Hi Everyone I wondered if anyone could throw any light on problem I have with Kismet my 20 yr old pony. I rescued him as yearling, he had a few problems in his early life probably down to his poor start, the ones I think may be relevant now are, a kick to his R stifle not long after I got him, infected gelding wound, Lymphangitis in all 4 feet as a 2 year old, apparantly a severe reaction to a couple of fly bites. Now his problems are arthritis in that stifle only presents as a stiffness and slight swelling but does hurt when his back feet are picked up, but not always. He still chases around the field bucking and prancing (he has always been a drama queen!) he still loves to go out for rides and always comes over when he sees his tack so I know it does nt hurt to be ridden. However for the last year or so he is getting very itcy in his sheath area, it has always been swollen, a legacy from the lymphangitis? there is also alot of scar tissue from his gelding. I use a proper sheath cleaner on him, recently he is producing less smegma so vet suggested K y jelly or aqueous cream which has helped the dryness. But he still itches even when I stroke inside his back legs, his ultimate treat is to find the big traffic cone and rub just in front of his sheath! otherwise it looks like he is trying to pee but has to rock about abit first. Incidently his pee is fine, he produces a good stream of a good colour and no stopping and starting. The vet thinks its poor circulation, which does make sense. I have to massage him which I do anyway for his stifle and he loves his body massages so I just include his swollen sheath in the routine! There is no sign of any growths inside his sheath or on his penis but to examine him properly vet would need to give him something which would predispose him to laminitis which both he and I are reluctant to do. His penis also hangs to the right, I know that sounds bad but It makes me wonder if it could be tied in with nerve damage to his right stifle? The vet could nt really throw any light on it. Anyway apart from this he is fine, in lovely condition etc he is fed dengi hi fi lite and spillers hi fi cubes he is living out only in at night if weather nasty. supplements are garlic, seaweed, cider vingar, glucosamine and has access to a mineral block. He was on cod liver oil (dry skin) but stopped a couple of years ago due to starting glucosamine I had a few issues about feeding too much fish based product to a herbiviore? maybe I should try soya oil or something? Has anyone got any idea on this? I feel it must be so annoying to be this itchy. Kismet and I hope someone can help!!