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Ive been reading about this and I'm sure that Gizmo has this condition, but it says that the penis is visible a little bit all the time hence the term 'cauliflower', but Gizmo's isnt. He does have all the frilly bits and excess skin but his willy does go firmly back in. I have compared him to Joey and Joeys is very neat and no frills or excess skin, in fact Joeys looks small compared to Gizmo's. (I'm referring to the outside not the willy its self)

Anyone have any photos of their pigs with cauliflower willy? :p

Sorry to all the male piggys out there for us mummies checking your bits and being 'man handled.' :red
 
Joey&Gizmo said:
Ive been reading about this and I'm sure that Gizmo has this condition, but it says that the penis is visible a little bit all the time hence the term 'cauliflower', but Gizmo's isnt. He does have all the frilly bits and excess skin but his willy does go firmly back in. I have compared him to Joey and Joeys is very neat and no frills or excess skin, in fact Joeys looks small compared to Gizmo's. (I'm referring to the outside not the willy its self)

Anyone have any photos of their pigs with cauliflower willy? :p

Sorry to all the male piggys out there for us mummies checking your bits and being 'man handled.' :red
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I have never once seen part of the penis visible in the 3 boars i have/had with cauliflower penises. The term is misleading in that the penis is perfectly formed & it is the foreskin that has the "frilled" look :)
 
Niki said:
I have never once seen part of the penis visible in the 3 boars i have/had with cauliflower penises. The term is misleading in that the penis is perfectly formed & it is the foreskin that has the "frilled" look :)
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Thanks for adding that i was baffled when it was suggested that the penis was always visible, as it certainly isnt in Gizmo's either, just ALOT of excess skin and frills.

How often should i clean their penis as Gizmo is still suffering from a stubborn UTI and cleaned him last saturday and today as there was alot of white around his penis. mallethead
 
Joey&Gizmo said:
Thanks for adding that i was baffled when it was suggested that the penis was always visible, as it certainly isnt in Gizmo's either, just ALOT of excess skin and frills.

How often should i clean their penis as Gizmo is still suffering from a stubborn UTI and cleaned him last saturday and today as there was alot of white around his penis. mallethead
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I don't clean any of my boys' penises as i've had no cause to tho' i do check them & de-debris them :)

The white stuff, if a thick, creamy paste like substance is smegma, a normal secretion which keeps the shaft lubricated.
It only needs removing if there is a build up & is causing the boar a problem :)
 
So i dont need to clean it off unless its very thick or causes the penis to protrude outwards? I thought it maybe the cause of his occasional squeaking as it was quite thick. I will leave it well alone from now on, they do have occasions when they have bits of hay of bedding from the hayloft on them but other than that all normal. :)
 
Joey&Gizmo said:
So i dont need to clean it off unless its very thick or causes the penis to protrude outwards? I thought it maybe the cause of his occasional squeaking as it was quite thick. I will leave it well alone from now on, they do have occasions when they have bits of hay of bedding from the hayloft on them but other than that all normal. :)
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You know your piggies best & if you think it may be causing him discomfort then i would clean it because if he stops squeaking when it's clean then it is likely that it is the cause (if there are no other problems) :)
 
Sorry to ressurect this pleasant topic but....

I had a boar dropped off here today and he looks like this down below

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HMMM nasty looking.

Inside all that is his willy obviously and it absolutely whiffed BADDD. You could smell it from a bit of a distance. He didn't look too unhealthy - although I don't have any experience in boys bits like that.

BUT he's had a bath and yukkily I washed it all off.

He's back in his cage now but the way he is downbelow normally (photo) what does everyone with willy experience think?

(off to hurl)
 
My boy Pepper had the 'frilly willy' and i used to take him to the vets every couple of months just to doubly make sure it was ok.

All they used to do was get his 'actual' willy out and check it, and it was always there (!) and healthy looking etc. The one thing the vet did always say to me is that although it looks a but gruesome and weird as it collected all kinds of debris it was actually stopping allsorts getting into his willy and infecting it, so its not all bad.

Poor little fella rip baby i loved you and i miss you :0 x>>
 
So did it look as frilly as this one? (sorry i'm a bit clueless on this topic at the mo!)

And did it really smell bad when being extended (not fully extended before stinking)
 
Lisajazz said:
So did it look as frilly as this one? (sorry i'm a bit clueless on this topic at the mo!)

And did it really smell bad when being extended (not fully extended before stinking)
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If you mean me, it did look like that one....at first....but as he got a bit older it just got more wrinkly. I think its more popular than we think.

No it didnt smell really bad at all, just sometimes a little fish pasty (?!) but nothing horrendous.

I always felt really sorry for Pepper as it was always touching something ie megazorb (i stopped using this as he used to collect balls of it in his skins, and i was a bit allergic to it), soft woodshavings, brocolli you name it lol

bless him, I'm laughing with you baby not at you ;)
 
OOH that's a point he's bedded on flax which is BOUND to get caught on it!

What did you bed him on that worked best?
 
OH and here he is in a more respectable pose

Meet Blake
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I actually found the softwood shavings best as they were a bit too big to stick to it.

If you are concerned, check it out with the vet then you can just keep checking it regularly and will know what to look for etc

I honestly dont think you need worry too much, as long as it is relatively clean and debris free it should be ok

I'm just glad Pepper wasnt embarrassed by it he he he x)


oh he is just beautiful xxxxx
 
HMM he may get vetbed and hay, no way can that get caught on him.

Now he's cleaned up i'll just keep an eye on him.

Was a bit of a shock to begin with - poor lad!
 
OH and thank you for your help! Been a bit freaked out by it.

Glad to know it's quite normal.
 
i was freaked when i first saw it, and i thought omg what on earth has happened to that, i thought my other pig Salt had been chewing it lol (sounds perverse)! It really just appeared overnight you see. When it first happened i couldnt find any information about it anywhere so took him to the vets.

Oh how i wish i had found this forum years ago :)
 
Poor little guy! He looks very cute when photographed from his best side though! Love the name Blake too :)

Looking at the pic it's no wonder that he's picked up and collected all sorts of stuff in there. I'm sure he'll feel much better after a good clean, even if it was a bit grim for you! If I were you I'd put a little dab of KY Jelly or Vaseline on there too, after cleaning. Not sure if this is necessary for the outer skin but I'd put a little dab on the shaft, just to help lubricate his bits while they're squeaky clean! :)
 
I think there must be something about the name Gizmo as I had to give my Gizmo's willy a clean today. He has a cauliflower willy but the wrinkly bit is quite neat compared to some others I have seen. His actual willy is not poking out either
 
Aww poor Blake being photographed like that :))

Yes Gizmo's willy is like that but its more 'neat and tidy' than Blake's, i do clean his bits now and then,but they never smell bad, maybe because i clean it.

I use fleece as bedding as i did find that bits of other bedding got caught up there, so i use hay/newspaper in the hayloft.

:)
 
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