🐎 Attention Horse People of BYC! 🐎

[JacinLarkwell]

Dead serious. If horses roam around without a junk cleaner, why is it even necessary?

So geldings need it most often because since they aren't breeding, they have no need to extend far enough to get the little balls to fall out. Stallions breed and "show off" enough that they don't have those same problems. Plus for a long time, people didn't held their males, they simply had them intact

 

[MarkJr]

So geldings need it most often because since they aren't breeding, they have no need to extend far enough to get the little balls to fall out. Stallions breed and "show off" enough that they don't have those same problems. Plus for a long time, people didn't held their males, they simply had them intact

That makes perfect sense.
Thank you!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That makes perfect sense.
Thank you!

No problem. I just wanted to make sure you actually wanted to know before just spouting off about the history if you were joking

 

[Weeg]

I heard of it, but never really though abbot if it was important or not. Is it? Should we be doing that? How often? How??? I am clueless! Hahah!

 

[MarkJr]

No problem. I just wanted to make sure you actually wanted to know before just spouting off about the history if you were joking

I am not a horse fan. Personally don’t have the interest in using one enough to justify owning one. BUT, I was genuinely curious why it was an issue.
Thanks!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

I am not a horse fan. Personally don’t have the interest in using one enough to justify owning one. BUT, I was genuinely curious why it was an issue.
Thanks!!

I’m glad you asked cause I was wondering too but didn’t know I was wondering till you asked

 

[pony007]

Depends on the day. My gelding is sensitive, some days he doesn't care at all if I'm messing around down there, other days he threatens to kick me if i get too close.. I usually have me vet do it when i get spring shots, and unless he's got the heavy duty drugs he always ties to kick the vet

 

[Weeg]

Is this true- Contrary to popular belief, cleaning a horse's penis and the sheath containing it (theprepuce) is rarely necessary. In fact, the aggressive cleaning methods promoted by many well-meaning horsepeople often do more harm than good.

 

[pony007]

Is this true- Contrary to popular belief, cleaning a horse's penis and the sheath containing it (theprepuce) is rarely necessary. In fact, the aggressive cleaning methods promoted by many well-meaning horsepeople often do more harm than good.

Depends on the horse, some boys are cleaner than others. The main thing, is not necessarily to scrub everything, but to make sure there are no beans (balls of built-up smegma). If a bean forms and blocks the urethra, it can cause some major problems for the horse. Unless the gelding is very dirty, cleaning once or twice a year should be sufficient. Cleaning too frequently can kill off the good bacteria in there, and cause an infection.

 

[casportpony]

Of course I do it myself. No way I will ever pay a vet to do it. For those of you with horses that need to be tranquilized, ask your vet for some acepromazine or some dorm-gel.