Anal Gland Secretions & Billy Goat Funk (was Re: Civet oil)

April 29, 2006

Jen wrote:

> >I've often wondered though, why is it just the anal gland secretions

of that particular animal (civet cat) that are useful. Why not the anal

gland secretion of

> >dogs or cats etc? I haven't been brave enough to tincture any, but

it is easy enough to come by humanely (certainly not for mass

production, but for the

> >hobbyist.)

Now I'm laughing reading this, remembering the days working for the

vets, and them " expressing the anal glands " of dogs .. man, they thought

I was a crazy enough kid as it was, if only I had thought to ask them

for the expressed anal glad secretions in a jar to bring home and

tincture <grinz> *lol*

Anya wrote:

> Now, snipping some goat hair from a rutting male, or tincturing some

fossilized hyrax stuff is OK. Anything that doesn't harm, and I don't

have to collect ;-)

Now I have to tell you this, and I totally forgot until now ..

My friend is a goat owner but got rid of her billy, so she asked her

friend who has a billy about trimming his hair by the horns when he is

in rut for the musk scent. Well, despite the fact this gal thinks I must

be nuts, she was about to clip the hairs from around his horns but then

said that his head was about the only part of his body that DID NOT

smell like musky male funk!

She said it is those lower parts that they get excited and " spoo " all

over (for lack of a more PC term - sorry guys that have the musky

funky male goat smell to them (and I suppose the reason for the pungent

odor is obvious .

I asked my friend to ask her billy owner buddy if during the next

rutting season she can cut me whatever it is that stinks from him - that

is IF she can get near her billy without him trying to molest her. I

hear that can be a challenge, but being a born and bred NYC gal I know

very little about such things! *lol*

*Smile*

Chris

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