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Anal sack confession

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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 think if he was a human child he would be sat sticking marbles up his nose.

:)) Tea spat over keyboard - thanks.

Hopefully a member with knowledge of boar bums will be around shortly
 
Ha ha .....made me chuckle. I am the same, I'm a nurse and fine with human anatomy but when it comes to piggies I get a bit squeamish!
 
I was having a similar chat with other Piggy Bank members just the other day :) You can use olive oil, vegetable oil or coconut oil too (apparently!)

I find it to be a two person job, particularly if you've got a pig that doesn't want to sit still. My hubby sits the boys upright and holds them firmly against his chest. I then get the lovely job of cleaning out their bums! We find it best to sit on the floor while doing this, just in case they get a bit wriggly.
 
Aren't boars delightful and I have 19 of the little tinkers and some are cleaner then others, my long haired boys don't seem to pick stuff up the same :)) I use olive oil and I find its better to use another pair of hands, one hold the piggy the other cleans. I just clean around the edges i.e I don't poke the cotton bud in too far. Its a tad smelly but I can think of worse things :))
 
Haha little Tango sounds exactly the same, if theres something on the floor of the cage it'll end up stuck up his bum or around his man parts! It used to be a two person job for us, I'd do the holding of him and also the cleaning part but Daddypig would be poised with a bit of baby corn or long strip of pepper that he could hold to keep the pig still and occupied whilst I did the dirty work! They're both so used to it now I can do it by myself and they just put up with it, sometimes I'm a little disturbed that Tango looks like he's enjoying it a bit too much ")
 
sometimes I'm a little disturbed that Tango looks like he's enjoying it a bit too much ")

Chortle - I don't think I will ever have that problem with my boys!

I have managed to complete the task today - wasn't not as bad as I expected. Not sure how well I did it but at least its a start. I also washed Barney's grease gland. Think he must have been a bit confused as to why everything smelt of Fairy as he then scent marked everything he walked passed! Luckily he was outside by that point!
 
I went from having boys all my life to having girls, after a short break, due to my declining health, as I seriously don't see hub cleaning an anal sack, no matter how much he loves the pigs.

This topic has brought up a big chuckle here and there, lol lol
 
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