Claire5012
Junior Guinea Pig
I checked my boys bums a few nights ago whilst doing a grooming session and pulled out bits of substrate, hay and whatnot as usual. 1 of them had a slim but relatively long twig right up there! It didn't seem to hurt him when i pulled it out but it is a bit worrying! The hay does have twigs in and I do remove what I can but obviously I can't find them all. I have found hard bits of hay up there too before. I always find that the collection of debris up my boars bums has white gunk on it and doesn't smell the greatest. I did do a bit of researching and used a baby wipe as suggested afterwards. The white discharge goes up further than i can reach with a wipe so I left it. (I really don't want to be using cotton buds up their bums if I can help it.)
What I would like to know is....
How often should I check their bums and remove everything? I was doing it once a week. Aww... the thought of that twig possibly being up his rear for a whole week
Will they get an infection over time? I'm assuming that the body flushes itself out internally as long as i keep the outside clean?
Thank you for any comments and sharing your boys bum routines
What I would like to know is....
How often should I check their bums and remove everything? I was doing it once a week. Aww... the thought of that twig possibly being up his rear for a whole week
Will they get an infection over time? I'm assuming that the body flushes itself out internally as long as i keep the outside clean?
Thank you for any comments and sharing your boys bum routines