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In a message dated 3/27/99 2:58:19 AM Pacific Standard Time, owner-fjordhorse-
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So I am not the only Fjord owner with the sheath cleaning problem. Noboby
else at the stable lars lives in cleans their horse's sheath. They get done
twice a year, by the vet, if they're lucky. I need to do Lars on a two week
cycle, or it runs down his legs. My vet just says that for some horses, this
frequency is normal. Certainly not for any horse I ever saw, before Lars. I
use Betadine scrub, and simply go in after after it, though most of it is in
the front section, not the rear cavity. He isn't happy about it,but he
tolerates it. I use one of the shoulder-length polyethylene exam gloves from
Nasco Farm Supply. I wonder if this is some sort of Fjord thing, as I never
knew of a horse needing it this often. I just assumed it was a curse from G_D
for my evil lifestyle. Merek
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I also have a Fjord in my barn by the name of Lars and he is "blessed" with
one of the dirtiest weanies I've ever seen! He and a couple of the others,
require cleaning quite frequently as indicated by the black tar, smegma, that
smears all over their hind legs. I've often wondered why some are worse than
others. I once had a Quarter Horse gelding that developed nasty infections
and would get quite swollen if he wasn't cleaned often enough.
I do sheath cleaning about the same way with betadine scrub. I have never had
a problem with scalding, but am super careful about rinsing. For giggles, in
my barn, sheath cleaning is affectionately referred to as "weanie washing" and
it seems that I have been designated the official "weanie washer" as no one
else wnats to do THAT!
Have a nice day.
Gayle Ware
Field of Dreams
Eugene, OR
