck it out, it creaked like it was rusty.


After half an
hour of toilin'
and of squirtin'
baby oil in,
you're as fresh there
as a daisy.

Either this means I love you or else I'm crazy!!!

HA HA HA!!!!! I LOVE this! The things we do for our animals....

 

[secuono]

Sort of looks like pressure balding. Pic looks like it's over hip to me.

 

[Rammy]

If I ever get another horse and its male, Im calling the vet for the cleaning. Eeeeewww!

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Leon laughed so hard when i read that to him.... and i cried as i was singing that song to him...thanks for the morning tickle Bay

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Sheath cleaning. I squeeze KY up there the day before, then another tube before I dig in and start cleaning. This of course is the signal for Joe, (that's his eye in my avatar) to suck his pee pee up in the vicinity of somewhere behind his eyeballs. Undaunted, I pull on my inadequate latex glove and shove my hand up to my armpit, groping around for the shy, elusive ding dong. This annoys Joe, who lays his ears back and raises his back hoof, clearly stating, "You better let go of my ding-a-ling or I am going to kick your head off." Somewhere between snatching the prize and dragging it out, I lose my glove. How did THAT happen? Hmmm...… if I go fishing for it, I will lose my grip.....it can wait.

I have a bucket of warm sudsy water with a big sponge and rag, as I reach for it, Joe sidesteps. My arm goes with him aaaaand the bucket is out of reach. reckon I can "lead" him back over, closer to the bucket? I pull and he raises his hind hoof again. Maybe steady pressure will do it and I lean into it. Joe is more annoyed and starts stomping his feet, this inches me closer to the bucket. I grab sponge and rag and start scrubbing. Joe is cremello in color, pink skinned, purest white and blue eyed. His ding dong is gross, looks like corn flakes are stuck to it and HE is not the least bit interested in getting "all cleaned up". Nope. Not even a little bit. Somewhere in the process, the lost glove shows up. Fat lot of good that did me.

And then there's the BEAN! Must not forget the BEAN! That requires a delicate insertion of a finger in his pee pee to dig out uric crystals that form a white blob of grossness that can plug up his urethra and cause some real problems. Once again, Joe is not impressed. In fact, this is the last straw and he is really pissed off (literally).

Finally I get the water hose and wash the sheath out, making sure all the soapy suds are gone, and we're done.

The first time I read this, I laughed until I cried. I have sang this many a time to my Joe. It doesn't help his feelings one bit, but it makes me laugh.

The Sheath Cleaning Song
Author Unknown

(Sing it to the tune of "Hello Mother, Hello Father" from camp song)

How's it hangin'?
So much cleaner.
Aren't you glad I
washed your wiener?

I'll admit it's
kinda creepy
that I had to stick my arm up in your pee-pee.


It was sticky.
It was gunky.
It felt icky.
It smelled funky.

It was cruddy,
it was crusty--
when you stuck it out, it creaked like it was rusty.


After half an
hour of toilin'
and of squirtin'
baby oil in,
you're as fresh there
as a daisy.

Either this means I love you or else I'm crazy!!!

Yeah, I get some funny looks at the drug store standing in line with an armload of KY jelly. You should see the horrified looks I get when I smile and say, "Its for my horse."

TOO funny Bay! I knew i liked you! yea, maybe both geldings should get a spring cleaning there. lol. havent been able to properly bathe any of them for about a month because i fell over our boat trailor tongue and had a bum leg for a bit. now that its normal again i might have to borrow your song!

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

i think im going to attempt to make the calendulum paste today. must find some marigolds first. mine are not ready....

 

[promiseacres]

they do make an ointment called SWAT... has fly repellent in it. Might try that on the hip areas. @Baymule that's hilarious... got to love this part of having a gelding...

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

Sort of looks like pressure balding. Pic looks like it's over hip to me.

darkest spot is at hip bone, then some on down the front of hind and a spot on his behind and a spot on his jawbone line. only on the one side of his body though. he is getting a thorough cleaning, grooming and *hopefully* marigold paste.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

the one with the spots hasnt had a lot of issues with flies. but the other.... i had the metal curry comb out using it to shed him out some and i looked under and holy mackerel there were two HUGE monstor flies on the outer part of his thing. i thought they were bees at first. *imagine my initial reaction to bees on my horses pecker* haha* went to the other side and there was a third one. while i know three isnt necessarily an infestation.... its way more than what i should be seeing.

 

[MatthewsHomestead]

now i wish i had got a pic of them before swating them off his junk.