sleepingchild
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Hey guys!
I have a 1 year 9 month old boar, Paxil. He's a big peeg, a little over 2 lbs, and kinda... lazy. Ever since his adoption I noticed he's never really liked jumping or climbing on things like the other peegs do -- like, Zoloft will go ontop of the fiddle sticks tunnel, etc, but Paxil absolutely HATES being up on-top of something, and never climbs on anything. Perhaps he's scared of heights?
Anyway, over the course of the past 2 months, Paxil's been having some odd poop issues, mainly that just about every other day, I will find either a solid poop in his anal sac, or a softer poop (not diarrhea, but not a solid poop, if that makes sense) mushed in his anal sac. For whatever reason, it's always just one poop, and he has plenty of other normal ones in the cage that he's ejected normally.
I increased his floor time to see if perhaps he just wasn't working out his butt muscles, but again, he's pretty lazy normally, so it really didn't make a difference. I also restricted his diet to more 'solid' foods, like peppers, and no watery foods, like tomatoes, but this hasn't made a difference either. And in the past 2 weeks, along with cleaning out the anal sac, I've taken to using mineral oil to help lubricate the area in hopes that will do something, like maybe his poops just are getting stuck on their way out? But it's still happening... so I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do now. I don't know that it's impaction, because it's only ever just one single poop (which is odd in itself), and it's in the perineal sac, not the rectum. He never eats the stuff that's cleaned out, so it's not his caecal poops that are getting stuck. He's also still really young, but seems a little predisposed to developing worse since he doesn't like climbing and is pretty lazy.
What should I do? Anyone have any tips? Should I try something else, or am I doing something wrong? Any help is appreciated.
I have a 1 year 9 month old boar, Paxil. He's a big peeg, a little over 2 lbs, and kinda... lazy. Ever since his adoption I noticed he's never really liked jumping or climbing on things like the other peegs do -- like, Zoloft will go ontop of the fiddle sticks tunnel, etc, but Paxil absolutely HATES being up on-top of something, and never climbs on anything. Perhaps he's scared of heights?
Anyway, over the course of the past 2 months, Paxil's been having some odd poop issues, mainly that just about every other day, I will find either a solid poop in his anal sac, or a softer poop (not diarrhea, but not a solid poop, if that makes sense) mushed in his anal sac. For whatever reason, it's always just one poop, and he has plenty of other normal ones in the cage that he's ejected normally.
I increased his floor time to see if perhaps he just wasn't working out his butt muscles, but again, he's pretty lazy normally, so it really didn't make a difference. I also restricted his diet to more 'solid' foods, like peppers, and no watery foods, like tomatoes, but this hasn't made a difference either. And in the past 2 weeks, along with cleaning out the anal sac, I've taken to using mineral oil to help lubricate the area in hopes that will do something, like maybe his poops just are getting stuck on their way out? But it's still happening... so I'm kind of at a loss as to what to do now. I don't know that it's impaction, because it's only ever just one single poop (which is odd in itself), and it's in the perineal sac, not the rectum. He never eats the stuff that's cleaned out, so it's not his caecal poops that are getting stuck. He's also still really young, but seems a little predisposed to developing worse since he doesn't like climbing and is pretty lazy.
What should I do? Anyone have any tips? Should I try something else, or am I doing something wrong? Any help is appreciated.
