pet owners: is it gross that your pet poops and doesn't wipe

and then sits on your bed or pillow or couch?

dayo do you know about dog anal glands?

imo that whole business is much grosser

also grosser: when a dog does 'wipe' by dragging its butt all over your floor (tbh that is also hilarious)

yes

double gross that he washes up with his tongue

I don't let him lick my face, and I wash my hands more often now

I've never had a fluffy cat before recently (always had more of the short haired variety). New cat = it's like shit flypaper back there sometimes.

dayo do you expect pets to learn to wipe?

abbs, I have heard about dog anal glands! you have to squeeze them every so often or the dog gets sick or something.

I recently learned that in order to sex chicks (i.e. tell if a baby chicken is male or female) you have to squeeze the chick until it poops and then examine the chute.

well no abbs, but maybe the owner is responsible for using a wetnap.

From the wikipedia on anal glkands:

Opossums use their anal glands when they "play possum". As the opossum mimics death, the glands secrete a foul-smelling liquid, suggesting the opossum is rotting. Note that opossums are not members of the carnivora, and that their anal sacs differ from those of dogs and their relatives.

:O

since hearing about the anal gland thing, I have ruined the song "Express Yourself" for myself

Johnny F, here's one for you to look forward to: your cat struggles with a bowel movement because it's basically a hairball that went down instead of coming up. He gives up exhausted halfway through and you have to pull the turd the rest of the way out of his ass.

also grosser: when a dog does 'wipe' by dragging its butt all over your floor (tbh that is also hilarious)

This means that your dog's got blocked anal glands. My sister's a veterinary nurse (and married to a vet) and could tell you stories that would put you off your food for a month.

He gives up exhausted halfway through and you have to pull the turd the rest of the way out of his ass.

Joy of joys! I can hardly wait.

my pet gorilla shits and doesn't wipe, but i'm kinda afraid to call him out on it

My poor little guinea pig (RIP) got anal impaction on the reg and they were no joy to clean out. Guinea pigs also eat their own poops. Nonetheless they are very cute critters.

I guess I don't think pet anuses are really that abhorrent.

my turtle eats her own poop :/

Turtles are really the messiest motherfuckers ever when it comes to pooping.

I think the real question itt is...does your pet shower afterwards?

Sometimes Pickle, one of our cats, gets little bits of poop stuck to her butt hair and we have to clean her with all natural non-toxic baby wipes.

Our other cat, Ivan, is a very clean young man and never has poopy butt.

I fart on my cats

I guess I don't think pet anuses are really that abhorrent.

― Male Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Nutsack (Abbbottt), Sunday, February 26, 2012 12:02 PM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah. Lots of this are pretty gross if you start thinking about them too much. It's never even really occurred to me to think about this.

that's why I'm interested in this Q! people are totally fine with gross behavior in one context and totally not in another.

I miss my dog now :/

but Abbott kinda sums up what I thought, didn't really think about it much unless there was a clump stuck and there was a chance they'd soil the carpet...and even then that was really easy to clean up even if it happened!

cleaning dog puke was far, far worse :(

cat pee = worst imo.

i don't have much experience with dog pee, maybe it's really bad too.

wasn't too horrible. in his later years he tended to leave all kinds of presents on the carpet cuz he was so sick. the pet products really do as well as advertised as getting them up....as long as you nab em right away.

OP: No. Weekly baths and washable upholstery (ie, futons) helps.

I have begun drawing the line at Teufel licking my face when he has shit on his breath.

http://i39.tinypic.com/5v4zzs.jpg

<3

you guys are making me hate pets

I fart on my cats

― puff puff post (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Sunday, February 26, 2012 12:20 PM (17 minutes ago) Bookmark

why haven't diapers for pets taken off more than antidepressants for pets? i'm sure more pets poop than have S.A.D.

idk, my dog clearly had separation anxiety issues!

Quadrupeds have more sphincter power, they don't need to wipe. READ ONE BOOK!

maybe if the diapers were branded as poopiecrapping re-uptake inhibitors...

sphincter power

Except when they're not "regular"; that's when they're wonderful trick of "scooting" comes into play...

*their wonderful trick... I think I'm a bit to excited to impart this knowledge...

Note: perfectly regular obese female dogs will scoot as the easiest way to scratch an itchy ass. Its not all about gland discharges.

how do you determine it's one and not the other?

Oh yeah that too... Its actually nicer IMO than seeing a fit dog nibble at its ass for 20 minutes.

If you live in the city and don't own a home w/ a big backyard/dog run, you know what's going on with your dogs bowels...

i was just imagining a dog interrogation by ice-t & belzer.

Teufel is so charming!

agreed, he looks like a dog from a N64 zelda game

http://i.imgur.com/egxs0.png

Anime dogs definitely help overcoming a revulsion to fecal bacteria.

It helps that I don't think the N64 can render anything as small as a microorganism.

both our cats wipe - they use special toilet paper we had made, it has a facsimile of the Constitution on every square

the Catstitution

I used to be way more freaked out about dog asses but after getting a dog I sort of stopped caring. Grabbing hot poop a couple times a day through a flimsy bag sort of became natural, and having to sometimes grab a half-pooped turd and pull it the rest of the way out (with bag on my hand of course) while the dog looks up at you with a look of confusion and sadness, incapable of understanding why their ass isn't working correctly, is no longer that weird either.

i just figured out today my cat has impacted anal glands. i thought they were dingleberries. how do i fix it without her killing me?

I'd take her to the vet this time around because she might have an infection and it's good to have it looked at. Plus the vet can show you what to do.

To answer the original question, it's pretty gross so I try not to think about the fact that my cats' buttholes have been pressed against nearly every flat surface in our home, including my pillow.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Mrp1Ay3uViM/TzprXptvArI/AAAAAAAABKE/JjomyowbrLA/s280/13935_017.gif

Yeah. My dog literally sleeps on my pillow next to my head about 50% of the time so if I really started thinking about this I might have to give him back.

not really but, you know

Whenever one of my dogs has poop/hair problems, it's referred to as "small town butt trouble".
For example, "Rudy got into some small town butt trouble when she was outside but she's ok now."
I also try not to think about it; I don't have worms (yet) so I figure all is well.

pet poop

i only feed my dog the finest organic kibble and thus he poops neat little tootsie rolls, no need to wipe

the turtle is much worse, i get projectile shitted-on every time we do shell maintenance

snake too, one time he wrapped himself around my wrist and used his strength to whip himself around while shitting, thus slingshot-launching his poop into my face.

I had no idea that turtles were such messy shitters.

sticking w short-haired cats, tyvm

^^^ although if we ended up with a long haired cat through some twist of fate, I wouldn't like throw it out on the street or anything. But insomuch as we get to select pets, short haired cats FTW.

sticking can be an issue w long haired cats

hee hee poopy twist of fate

We are planning on shaving Lizzie's hind legs and most of her bottom due to what gets caught there. I think she'll be happier too, just hope shaving her goes well.

http://i.imgur.com/g4wsPdA.gif

lol this really bothers you!

I honestly think it's grosser that we've somehow convinced ourselves that wiping is sufficient as a clean-up method.

i occasionally have to chase my longhair cat round the house to wipe errant streaks of shit from her luxuriously-upholstered, lily-white butt. she hates it, i hate it, it is the worst thing in the world (although tbf worse is her habit of daintily wiping her butt on the bannisters of our staircase if we leave her dirty and unattended for too long)

I honestly think it's grosser that we've somehow convinced ourselves that wiping is sufficient as a clean-up method.

― WHO POOPED IN MY SHOE (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 1 September 2015 13:08 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

oh christ a bidet bore

A washcloth will suffice.

baby wipes are good too

honestly i think it was some of those ass-eating threads on ILTMI and choice posts from poster a booty cleaner that inspired me to maintain a cleaner ass than regular wiping would do

would never have guessed that old lunch is really terrence howard

You Gotta Wash Your Ass!

I am, admittedly, adopting the position of agent provocateur itt. In much the same way as I try not to think too much about the sausage I'm eating, I find that it helps not to focus on the fact that a flimsy sheet of Charmin is all that separates us from innumerable fecal encounters.

are you advocating mandatory colostomies

I'd just like everyone to make the best and most responsible choice in that regard.