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Well now here’s a subject of equine health that not a lot of people like to talk about and that’s sheath cleaning. If you own a gelding it’s an unavoidable procedure. Most of them get cleaned spring and fall to hopefully avoid horse problems in the middle of winter. Unfortunately some geldings tend to be dirtier than others like the one that I happen to be helping take care of right now. So guess who ended up doing a sheath cleaning in the middle of winter? He had just been cleaned two months prior but the poor guy was all swollen and had a large bump under his belly that was related to sheath infection. So we cleaned him and started him on a homeopathic spray for infections and the swelling and bump has come way down. I’ve attached a picture of him and you can see how predominant the bump under his belly was even with a winter coat on him. He seems to be much more comfortable now.