Boar Cleaning?

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How often do you have to boar clean? I did it to my male piggie yesterday and i'm pretty sure this was the first time he has ever had it done (i've never done it before and i'm sure his previous owner didn't.) He was pretty clean and I was quite surprised because after watching lots of YouTube videos, he was cleaner than I thought he would be. Are some males cleaner than others? My boar is pretty clean in his cage, and I clean out his hutch every other day. Any ideas?
(also, as you can tell, he is the first male piggy i've ever owned.)
 

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GuineaPigsPipPumpandJG said:
How often do you have to boar clean? I did it to my male piggie yesterday and i'm pretty sure this was the first time he has ever had it done (i've never done it before and i'm sure his previous owner didn't.) He was pretty clean and I was quite surprised because after watching lots of YouTube videos, he was cleaner than I thought he would be. Are some males cleaner than others? My boar is pretty clean in his cage, and I clean out his hutch every other day. Any ideas?
(also, as you can tell, he is the first male piggy i've ever owned.)
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Hi

Here is our boar care advice.

I would recommend to check your boar bits weekly together with the usual weekly weigh-in and body once-over.
How often you have to clean can vary from near daily to once a month, depending on how messy your boy is. Teenagers are generally more prone to scent mark a lot and collect a lot of debris in the their anal sac; they can also produce a lot of semen fluid (boar glud and sperm rods). Other boars can be more prone to a build-up of smegma around their penis shaft.

Learn what is normal for your boy and take it from there.

Here is our advice for what to check once a week as an integral part of life long health monitoring:
Weight - Monitoring and Management
Guinea pig body quirks - What is normal and what not?
Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths

Also check the nails whether they need cutting (they grow faster in younger guinea pigs once they start growing out but can become curlier/twistier or thicker as guinea grow older).
In long-haired piggies check for tangles and mats in the coat; especially around the bum, the legs and on the belly.
Guide to Cutting Guinea Pig Nails
An Illustrated Guide to Hair Cutting
 
Wiebke said:
Hi

Here is our boar care advice.

I would recommend to check your boar bits weekly together with the usual weekly weigh-in and body-onceover.
How often you have to clean can vary from near daily to once a month, depending on how messy your boy is. Teenagers are generally more prone to scent mark a lot and collect a lot of debris in the their anal sac; they can also produce a lot of semen fluid (boar glud and sperm rods). Other boars can be more prone to a build-up of smegma around their penis shaft.

Learn what is normal for your boy and take it from there.

Here is our advice for what to check once a week as an integral part of life long health monitoring:
Weight - Monitoring and Management
Guinea pig body quirks - What is normal and what not?
Boar Care: Bits, Bums & Baths

Also check the nails whether they need cutting (they grow faster in younger guinea pigs once they start growing out but can become curlier/twistier or thicker as guinea grow older).
In long-haired piggies check for tangles and mats in the coat; especially around the bum, the legs and on the belly.
Guide to Cutting Guinea Pig Nails
An Illustrated Guide to Hair Cutting
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Ok, I will! Thanks :)
 
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