AbiS
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I know there have been a couple of threads started about this recently but I feel I am coming from this from a slightly different angle in that I have read the link that was given so I know the theory of cleaning anal sacks but I just have a few other questions plus a confession.
I have kept reading about how you guys all clean out the piggies anal sacks and yet have been sat here convincing myself that I will never have to do this and my piggles bot bots are perfect and will stay that way and....denial, denial, denial... Anywho - I have just had Barney on my knee (the same pig that regularly needs hay removing from his winkie), and I thought - as he was facing away from me, that I would just have a sneaky look (without him realising obviously) just to prove to myself that I was never going to have to do this.
Guess what - I was sooo wrong - and it appears that there is a bit of megazorb stuck up there - would love to know how that happened. I think if he was a human child he would be sat sticking marbles up his nose.
I cant clean him out today as I don't have any baby oil and I believe this is recommended so I think it will have to wait till the weekend - will that be ok? or can I use something other than baby oil?
Biggest question is how to hold him to stop him squirming while I carry out the 'procedure'? Any hints and tips please! Also - is it possible to get this wrong and hurt him or do any damage. Is it easy to visualise the base of the sack so you don't go too far in with a cotton bud?
My confession is that I am a midwife - I have done much, much worse things than this before yet I am sat here feeling really quite nauseous and panicked at the thought of what I have to do. Not sure how I'm going to explain it to the squeamish husband so that he can help me!
I have kept reading about how you guys all clean out the piggies anal sacks and yet have been sat here convincing myself that I will never have to do this and my piggles bot bots are perfect and will stay that way and....denial, denial, denial... Anywho - I have just had Barney on my knee (the same pig that regularly needs hay removing from his winkie), and I thought - as he was facing away from me, that I would just have a sneaky look (without him realising obviously) just to prove to myself that I was never going to have to do this.
Guess what - I was sooo wrong - and it appears that there is a bit of megazorb stuck up there - would love to know how that happened. I think if he was a human child he would be sat sticking marbles up his nose.
I cant clean him out today as I don't have any baby oil and I believe this is recommended so I think it will have to wait till the weekend - will that be ok? or can I use something other than baby oil?
Biggest question is how to hold him to stop him squirming while I carry out the 'procedure'? Any hints and tips please! Also - is it possible to get this wrong and hurt him or do any damage. Is it easy to visualise the base of the sack so you don't go too far in with a cotton bud?
My confession is that I am a midwife - I have done much, much worse things than this before yet I am sat here feeling really quite nauseous and panicked at the thought of what I have to do. Not sure how I'm going to explain it to the squeamish husband so that he can help me!