Impaction/ Anal Sack Cleaning

[Chlawee]

Hi y'all.
I noticed the other day when my piggy Oscar was rumble strutting that there was something stuck in his butt! I tried pulling it out but didn't go too well. Upon researching I worked out how to look inside and there was a little bit of poo inside.. Gross I know, I pulled it out and that was that.

I checked again today and there's like this mucky stuff inside like a really light beigey brown sticky stuff (sorry for the grossness)
Is this normal? He eats plenty of veg, hay and I've monitored his drinking.

I wasn't sure if maybe I should be cleaning down there or just let it be, just don't want him to be poorly and it go unnoticed.

Picture of my boy with his Nan just because

 

[Deleted member 114675]

I am wondering if what you are seeing is caecal faces ...


there is info about this in this link ...

Guinea Lynx :: Impaction

 

[Wiebke]

You may find these videos here helpful to see what impaction really is and how to deal with it; our forum guide is very detailed and practical. Just a little poo and gunk stuck isn't!
With a good diet with plenty of hay (up to 80% of the daily food intake) and regular exercise, impaction can be prevented/minimised in many boars; it should ideally only affect a minority of older boars when the muscles at the bum end become weaker and the redigestible caecotroph poos can no longer be expressed (or be expressed well) and collect in the anal sac; which is very painful in advenced stages.
Impaction Recovery - How To Help Your Guinea Pig.

 

[Chlawee]

I am wondering if what you are seeing is caecal faces ...


there is info about this in this link ...

Guinea Lynx :: Impaction[/QUOTE "The PERINEAL SAC which is actually 95% of the area and contains a sticky fluid produced from two small glands"
I'm wondering if this is what it is? Is it normal? :,)

 

[Chlawee]

You may find these videos here helpful to see what impaction really is and how to deal with it; our forum guide is very detailed and practical. Just a little poo and gunk stuck isn't!
With a good diet with plenty of hay (up to 80% of the daily food intake) and regular exercise, impaction can be prevented/minimised in many boars; it should ideally only affect a minority of older boars when the muscles at the bum end become weaker and the redigestible caecotroph poos can no longer be expressed (or be expressed well) and collect in the anal sac; which is very painful in advenced stages.
Impaction Recovery - How To Help Your Guinea Pig.

I am a bit worried as he's only 8 months but it's only happened the once that I've noticed and it was a tiny bit and wasn't properly blocking anything was just sort of stuck to the side, with hay etc. Xx

 

[Wiebke]

I am a bit worried as he's only 8 months but it's only happened the once that I've noticed and it was a tiny bit and wasn't properly blocking anything was just sort of stuck to the side, with hay etc. Xx

At 8 months, he is MOST definitiely too young to develop impaction! Many piggies have got poos hanging out of their bums; it is often the last one in a batch and nothing to worry about; they'll come out eventually with ease - it is like the last tiny bit of meat stuck in a sausage maker. There are glands in the sac that lubricate the area and help move the poos on, but things can stuck rather easily in boar bums and they can be rather messy.
Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths

 

[Chlawee]

At 8 months, he is MOST definitiely too young to develop impaction! Many piggies have got poos hanging out of their bums; it is often the last one in a batch and nothing to worry about; they'll come out eventually with ease - it is like the last tiny bit of meat stuck in a sausage maker. There are glands in the sac that lubricate the area and help move the poos on, but things can stuck rather easily in boar bums and they can be rather messy.
Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths

That's good to know that there's probably nothing wrong with him! I reckon the sticky stuff is probably that then! Thank you xx