tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post337508620385852327..comments2024-03-01T06:49:59.106-05:00Comments on Behind the Bit: Poor Harvster: The nether regionsStacey Kimmel-Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-15780032455829485362012-07-13T01:38:20.620-04:002012-07-13T01:38:20.620-04:00My oldster is suffering from the same for the last...My oldster is suffering from the same for the last week or so. Cold water hosing. Fly spray and swat. 24 hour turnout is about all I can think to do for him. I do feel bad for him though...Tami Weingartnerhttp://www.tamiweingartner.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-36001426129162717222012-07-12T23:07:29.972-04:002012-07-12T23:07:29.972-04:00My OLD gelding (29 now), gets this type of swellin...My OLD gelding (29 now), gets this type of swelling in the winter. ?? Poor thing. I always think I should make some sort of polar fleece "snuggy" to wrap around his waist. :)Netherfieldmomhttp://underthegrowlight.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-9978186269056436512012-07-12T10:04:43.176-04:002012-07-12T10:04:43.176-04:00My arab's sheath would swell like this when he...My arab's sheath would swell like this when he was in his late teens, early 20s. He'd get it any time he stood around, a walk up the road and back usually did the trick.smazourekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029180368325070266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-69170055502253793202012-07-12T09:55:08.305-04:002012-07-12T09:55:08.305-04:00Yes my gelding had sheath swelling this past winte...Yes my gelding had sheath swelling this past winter that would go down when exercised and went completely away when spring came and he was turned out in pastures and was able to move more throughout the day.strivingforsavvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070004292603118407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-27400431282557441152012-07-12T07:34:30.868-04:002012-07-12T07:34:30.868-04:00Poor Harv. I hope you can find a solution soon.Poor Harv. I hope you can find a solution soon.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-51566182860304433692012-07-12T06:36:32.094-04:002012-07-12T06:36:32.094-04:00My gelding had some swelling in the nether region ...My gelding had some swelling in the nether region a few times and it turned out that they were spider bites. Sometimes when they lay down in the shavings, this would happen. I would give my horse some antihistamine and it worked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-72274252099200618632012-07-11T21:19:45.903-04:002012-07-11T21:19:45.903-04:00Good advice from others. I tend towards the tick b...Good advice from others. I tend towards the tick bite theory as the most logical. Since the sheath is a low spot, fluid would be likely to collect there in an edema. Could be an allergic reaction to something too. Any weeds or plants that might be blooming with all the wet and heat we've had. <br /><br />The senior horses are always a worry. Seems they can be sensitive to things that never Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-44264217088102524682012-07-11T21:12:39.522-04:002012-07-11T21:12:39.522-04:00Did the swelling go down after exercise? Sometimes...Did the swelling go down after exercise? Sometimes geldings get edema in that very spot because it's hot and they aren't moving much--sort of like how our feet swell if we're not moving much.TBDancerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03889066602819359591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-62555990111961107872012-07-11T19:30:06.171-04:002012-07-11T19:30:06.171-04:00My 23-year old Hano gelding had a similar issue ea...My 23-year old Hano gelding had a similar issue earlier this spring - I thought of all that Rebecca wrote above and was looking into that when I found a tiny tick attached way up in the furthest nether regions - because of where it was, the swelling seemed to drop down into the sheath area, exactly like Harv's. I removed the tick and the swelling got better very fast. <br /><br />I'm billiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18187141867284800597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-72288261442001720962012-07-11T18:25:38.352-04:002012-07-11T18:25:38.352-04:00Both my 18 yo Andalusian cross and my 6 yo quarter...Both my 18 yo Andalusian cross and my 6 yo quarter horse came down with the same thing a couple of weeks ago. After a lot of exploration, it turns out that it was an allergy to bug bites. Both went on horse benadryl for 10 days and both are completely better. But I do a lot more fly spray on their sheaths now and use swat too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-36003208516271863292012-07-11T18:04:30.810-04:002012-07-11T18:04:30.810-04:00Thanks rebecca -- interesting! Harv is on quite a ...Thanks rebecca -- interesting! Harv is on quite a bit more senior than he was a few years ago, b/c he can't eat hay so much any more. If this does not resolve the problem I'll look at sugar intake. I appreciate the advice, I had not thought of that...Stacey Kimmel-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08498926535389535263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-74116378611129401672012-07-11T17:51:22.819-04:002012-07-11T17:51:22.819-04:00Hi Stacey, I've been following your blog for a...Hi Stacey, I've been following your blog for a while. I don't comment on blogs very often, but I thought I'd throw my 2 cents worth in on this one. I had an older gelding who had similar issues. He would get swollen along his ventral line sometimes and other times he was swollen in his nether regions. He was around 25 years old and I really didn't know what to make of it at the Rashlienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10715442584267352330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-66369157852270466642012-07-11T17:28:10.905-04:002012-07-11T17:28:10.905-04:00I have gone through this with my 23 year old geldi...I have gone through this with my 23 year old gelding countless times, nearly always in the summer although I've noticed he gets a little swollen after spring shots. Looks exactly like your picture and regardless of what we've done it's resolved normally within a few days. He has respiratory allergies that have been helped immensely with Tri-Hist, and I suspect the sheath-swelling isLara Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16661093611286883883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-34969897335241384342012-07-11T17:21:41.374-04:002012-07-11T17:21:41.374-04:00Edema's on the sheath always look bad, and tak...Edema's on the sheath always look bad, and take a long time to go away. You have gravity and elasticity working against you. I had a gelding who was a lot worse. We put a newly weaned foal in with him and the baby so wanted to nurse on anything and the gelding was too kind-hearted to kick him away. His lasted for a month!<br />He probably doesn't even notice it.Shadow Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015365019108553741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6317822193674196694.post-71583136058923548612012-07-11T16:36:55.975-04:002012-07-11T16:36:55.975-04:00This happens to my gelding at least once every spr...This happens to my gelding at least once every spring/summer. My vet says that it's an allergic reaction to stinging insects. He will sometimes swell enough that you can see his sheath hanging down from across the field. His member will also hang out a little, which I was told was due to swelling inside the sheath itself. I give him a dose of Ani-hist as soon as I notice it, and then for a Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16543998088538710623noreply@blogger.com