Precautionary Tale for Keeping Clean Trimmed Butts
I was away for a week teaching and my husband was in charge. He is great for walking and loving the dogs but not so attentive with the grooming. The Sunday I got back Russ told me that Monty had been licking his butt a lot since the previous night. I had a look at his butt and it looked swollen and red. By 9.00 Sunday evening he was licking his butt ferociously and his area below his anus was rock hard and swollen. I also noticed a small hole in the area. I immediately went on the internet and was pretty sure he had an impacted and raptured anal gland. It seemed unusual for Monty as he has never shown any sign of anal gland problems such as scooting and never smelly discharge, the only sign was the licking the night before. I got him into the vet the next morning and the vet said it was so impacted and infected that he could not expel the anal gland and that he had to come in the next day, and be put under so that the anal gland could be flushed. The next day the vet flushed his anal gland and to everybody’s horror maggots were flushed out. You wouldn't believe how awful we felt.  The vet didn't know what series of events had caused the maggots. I was talking to my rabbit vet about what had happened and she said it was common with outdoor rabbits. Faeces get stuck around their anal area and then flies lay eggs and they get maggots. When she told me this I reckon this is how Monty got the problem. He had been having diarrhea problems regularly being a puppy and finding the right food. He had spent a lot of time outside as it was just the right temperature for him to take naps. Gestation for maggots is 24 hours so if you leave grooming for a couple of days, like my husband did, you wouldn’t know there was a problem especially if the hair is not trimmed in the area. Poor Monty had to wear a plastic hood for three weeks, the last week we were on holiday so he had to wear it at doggy day care. It got well battered as he uses his head to glide along the walls so he was crashing into everything.  I hope you don’t think badly of me for this issue. I really keep a clean well groomed dog and wanted to make you all aware that something like this could happen to your own furry OES. I now keep the butt well-trimmed so I can keep an eye on the area. Here he is all happy and healthy again.  |
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| A good lesson for all of us. We trim and wipe our pups butts on occasion... we don't always carefully check things out. Glad you caught it and got it taken care of. He's a HANDSOME boy!  |
| Many of us learned the hard way too. Fortunately for us they hadn't gotten to the anal glands. Cleaning and flushing worked, no vets. However we did have a problem with a wound years before we didn't know about until I saw a maggot on her shoulder. This time we went to the vet who explained with all the horses and other livestock around, any wound must be treated immediately or else......... |
Yuck! I know. I've been there too. I was absolutely horrified when I discovered that Henry had maggots lodged in some loose skin near his anus.  I felt like such a bad puppy parent. Luckily, time dulls the horror of it and it hasn't happened again. |
Poor Monty, that is a horrid story  I was scooting around on my chair as I read. Thanks for sharing it, I had no idea that could happen. Hope he feels better now and heals quickly. |
| I think that has got us all checking-you can easily forget that sor of thing so "thank you" for the reminder-I do tend to keep Srox's rear end shorter for cleanliness.x |
 gah what a horror story! I must say I am very careful to keep my girls' butts clean! I recall bringing Mady to the vet once when she was having a nasty bout of diarrhea, the vet was shocked at how clean Mady's butt was, despite having the runs!  She even showed another vet!  You should smack your husband! |
| Thanks for posting...gotta go check the boys butts. |
| Yeah, my husband is a little squeamish about butts, balls and willies, things we need to keep an eye on. He has an 'everything will be okay' relaxed attitude where as I worry the first sign of trouble. Still he loves the dogs and we are on the same book for training, kind but firm, with lots of fun walks thrown in. I was pleased on an off leash walk when a family commented on how respectful our dogs are. Of course we do have the two of friendliness people dog breeds  so it is not too hard. |
| OMG, that is so disgusting, you definitely are making me go home to do more than just groom him back there now, I'm going to shave him into a baboon looking behind!! (jk) haha. |
| I buy baby wipes in bulk from Costco. And it's in the tub for hose/shampoo if the babywipes aren't sufficient. |
Baba wrote: I buy baby wipes in bulk from Costco. And it's in the tub for hose/shampoo if the babywipes aren't sufficient. Agreed there, Ramsey has gotten to know the kitchen sink pretty well for these occasions. |
Monty sort of has a baboon butt but black instead of red as the fur in that area is really dark compared to anywhere else, its kind of rude like a black hole going somewhere!   |
| Not to mention another little practice I've learned, the little "check 'n shake". It's embarrassing to do but you gotta do what you gotta do. Sometimes if the poop made me suspicious, I check their butts, and sometimes I give their butts a little shake to help gravity a bit... so to speak... |
| Wow.....I keep it as clean as I can but this will make me even more diligent....going to share this with the wifey too. Thanks for sharing! |
| Wow. Glad things worked out! I keep the butt short and wipe atleast twice a day with a antibacterial baby wipe..and have had to get the wash cloth and soap and water out when things get "soft"...After this sotry I won't evern again be embarassed to say I wipe my dogs butt! |
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