Idea Exchange: Deodorize anal gland odor

December 1, 2010
dvm360 Staff

If you wipe a small amount of Speed Stick (Colgate-Palmolive) deodorant on a piece of gauze and then place the gauze on the anal gland area after expression, the smell disappears.

If you wipe a small amount of Speed Stick (Colgate-Palmolive) deodorant on a piece of gauze and then place the gauze on the anal gland area after expression, the smell disappears. One of our former veterinarians showed us that trick.

Amber Green, Director of PetNursing

Thousand Oaks, Calif.