Boars, Grease Glands And Baths. Oh My!

[Treacle]

No, you do what you know is right for your piggy. But, aggressive degreaser will, long term, make more grease production. Some posts said they were using washing up liquid. I would have thought that using something oil based would dilute and loosen the dirt just as well. But that is only my opinion. As I say, never come across it before. I just would not use washing up liquid.

 

[lauraboara]

I have 7 boys and i really don't find their grease glands to be much of an issue - recently I tend to do the pick off solid bits with a finger nail approach that Pebble suggests. Having said that I have used Ecover washing liquid in the past with no ill effects but I kept it very focused on the one spot and washed it all off.

I think with boys,though it is a good habit to check their back end every day - I pick them up in a cosy sac with bum sticking out and check bum area for any soreness / hay sticking out of penis etc. It is surprising what you find as they are specialists in bum dragging! I would focus more on that than worrying about the grease glands which tend to look after themselves.

 

[Treacle]

I have 7 boys and i really don't find their grease glands to be much of an issue - recently I tend to do the pick off solid bits with a finger nail approach that Pebble suggests. Having said that I have used Ecover washing liquid in the past with no ill effects but I kept it very focused on the one spot and washed it all off.

I think with boys,though it is a good habit to check their back end every day - I pick them up in a cosy sac with bum sticking out and check bum area for any soreness / hay sticking out of penis etc. It is surprising what you find as they are specialists in bum dragging! I would focus more on that than worrying about the grease glands which tend to look after themselves.

Yes, I check their boy bits every day . My free rangers never ever had any problems, and they all lived to ages between 5 and 7 years, I only ever bathed two, and at one point I had 10 never less than 5 over 25 years. That is a lot of piggies! I used to get old breeding stock girls from various breeders. All of them were fit, healthy and never needed any trips to the vet. My new boys will be inside, whether that makes a difference remains to be seen.