-
Discussions taking place within this forum are intended for the purpose of assisting you in discussing options with your vet. Any other use of advice given here is done so at your risk, is solely your responsibility and not that of this forum or its owner. Before posting it is your responsibility you abide by this Statement
Weird poop ball?
- Thread starter Dh720
- Start date
No it’s not normal.
If it is poop, then It looks like he may have had an impaction.
I’ve added a guide which explains impaction further. It’s important to have a vet check for impaction, particularly in a younger boar. Make sure to keep a closer eye on his anal sac for a while to check more doesn’t form. See a vet if if does.
Impaction: Practical Care and Diet (with videos)
If it is poop, then It looks like he may have had an impaction.
I’ve added a guide which explains impaction further. It’s important to have a vet check for impaction, particularly in a younger boar. Make sure to keep a closer eye on his anal sac for a while to check more doesn’t form. See a vet if if does.
Impaction: Practical Care and Diet (with videos)
Hi
It looks like a small impaction mass to me. Please keep your boy on a very regular diet with ideally no changes and loads of hay but no or reduced pellets and no veg changes, and give him plenty of opportunity to walk. Admittedly not easy with piggy adults. Impaction is when the very last stage of the digestive process of poo formation and expression doesn't happen. It can be intermingled with normal poos, especially in the initial and milder stages when the disturbance is not constant.
Have a look at his back end, watch him wealking from behind compared to his companion and look how springy his step his compared to his companion. Malnutrition and a tiny cage (lack of strong muscle development in combination with an unsuitable diet too low in grass fibre) can sometimes cause impaction in younger rescue boars.
There are however some other medical issues that can cause these lumps so please have your boy vet checked, especially if this is not a one off. He is very young for it but impaction is not necessarily only an old age problem.
Boar Problems 'Down Below' (Penis, Impaction, Testicles & Neutering, Mammary Tumours & Grease Gland)
Weight - Monitoring and Management (Underweight & Overweight) (the last chapter has tips on how to lure piggies that mainly eat and sleep into exercising)