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After heavily sedating my gelding (you would think they would like that area played with more...) I removed a hazel nut sized bean.  I told my husband I was going to drill a hole in it and make a necklace out of it.  I set it on a stump and the dog found it and ate it.  There went my good luck charm. 

-Stacy

Barb Peck <bpeck9191@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Oh yes.. beans.
>
> It's an accumulation of smegma in the little pouch right at the tip of the peenie.
>
> The size and color will be dependant on how long the stuffs been in there, and the size of the pouch itself is individual - 
>
> The color can range from a cream color, to grey to brown, and the consistancy from gooey to extremely hard.
>
> My Vet told me if the pee stream is comming out looking like a spray (as it comes out) then the horse
>  may have a bean interferring (or inhibiting) the pee stream.
>
> It's also an individual thing on how much smegma a horse makes. I've had horses where I had to remove one twice a year, and others only about every 2 or 3 years - and one horse that I never had too (becuase of his anatomy).
>
> Barb
>
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