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rectal problems

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Question
Greetings,

I have a 2 year old pig named Theo, and lately he has had some kind of foul, foul, smelling with secretion making plugs at the end of his butt. We check and pull them out. It started a while ago, and at firt the secretion would come out like a white liquid, or it would look like little worms. But as more time goes by it got bigger and now it looks like small plugs, resembling what bears make when they go into hibernation. What should I do?Oh I live in Serbia and they dont study or threat guiny pigs here. All they can suggesst is to buy a new one. Please help I am desperate.

Answer
Hello,
I am not sure what this is, all I could suggest is that you don't feed greens and it may be 'anul impaction' were the muscles are a little, this is not cureable but you should take the balls plugs out on a regular basis.
Best wishes
Aleksandra