Many of us on the forums are owned by male Guinea pigs, Boars if you will.
Now how many of us check our Guinea pigs on a daily/weekly basis for health issues, cuts, scrapes and such?
Now how many of us check our boars penis?
Finally how many of us clean our boars manly bits?
It is very important to check your boars penis on a regular basis as hay/grass and bedding can often get caught and entangled around a boars penis. Hair is another nasty thing to check for. Having 13 boars and two bucks i feel i am forever checking and cleaning their manly bits, but i wouldnt change it for the world.
Granted its not a nice thing to have to do but i would rather a penis looks like this
Instead of this.....
Hammer
Ben
Max
The first picture is of Max after being here a while, with a healthy looking penis.
The secound picture is of hammer, he has a very very sore penis, to cure this problem i bottom bathed him in warm salt water twice a day for 7 days, applying bepanthen cream 3 times a day.
The third is of Ben, he is the worst case ive ever had, his penis was so sore and so infected that it was already visable and had been dragging on the floor. You can see his forskin crinkled up and the white substance is clearly visable. It took a while to clean him and he was in alot of pain, he was given bottom baths with warm salt water for 7 days and bepanthen cream 5 times a day. He was also on babys neurofen for his pain. He now has whats known as cauliflower willy.
The fourth is of Max, he was in the same group rescue as ben, unfortunatly he has a few other problems so will be a perm here. He had bottom baths twice a day for 7 days and bepanthan cream twice daily.
To clean the penis you need to fully extrude the penis and check for any hair's, hay or white paste like substance. It may be an idea to rub the substance between your fingers to check if it is gritty, if it is this could be a sign of bladder stones and should be checked over by a qualified, competent vet
Even if the penis looks clean it wont hurt your piggy to have a bottom bath in warm salty water every now and then, it will clean away all the hiding nastys from the penis. You will need to support your piggy with his bottom in the water with his penis fully extruded, gently rub the penis to clean him. You may need a third hand so ask sombody responsable to help with this.
Now how many of us check our Guinea pigs on a daily/weekly basis for health issues, cuts, scrapes and such?
Now how many of us check our boars penis?
Finally how many of us clean our boars manly bits?
It is very important to check your boars penis on a regular basis as hay/grass and bedding can often get caught and entangled around a boars penis. Hair is another nasty thing to check for. Having 13 boars and two bucks i feel i am forever checking and cleaning their manly bits, but i wouldnt change it for the world.
Granted its not a nice thing to have to do but i would rather a penis looks like this
Instead of this.....
Hammer
Ben
Max
The first picture is of Max after being here a while, with a healthy looking penis.
The secound picture is of hammer, he has a very very sore penis, to cure this problem i bottom bathed him in warm salt water twice a day for 7 days, applying bepanthen cream 3 times a day.
The third is of Ben, he is the worst case ive ever had, his penis was so sore and so infected that it was already visable and had been dragging on the floor. You can see his forskin crinkled up and the white substance is clearly visable. It took a while to clean him and he was in alot of pain, he was given bottom baths with warm salt water for 7 days and bepanthen cream 5 times a day. He was also on babys neurofen for his pain. He now has whats known as cauliflower willy.
The fourth is of Max, he was in the same group rescue as ben, unfortunatly he has a few other problems so will be a perm here. He had bottom baths twice a day for 7 days and bepanthan cream twice daily.
To clean the penis you need to fully extrude the penis and check for any hair's, hay or white paste like substance. It may be an idea to rub the substance between your fingers to check if it is gritty, if it is this could be a sign of bladder stones and should be checked over by a qualified, competent vet
Even if the penis looks clean it wont hurt your piggy to have a bottom bath in warm salty water every now and then, it will clean away all the hiding nastys from the penis. You will need to support your piggy with his bottom in the water with his penis fully extruded, gently rub the penis to clean him. You may need a third hand so ask sombody responsable to help with this.
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