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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Do you use a surgical glove and KY jelly? It just seems like it could hurt him! I do have very, very small hands, thank goodness, but I'm just not sure I could do that to him. I can externally to it though it didn't fully work this time. Even after getting - ewwww - liquid out when I did them, the vet said his anals were full when she got him. But I might watch some videos on internal expressing and see if I could work up the courage. He's only 6 lbs., 9 inches tall and 9 inches long and I'm just so scared I might bruise him even with my small fingers as I'm not sure how much pressure is required. Oh, lordy, I might just leave the internals to the vet the more I think about it. I'm such a wuss where he's concerned. |
oh yes, gloves and lube are standard equipment! Has Tibbe ever pooped out what you thought was a huge BM for him? Think of your finger as reverse pooping, lol. I insert my finger extremely slowly, I spend more time on that that I do the actual expression. As for force, less than it takes to pop a pimple. If the gland won't empty, release the pressure and roll it slowly back or forward, sometimes the duct will be blocked by your finger or thumb.
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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly Talk about feeling better - he's just barked and barked at me until we went through all his training commands over and over - again, doing his tricks all on his own to bait me. And then he barked more and more at me to train some more. I kept telling him "no" and he would lie down for a while and then try me out again. Finally, I got out his toothbrush and he went into his airline carrier. For a while - now he's at me again, rolling over and sitting up all on his own, wanting more training!  This is my "old" Tibbe. |
Haha... too funny about the toothbrush! Really glad he's doing well!