Southern Equine Sheath Cleaning

07/01/2025

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**Disclaimer: used with owners permission and for educational purposes only**
Owner and horse to remain anonymous, so please don’t ask any personal questions about their identity.

SESC attended a sheath clean end of July 2024. Here we quickly discovered abnormalities of this horse’s p***s. These abnormalities were coupled with a foul smelling discharge.

**what we detected: as you can see from the image, at the head of the horses p***s (technical term is their “glands p***s”), you can see this brain like rippling. We could also feel that the horses urethra was enlarged and had some abnormal nodules on it**

The owner was advised to seek veterinary attention with possible biopsy, because we believed there was pathology there.
This was almost immediately done and the biopsy came back as a confirmed Squamous Metaplasia, which is the precursor/ precancerous development of an SCC (Squamous Cell Carcinoma); the most common and aggressive forms of pe**le cancers in horses.
The horse was admitted to an equine hospital and had surgery two weeks later. The veterinary team opted to do almost a full pe**le removal/ amputation; this was to make sure they got good margins from the affected areas.

The horse himself has had a fabulous recovery and since returned to full work. SESC have since been out to health check and clean post surgery and will continue to work with this horse and owner to monitor moving forward.

At SESC, we continue to work with these cases and invest in our training and knowledge pool for value add to our service. We will share when appropriate these stories for educational purposes in due course.

29/12/2024

Working harder to invest in our training, knowledge and experiences to make the service we give you; seamless, informative, correct and always relevant. 2024 we invested in part two of our CPD (Continued Professional Development), with the top guy in the UK. This training and knowledge enables us to understand and be able to detect any abnormalities within your horses sheath. This allows us to bring to your attention, if needs be to then consult your vet for diagnosis. We have so many cases of pathology this year, and we will be sharing some of these in the new year in due course. Obviously, some cases are very sensitive and we have had to wait until horses have defined diagnosis and/ or surgery and then in the clear and owners need to be ok with us sharing their story online (some aren’t, which we respect), especially after all the emotions and trauma going through that with your horse, and we are lucky enough to be kept in the loop with these cases. So everything we share is done with full consent and done at the right time purely for educational purposes on the importance of sheath cleaning.

We are part of BEHA (British Equine Hygiene Association).

Www.beha.org.uk

23/12/2024

At SESC, we would like to wish all our new and existing customers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! What a year it’s bean (see what I did there 😉 😜). We hope everyone enjoys the festivities and we very much look forward to seeing you all again next year to be elbow deep in sm**ma!!!! (But don’t think about that when you’re eating your turkey dinner).

Inbox is always open over the holidays, so don’t hesitate to send us a message.

Team SESC 😀

16/12/2024

🐴🐴 January Dates in the Diary🐴🐴

2nd- SO, PO, GU
3rd- OX, HP
4th- BH, DT
5th- TW, SL, WD, LU
8th- RG, SL
9th- BS,BA
10th- Wiltshire
11th- Essex
11th- RH, KT, BN
15th- SO, PO, GU
16th & 17th- EX, TA, PL
18th- Gloucester
21st- OX, HP
22nd- BS, BA
23rd- BH, DT
24th- RG
25th- So, PO, GU
26th- Essex
29th- RH, KT, BN
30th- Wiltshire
31st- WD, SG, AL, MK

If you’re postcode isn’t included, contact is with your details and we certainly try and get to you. (We only cover the south of england)

https://www.facebook.com/sesc85

✅Fully registered business (ref no 11143306).
✅Fully insured.
✅CPD trained in abnormal masses and pe**le cancers by Professor Derek Knottenbelt.
✅Operating as a limited business.
✅Established since 2017.
✅Published article in Your Horse Magazine and on “ask the experts” panel, in 2018, 2021 and 2024.
✅Knowledgable and experienced equestrians.
✅Works alongside vets, osteopaths, dentists and saddle fitters to eliminate issues.
✅ Able to invoice through QuickBooks and take card payments onsite.
✅ Small team running multiple routes, making it more of an accessible service with more dates available.

£30 a horse. That service includes a full internal Sheath and p***s wash with a water based lubricant. The removal of any beans and then fully flushed out. A full health check is done of the area and any abnormalities are reported back to owners/grooms. This also includes travel cost and insurances.

08/12/2024

Check out this monster, removed from one of our clients recently by Lucy. As you can see it’s got a very defined groove where it’s built up in the fossa (the small pocket at the tip of the horses p***s), the fossa is just above the urethra (the horses urinary tract). It’s great to know his horse will be feeling amazing now post extraction.

Pop us a message for any questions, queries or bookings.

29/11/2024

🐴🐴 Winter Swollen Sheaths 🐴🐴

Just as the flies have finally gone, we thought “no more swollen sheaths”? ………………Wrong!!!
With the weather being so awful, and a lot of yards changing turnout patterns due to the time of the year. We will however, still see some sheath swelling unfortunately. With the reduced option of turnout, horses aren’t moving around as much and therefore, with reduced work/ movement, you may often see your horses sheath swollen or bigger than usual.
Most of the time it looks far worst then it actually is and you’ll often find that with some movement, beit turnout or exercise, this should reduce and go back to the normal size.

Some helpful tips:

📍Have a touch of the sheath if you’re allowed and make sure it’s not hot or irritated? If it’s cold/ normal body temperature and your horse is fine in himself. Just get them moving.
📍 If the sheath is hot and your horse is irritated, you may need to see when he was last cleaned? Because this may indicate that he may have a build up of secretions inside or a pe**le bean making him sore and uncomfortable.
📍 If you have established that the reason for your horses swollen sheath is just due to lack of movement. And your current yard setup, is either restricted to no winter turnout; you can simply apply our sheath barrier balm to the area as it’s a soothing balm with beeswax in it, so will help with any inflammation. This also applies to horses who are retired and those who are on “box rest” and cannot move around.
📍 For irritated sheaths, we advise a sheath clean as a first option. From there, depending on how they are, you can also try the barrier balm to sooth the area, or we advise veterinary guidance.
📍 Understand your horse’s medical situation, so for those horses who are cushions and/or EMS, a pre disposal symptom of these is a constant swollen sheath (doesn’t reduce with movement or exercise).
📍If your horse isn’t diagnosed with either cushions or EMS, and he has a constant swollen sheath that’s doesn’t reduce with movement, beit happy in his sheath area or not, we would advise getting your vet to run some bloods for possible diagnosis.
📍 Lastly, do not panic!!! our inbox here at SESC is always open and we often offer free advice over the phone or via messages- it’s just part of the service and it’s what we do best.

We look forward to seeing you all again soon.

Team SESC 😀

24/11/2024

A very busy weeekend for the SESC team, Lucy, Laura and Kat running routes. However, our SESC senior member Lucy, safety removed a load of beans from a yard this weekend, in the West Country. Just look at those awful beans? All boys are now happy and comfortable within their sheaths after being clean, health checked and pe**le beans removed. (Disclaimer: Lucy wore gloves whilst doing the procedure, photos are post clean, gloves removed and hands sanitised).

17/11/2024

🐴🐴December Dates in the Diary🐴🐴

1st- SO, PO, GU
4th- Gloucester
5th- BS, BA
6th- RG, OX
6th- BH, DT
7th- Essex
7th- KT, RH, BN
8th- SO, PO, GU
10th- Wiltshire
12th- DT, BH
13th- RG
13th- MK, AL, SG, WD
14th- BS, BA
14th- OX, HP
16th- RG
17th- RH, KT, BN
18th- BS, BA
19th- SO, PO, GU
20th- RG, SL, TW
21st- Wiltshire
22nd- Essex
28th- OX, HP
28th- Gloucester

If you’re postcode isn’t included, contact is with your details and we certainly try and get to you. (We only cover the south of england)

https://www.facebook.com/sesc85

✅Fully registered business (ref no 11143306).
✅Fully insured.
✅CPD trained in abnormal masses and pe**le cancers by Professor Derek Knottenbelt.
✅Operating as a limited business.
✅Established since 2017.
✅Published article in Your Horse Magazine and on “ask the experts” panel, in 2018, 2021 and 2024.
✅Knowledgable and experienced equestrians.
✅Works alongside vets, osteopaths, dentists and saddle fitters to eliminate issues.
✅ Able to invoice through QuickBooks and take card payments onsite.
✅ Small team running multiple routes, making it more of an accessible service with more dates available.

£30 a horse. That service includes a full internal Sheath and p***s wash with a water based lubricant. The removal of any beans and then fully flushed out. A full health check is done of the area and any abnormalities are reported back to owners/grooms. This also includes travel cost and insurances.

05/11/2024

🐴🐴 Todger and Teeth Tuesday 🐴🐴

It’s always a pleasure working with the horses and donkeys at Animal Antiks every year, who are a charity. And it’s also amazing working as part of a mantainance & health check team.
SESC team up with Hannah Breen Equine Dental-Technician and Julia from Larkmead Vets - Farm.

Hannah and Kat on teeth and sheaths, whilst Julia tends to anything medical and to sedate those that need it, especially tricky Ricky (miniature Shetland).

03/11/2024

When your weekend on the road has been “full of beans” for the SESC team. Good job team!!

16/10/2024

🐴🐴November Dates for Sheath Cleaning🐴🐴

Fri 1st- Gloucester
Sat 2nd- Essex
Sun 3rd- SO, PO, GU
Thur 7th- BH, DT
Fri 8th- RG
Fri 8th- OX, HP
Sat 9th- SO, PO, GU
Sat 9th- RH, KT, BN
Sun 10th- TW, SL, WD
Thur 14th- BA, BS
Fri 15th- Wiltshire
Fri 15th- MK, NN, SG
Sat 16th- Gloucester
Sun 17th- Essex
Thur 21st- SO, PO, GU
Fri 22nd- RG
Fri 22nd- OX, HP
Sat 23rd- BH, DT
Sat 23rd- RH, KT, CR, BR
Thur 28th- BA, BS
Fri 29th- Wiltshire
Fri 29th- SL, TW, WD, AL, SG
Sat 30th- SO, PO, GU
Sat 30th- OX, HP

If your postcode isn’t included, contact us with your details and we certainly try and get to you. (We only cover the south of England)

https://www.facebook.com/sesc85

✅Fully registered business (ref no 11143306).
✅Fully insured.
✅CPD trained in abnormal masses and pe**le cancers by Professor Derek Knottenbelt.
✅Operating as a limited business.
✅Established in 2017.
✅Published article in Your Horse Magazine and on “ask the Experts” panel in 2018, 2021 and 2024.
✅Knowledgable and experienced equestrians.
✅Works alongside vets, osteopaths, dentists and saddle fitters to eliminate issues.
✅ Able to invoice through QuickBooks and take card payments onsite.
✅ Small team running multiple routes, making it more of an accessible service with more dates available.

£30 a horse. The service includes a full internal Sheath and p***s wash with a water-based lubricant. The removal of any beans and then fully flushed out. A full health check is done of the area and any abnormalities are reported back to owners/grooms. This also includes travel costs and insurance.

Co-founder of The British Equine Hygienists Association (BEHA) - The representative body for the UK’s most experienced and trustworthy team of stallion, gelding, and mare hygienists trained by veterinary professionals.

https://www.beha.org.uk/

13/10/2024

When you meet a horse that is you in horse form. My colleague Lucy said, “Kat, that horse looks like you”. Totally had to share from the archives from recently.
Pop us a message for any sheath cleaning needs. November dates will be realised shortly.

06/10/2024

The SESC team have been working hard the last few weeks. Amazing to see so many happy clients and horses and thank you for your positive feedback. We have harvested- 😂 so many beans, as per the pictures. This is from new and existing clients.
However, it’s not just about equine pe**le beans, it’s also, about the health check of the area and removing any hard and sharp sm**ma and pe**le crust. In order to make your boy more comfortable. Safely removing these elements has a positive effect on your horse of course.
We endeavour to continue to work with the “work in progress horses” (those that take slightly longer to accept to process) and those horses with abnormalities, alongside the owners veterinary guidance.
At SESC, we see ourselves as an extension to your horses well being team.

Our inbox is always open for questions, advice and enquiries.

😀 SESC Team

30/09/2024

Always a pleasure being part of the “ask the experts” panel for Your Horse Magazine.

The lowdown on how sheath cleaning is done, what a bean is and symptoms your horse might have one. Plus, why mares can get them too

24/09/2024

🐴🐴 Busy week ahead for the team 🐴🐴

Kat is now working on the Isle of Wight this week, with Laura and Lucy running routes on the mainland. We are fully booked, but our October dates have been released. 👍

Last week (when the sun was shining) we meet these gorgeous little darlings. We pulled up by the stables, but the customer come out and said “could you park by the house, the ponies are in the garden”………………… the garden 🥰😍 👇 (what a beautiful site).
We did four geldings (there were seven ponies, three were mares). A bean removed from one little boy, who was instantly relieved.

**Send us a message to enquire or book**

19/09/2024

💥💥💥October Dates have landed 💥💥💥
🐴🐴 October Dates For The Diary🐴🐴

Tue 1st- Gloucester
Wed 2nd- SO, PO, GU
Thur 3rd- Wiltshire SN/SP
Thur 3rd- BH, DT
Fri 4th- RG
Fri 4th- WD, AL, LU
Sat 5th- Essex
Sat 5th- OX, HP
Sun 6th- RH, KT, BN
Tue 8th- BR, CR, KT
Wed 9th- BS, BA
Thu 10th- OX, HP
Sat 12th- Gloucester
Sat 12th- MK, NN
Tue 15th- SL, TW, WD
Thu 17th- Wiltshire
Fri 18th- RG
Fri 18th- RH, KT
Sat 19th- BH, DT
Sat 19th- OX, HP
Sun 20th- RH, KT, BN
Tue 22nd- SO, PO, GU
Wed 23rd- WR, HR, GL
Thu 24th- RG
Fri 25th- SL, TW, WD
Sat 26th- Essex
Sat 26th- BH, DT
Sun 27th- SO, PO, GU
Tue 29th- BS, BA, TA

If you’re postcode isn’t included, contact is with your details and we certainly try and get to you. (We only cover the south of england)

https://www.facebook.com/sesc85

✅Fully registered business (ref no 11143306).
✅Fully insured.
✅CPD trained in abnormal masses and pe**le cancers by Professor Derek Knottenbelt.
✅Operating as a limited business.
✅Established since 2017.
✅Published article in Your Horse Magazine and on “ask the experts” panel, in 2018 and 2021.
✅Knowledgable and experienced equestrians.
✅Works alongside vets, osteopaths, dentists and saddle fitters to eliminate issues.
✅ Able to invoice through QuickBooks and take card payments onsite.
✅ Small team running multiple routes, making it more of an accessible service with more dates available.

£30 a horse. That service includes a full internal Sheath and p***s wash with a water based lubricant. The removal of any beans and then fully flushed out. A full health check is done of the area and any abnormalities are reported back to owners/grooms. This also includes travel cost and insurances.

08/09/2024

The last week or so so!! Some big 🫘
** disclaimer, the pony in the first photo, was later sedated orally with domasedan a week later, and we removed a pe**le bean from him, as per photos 2,3 & 4, which caused him issues**
The team have been on the road 7 days a week working hard. Some answers to FAQ’s:
(Q) Do you get difficult ones?
(A) Yes, absolutely we do and we deal with each horse individually and to their needs. We adapt each clean to every horse we meet. Firstly, they can be done wherever they are most comfortable. Some are better in their stable, some better outside and held, some like it in the field with their mates (probably to show off 😂). But with our huge experience, where the horse is to be done is half the battle.
(Q) How many need sedating?
(A) Out of the thousands of horses we do a year, I would say the number of horses that need to be sedated (by the owner or vet, prior to our arrival) is 1 or 2 out of 100 horses that we do. So it’s a very low ratio; this is because, generally we can work with each horse and get them to understand the assignment. Once we have met them and done our “touch test” before putting on a glove and starting. At this point we very quickly gage and make a plan. This is our chance to gain the horses trust, which is so important and is why we are so successful with our cleans.
(Q) Do you get injured?
(A) Yes, we do, it’s part of the job, which we as a team understand. No one has lost their life, but between the three of us, we have hundreds of bruises from kicks and being slammed against walls, two broken toes, broken ribs, fractured knee, a dislocated arm (being hospitalised and having surgery), multiple pulled muscles and it will continue. This does not deter us!!

Message us for any questions or bookings.