Pink deep insemination rods

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Pink deep insemination rods

Post by Rway » Mon Oct 10, 2016 1:31 pm

I am using some pink rods with the pop out rubber bladder that is suppose to do the deep insemination. These were made by AMG. The end locks in the cervix and then the bladder comes out placing the semen beyond the cervix. I am having a difficulty getting the bladders in the rod to deploy. I have found that sometimes using an empty semen bottle I can force air through them and deploy. Occasionally I am squeezing the semen bottle when using this rod, to make them deploy. Is it harmful to the semen? The pressure is fairly strong to get them to work correctly. Obviously when using these rods you are putting the semen past the cervix - hopefully directly in the horns. So squeezing the bottle of semen in should not be the issue. But the pressure to use the rod could be. Curious in opinions.

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