murphymerp
New Born Pup
A while ago I was cutting Murphy’s nails I noticed hair coming out of his anus. It literally were strands of his hair coming out so I had to pull them out completely. Is this normal? Do guinea pigs really poop hair?
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HELP— Pooping hair?
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No they don’t.
Boars scent mark and to do so they wipe their bottoms along the ground. In doing so often bits of hair, hay and bedding will get caught up in the anal sac so this is what you are seeing
Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths
Boars scent mark and to do so they wipe their bottoms along the ground. In doing so often bits of hair, hay and bedding will get caught up in the anal sac so this is what you are seeing
Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths
Hi and welcome
You may want to clean up his anal sac and also check the penis shaft in case any hairs have been trapped in there that could wind around the penis. The scent gland (which is very tiny) is located just in front of the genitalia; piggies scent mark their territory by wiping it on the ground. Boars can unfortunately pick up quick a lot muck (including hairs) in the process. Please check their bits every 1-4 weeks, depending on whether they are yuck magnets or not.
Here is our Boar Care guide: Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths
You may want to clean up his anal sac and also check the penis shaft in case any hairs have been trapped in there that could wind around the penis. The scent gland (which is very tiny) is located just in front of the genitalia; piggies scent mark their territory by wiping it on the ground. Boars can unfortunately pick up quick a lot muck (including hairs) in the process. Please check their bits every 1-4 weeks, depending on whether they are yuck magnets or not.
Here is our Boar Care guide: Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths
Betsy
Anniversary Herd
RB Piggy Silver Fox Christian was definitely a yuck magnet. Had to sort/clean him out weekly!
Engel
Adult Guinea Pig
It would appear Basil is a yuck magnet too. I'm regularly getting stuff out of there.