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I'm sorry if this is the wrong forum, but each night I come there is a horrible smell I have discovered it is MArvin any insight as to why?/
 
Boys can be very smelly.

Have you had a look at his genitals and carefully cleaned them out?
 
He's on fleece I may have to tell you more he's recently been introduced to an older male last 3 weeks and the smell is very recent?!
 
Oh it will be probably scent marking then lol! The joys of boys! My george stinks so bad he and his girlfriend need to be cleaned out three times a week!
 
If it's a really pungent smell then i would guess he's scent marking. There is no smell like it, i imagine a skunk to smell similar; it's awful :))
 
My boys couldn't be more clean I thought it was there cage till I picked him up tonight and oh gosh he stunk we had bath time fun tonight, my babies were so good, it's weird Fred is a year and a half and he doesn't stink! I did catch Marvin rubbing his bum along the ground I presume scent marking! The wee stinker! He's coming up 14 weeks already I fear hormones are in full swing!

We have a troll under the bridge in the shape of marvin when ever Fred is going into the cage he lunges the wee meanie but thankfully nobody is hurt in the making!
 
He could be impacted. Although probably not at 14 weeks.
 
ajb said:
He could be impacted. Although probably not at 14 weeks.
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Whats impacted mean? I really need to stress this baby is something else he is less than 300grams lighter than my 1 1/2 old pig... he was BRRRRR tonight which I have never heard like my older one and drags his bum not to mention stinking to high heaven I must admit I'm glad it's him and not the cage I clean them non stop I can't believe I just realised it was him I picked him up tonight and oh lord............ yuk!
 
Marvin sounds rather like a study case of raging testosterone than impaction. His general behaviour suggests that he is hitting the hormones and male "puberty".

Here is info about impaction whic can affect some boars, but usually elderly ones. Warning: Do not read through it shortly before or after lunch!
http://www.guinealynx.info/impaction.html
 
Wiebke said:
Marvin sounds rather like a study case of raging testosterone than impaction. His general behaviour suggests that he is hitting the hormones and male "puberty".

Here is info about impaction whic can affect some boars, but usually elderly ones. Warning: Do not read through it shortly before or after lunch!
http://www.guinealynx.info/impaction.html
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Wiebke you are not saying this is MArvin is this right because I really don't think this is the case he has no problem going to the tiolet!
 
The behaviour you're seeing Joanne is purely dominant behaviour, it is NOT impaction :)

An impacted boar is generally an older boar, usually neutered (i have/had 3 neutered boars, all impacted whilst none of my intact boys have been/are). I have never seen any of my impacted boars drag their bums along the floor, however, i have seen boars who are scent marking do it & it's been the more dominant boars that i've had.

Wiebke gave you the link to have a look at, she wasn't suggesting Marvin was impacted :)
 
Niki said:
The behaviour you're seeing Joanne is purely dominant behaviour, it is NOT impaction :)

An impacted boar is generally an older boar, usually neutered (i have/had 3 neutered boars, all impacted whilst none of my intact boys have been/are). I have never seen any of my impacted boars drag their bums along the floor, however, i have seen boars who are scent marking do it & it's been the more dominant boars that i've had.

Wiebke gave you the link to have a look at, she wasn't suggesting Marvin was impacted :)
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I thought it was the other way round; neutering helped to prevent impaction?

We have a 4-month-old male. He stinks too. :) We figured it was down to him being a boy. Question: will he stop smelling if we have him neutered?
 
JoanneG111 said:
Wiebke you are not saying this is MArvin is this right because I really don't think this is the case he has no problem going to the tiolet!
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If you read carefully, I was saying that I do NOT think that it was the case with Marvin, but I thought it useful to know what impaction is!

Undiluted testosterone is VERY smelly - don't remind me of those two days when my freshly Llewelyn met Dizzy and went completely overboard! Boy power can definitely be somewhat overwhelming and neutering does not affect the hormone production a lot...

Marvin can also collect a fair bit of "eau de Fred", which does not help...
 
Wiebke said:
If you read carefully, I was saying that I do NOT think that it was the case with Marvin, but I thought it useful to know what impaction is!

Undiluted testosterone is VERY smelly - don't remind me of those two days when my freshly Llewelyn met Dizzy and went completely overboard! Boy power can definitely be somewhat overwhelming...

Marvin can also collect a fair bit of "eau de Fred", which does not help...
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Yeah I saw that wiebke, sorry and read your info, it doesn't sound pleasant!

Will the smell ever go?! He literally smells like a skunk! rolleyes
 
I have 5 boys and my teenage boys who are about 5/6 months old are the smelliest - phewee! They do the old rumbling and bum rubbing and scent marking, so we have put it down to age and hormones. My older boys do not smell anywhere near as bad so think that once they are mature it settles down to some extend - my older ones are 11 and 9 months old - less rumbling and bum activity!
I wouldn't think anyone would recommend neutering just to get rid of the smell as it sounds like a pretty drastic step to me.
 
Wiebke said:
Undiluted testosterone is VERY smelly - don't remind me of those two days when my freshly Llewelyn met Dizzy and went completely overboard! Boy power can definitely be somewhat overwhelming and neutering does not affect the hormone production a lot...
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JoanneG111 said:
No clue?! Is it worth an operation just to get rid of a smell?
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NO! Because neutered boys are still smelly!

Neutering is only worth it if you have to separate the your boys because of a bloody fight and decide to put them with girls instead. It only affects their abilility to make babies, but not the hormone production.
 
i-love-pigs said:
I have 5 boys and my teenage boys who are about 5/6 months old are the smelliest - phewee! They do the old rumbling and bum rubbing and scent marking, so we have put it down to age and hormones. My older boys do not smell anywhere near as bad so think that once they are mature it settles down to some extend - my older ones are 11 and 9 months old - less rumbling and bum activity!
I wouldn't think anyone would recommend neutering just to get rid of the smell as it sounds like a pretty drastic step to me.
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I agree that's what I was implying, wouldn't even be worth the money sorry I maybe should have wrote that better!

Marvin has just started the scent marking this week... since he started smelling so bad, I think is hormones but at 13 weeks, he is still young but he is huge he weighs 613grams already rolleyes

The old one Rumble struts he's coming up too 2 I think, and he doesn't smell, so hopefully overtime they will stop smelling!
 
OH the joys of boars. I wonder if Mork will do this? He's 5 and a half months and 940g. Fingers crossed not!
 
My Mulder smells too...

...Perhaps it's an M thing! Mulder actually doesn't smell when I pick him up and sniff him, but after popcorning or rumbling with his bum swaying on the floor, he's started to let off a little stink bomb...as someone previously described...close to what I imagine a skunk to smell like!

Scully doesn't do it at all, but he is a little bit younger so I'm hoping Mulder is just going through pubety and will grow out of it!

It makes me gag...but still love him to bits!
 
Furries said:
I thought it was the other way round; neutering helped to prevent impaction?
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This seems to be the opinion but in my experience none of my intact boys & i have 2 aged 4.5yrs are impacted yet my neutered boars were, the one i have now is 2.5yrs & only became impacted AFTER neutering.

Debbie (furryfriends) had a boar neutered recently & again, he wasn't impacted prior to neutering but is now.

I did ask one of the vets about this & she said research that'd been carried out was that boars with a higher testosterone level, neutered or not, became impacted.

I can associate this with 2 of my boars, who were dominant but not the other, he was so soft & gentle.

It will be interesting to see when i have another boar neutered wether he too becomes impacted afterwards.
 
Niki said:
This seems to be the opinion but in my experience none of my intact boys & i have 2 aged 4.5yrs are impacted yet my neutered boars were, the one i have now is 2.5yrs & only became impacted AFTER neutering.

Debbie (furryfriends) had a boar neutered recently & again, he wasn't impacted prior to neutering but is now.

I did ask one of the vets about this & she said research that'd been carried out was that boars with a higher testosterone level, neutered or not, became impacted.

I can associate this with 2 of my boars, who were dominant but not the other, he was so soft & gentle.

It will be interesting to see when i have another boar neutered wether he too becomes impacted afterwards.
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Impaction doesn't sound very nice but thankfully none of mine need neutered! Hopefully we'll miss out on that fun!
 
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