Expressing Anal Glands

[lizbud]

The only times Tehya has ever shown she might even be thinking about biting have always involved having her butt/tail examined! She hates having her tail touched for any reason!

That's Maggie to a tee. She won't even allow me to brush the longish
hair on her back legs, she will just sit down and not move. She's
always been this way.

I don't know for sure but think maybe her sore left back leg might bother
her when she squats down to poop, so she's not expressing normally.She
always has nice firm stools so the glands should work normally shouldn't
they? Geeze.

[Freedom]

She always has nice firm stools so the glands should work normally shouldn't they? Geeze.

Firm and bulky are 2 different things. One is texture, the other is size.

Poor analogy but I can't think of another way to explain it off hand: if something the size of a tootsie roll moves through a canal the size of a salami, it it not pressing on all the sides. That is why you want to bulk up her stools.

Hope this helps.