tabelmabel
Adult Guinea Pig
Hiya - this is our first time keeping boars so am still very new to the bits that differ from sows. Before we were allowed to take the boars home, the lady we got them from (a breeder) gave really detailed instructions on their care (with written instructions and actual demonstration too)
One of the things she showed us how to do is how to make the penis prodrude and check there was no wood shavings stuck in the scrotal area. I don't keep the pigs on shavings anyway (they are on fleece indoors) and we have had them home 3 weeks but I just cannot bring myself to try this intimate examination! Will my boars' bits just take care of themselves? Like if I never do this, will they be ok? I am ok with nail clipping and grease gland cleansing but willy inspection and the possibility of clearing out impacted faeces in the boars when they are old fellows is not something I am relishing to be totally honest.
Will I notice if my boars have a problem in their parts without having to be quite so 'hands on?!'
One of the things she showed us how to do is how to make the penis prodrude and check there was no wood shavings stuck in the scrotal area. I don't keep the pigs on shavings anyway (they are on fleece indoors) and we have had them home 3 weeks but I just cannot bring myself to try this intimate examination! Will my boars' bits just take care of themselves? Like if I never do this, will they be ok? I am ok with nail clipping and grease gland cleansing but willy inspection and the possibility of clearing out impacted faeces in the boars when they are old fellows is not something I am relishing to be totally honest.
Will I notice if my boars have a problem in their parts without having to be quite so 'hands on?!'