# Cost of expression of anal glands

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 22, 2010, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975 "2010-10-22T04:09:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kansas\_Beekeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kansas_Beekeeper)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/21 "2010-10-23T03:12:26Z")

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Don’t know about cats, but the cost to have our dog’s anal glands surgically removed was $150. The dog had a real problem, and yes I knew how to express them.

Best money I ever spent.

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**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/22 "2010-10-23T03:19:13Z")

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How come we humans never express OUR anal glands?

:3

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**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/23 "2010-10-23T03:20:09Z")

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We don’t have any. Thank Og.

was that a whoosh?

🙂

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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/24 "2010-10-23T03:30:56Z")

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> [@Munch](#):
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> Holy mother of god. That is something I will never be able to burn out of my brain.

For a few sawbucks, you could have it expressed from your brain.

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**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/25 "2010-10-23T03:51:34Z")

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Somewhere in the neighborhood of $10-15 (I don’t do the invoicing, so I don’t keep up with the pricing) for a straightforward anal gland expression. There’s usually an extra charge if we have to shave around the ass or do wound cleaning or antibiotic infusion on an abscess.

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**Author:** ![iamsungpark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@iamsungpark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamsungpark)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/26 "2012-11-19T15:19:17Z")

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“There’s usually an extra charge if we have to shave around the ass or…”

LOL

I saw that you don’t do the invoicing, but is that the official terms your vet clinic uses for that type of extra charge?

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**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/27 "2012-11-19T15:37:46Z")

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I have cats and dogs all my life, and I’m only hearing of this now? My poor animals, and their unexpressed anal glans.

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**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-of-expression-of-anal-glands/557975/28 "2012-11-19T15:57:43Z")

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Wow, my dogs get groomed at my vets, and they do this no charge.

Holy fuck. :eek:

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