'Bruising' lolll!
Only Mimi has to have her's expressed externally, by me (vet taught me how)...I used to express it once a week b4 her bath, but I don't do it anymore. Bc I read that it can do more harm than good. She'll let me know by licking her bum area. Another way I can tell is by her poopie, if it's really skinny & thin, it means her anal glands are full, but that rarely happens. I've also noticed that certain food/ protein makes her glands fill up more...like fish in kibble. She doesn't do well w/ that, but does excellent on fresh fish that I occasionally boil for them. Now I only express it once about 3 weeks - a month. I will have the vet check it every time we go in from now on, Mimi had one gland that was impacted & it was pasty.
My other 3 never needs it expressed. Princess did need it expressed when she ate fish based kibble too (Mimi licks Princess' bum loll!), so we avoid that now. |