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What Is Impaction

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Galaxy&nibbles

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Sorry if night be a silly question but I have no idea what it is if what to look out for or ifs it something that can be prevented etc. thank you
 
Impaction is when a piggy, usually a boar, has weak anus muscles and cannot expel their poops. They need to have them removed daily by hand. Usually this happens to elderly boars not ones as young as yours.
 
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