How much water is safe? Colon capacity?

Amazing this thread was started in 2007 and continues to draw interest.

As far as average or safe capacity, there is really no way to tell for the individual as some have attested that they have injected up to 6 quarts.

I am not into testing my limits so I really could not tell what my max is or has been. I stop filling when it gets uncomfortable and noticeably full looking.

I would hope that people don't get so focused on pushing their limits that they hurt themselves by doing damage to their colons. If that happens they would not be able to do enemas for a long time or maybe never again. I would never want to risk doing damage that would prevent me from doing enemas in the future so I stay within my boundaries so I can live to flush another day.

Acquired megacolon is what I fear from over filling. I don't need that risk with a foot of my bowel having been removed. I use 2.5 qts. and that is a good fill for me. I've done 3 qts and it was very uncomfortable.

I always take 4 quarts!!!

I have read, more than once, that the average capacity of the adult bowel is 4 quarts.

I have read, more than once, that the average capacity of the adult bowel is 4 quarts.

You probably read that on the internet in UNpeer reviewed articles or websites which means, pardon my French, you can wipe your ass with that information.

The numbers you read here are by Klismos who have worked for years to decades increasing their volumes and clearly DO NOT reflect the general population..

Four quarts is my standard amount and I often approach 6 qts.

hankb

I've taken 4 quarts for many years!!! And it took time and practice!!!

I have an exceptionally primitive enema set more apt to a hot water bottle and the most I have inserted was 3 qts. I do believe properly cleaned prior I could take 4qts with a double balloon.

For the inexperienced enema taker I don't know that I would exceed 2 US quarts.

Once you've had a few, you can try 2 Imperial Quarts if you are so inclined.

I actually didn't take 3 US quarts until AFTER I had bought a 4-qt bag ans used it a couple of times. After that, I needed 3Qts to get the same effect as 2Qts had previously given me.

I started off my enema career with a basic shower hose, typically filling myself to the limit of my capacity but not really knowing how much was going in. When I finally got a classic 2 qt red rubber bag at age 19, I tentatively tried 1 qt at first, but soon found I could easily drain the whole thing when already cleaned out. Since then I've found that, with some effort and relaxing my belly, I can often take a full 3 qts, although my stomach feels very tight. I've managed a gallon just once, and with that much water I could feel that my colon was completely filled and it was beginning to flow up into my small intestine. Usually, 2 qts is enough for me to feel full, and 3 is for when I occasionally want to push my limits.

Would love to have someone give a large enema so I could see what my limits are

I would love to help you find your limit Toshe,,,will you help me find mine 😃

I’ve been taking enemas for a considerable number of years, and capacity has always been a conundrum. I have to agree with Switchable that a lot of the ‘web-based” articles seem to be based on precious little science. I once read an article that talked about volume having been assessed using cadavers. The article mentioned that the volumes achieved were not necessarily representative of total capacity of a live human because the intestinal structure of the cadavers were no longer pliable.

I don’t think that I’ve ever taken an enema that I didn’t wonder how much of my intestine I was actually filling. If you think about it though, at any given time, regardless of whether you may be getting clear returns, your intestine contains some indeterminate amount of feces, if only a coating or that container in the folds of the wall, as well as, some again indeterminate amount of air.

This being the case, using a double balloon nozzle (which I have used rather extensively) to try to determine your maximum volume seems very risky. I have always been careful with using retention nozzles to use them only to allow me to retain a volume that I could tolerate with little pain (let your body tell you its limits), not to try to achieve higher volumes.

Please don’t misunderstand the point of my comments, I am in no way trying to discourage enema us and play. I continue to take enemas multiple times a week and I enjoy a big enema and the resulting sexual stimulation as much as any here, I’m just concerned about people that speak of having used double balloon nozzles to aid in exploring maximum capacity.

I’m concerned that members might miss this distinction and overdue things. I’m sure that some of the more medically educated amongst the membership could share their comments with regard to the ramifications of trying to sell your anus and continue to fill or fill a partner beyond the physical limit. The last thing you would want to experience, whether with yourself or your partner, while filling, is an increasing level of discomfort followed by a sudden release as the intestinal wall breaches into your abdominal cavity, an air pocket being forced past the cecum or the hydrostatic pressure crushing a vital organ.

Each and every one of us is unique, in volume and in strength of the intestinal walls etc. An error could be a life changing mistake. Think about it. Please lay safe.

Cheers,

Jag

I think a simple bag of water from one meter high will not going to kill you. Now, a pressurized water from your faucet can kill you if you are pushing to the limits.

After a good few 4 quarts i can get up to 6 quart but i have not been able to get past that

I'm about 6'1" and ~ 240 lbs. I took 2.5 q for decades, and now do 3.5-4.5 after working up to it slowly. One single time I took 5 q as 2x 2.5 q bags. I have no desire for 5 again, and 6 q or more is inconceivable to me. I can't see any earthly reason to go above 4-4.5 anymore. I value my colon and health too much, and I already get so much enjoyment and arousal out of 3.5-4.5 q that more would be too risky with no obvious benefit in sight. I'm very happy where I am.

Eric

My sisters and I were given distention enemas, which, by our teens were 4 to 5 liters and sometimes closer to six. They were given after a cleansing enema and several rinses and with long colon tubes inserted. The enemas were herbal and warm(105 degrees) also slow, so the injection wasn't too uncomfortable, the retention was, made less so by us masturbating while holding the enema. When we got vibrators, anal and others, we almost came to enjoy the large enemas. We came to associate the discomfort of the enema with the pleasure our fingers or vibrators produced. Many of our European friends, both male and female also grew up receiving large enemas and coming to enjoy them despite the discomfort they produced.

It's different for everybody.

For me, not much over 4 qts

Some people might be able to do more. Not sure how safe that is.

I was raised on enemas as long as I can remember. Mom was obsessed with our bowels, and all four of us got nightly laxatives. Those who didn't have a satisfactory (Mom checked our toilet) BM got a bisacodyl suppository. We got enemas if we were sick or constipated. (i.e. - the suppository didn't do a good job.) The older two sisters rarely got enemas, but Lisa (one ahead of me) and I got constipated frequently, and after we started liking them,would hold our bowels so Mom would pump us full of the hot soapy water. Lisa and I started giving to each other in our early teens, and it soon became a competition to see who could hold the most, the longest, or the soapiest. By our late teens, we couldn't even tell that we had 2 qts in us...3 was very comfy, but we did feel like we had an enema in us. We usually gave each other 4 qts, very full of Ivory soapsuds, and at roughly 105-106F. We felt full at that volume. Sometimes, for fun, we would have a volume contest, and once I managed to hold 5.5 qts for about 5 minutes. Neither of us had any ill effects.

C. Cavanaugh RN has stated in one of her published papers, that the accepted amount of enema solution for pediatric patients in her hospital is one oz. per 2 to 3 lbs of body weight....

""C. Cavanaugh RN has stated in one of her published papers, that the accepted amount of enema solution for pediatric patients in her hospital is one oz. per 2 to 3 lbs of body weight....""

Not only for pediatrics....... I did some math and these numbers work perfect for me.....

I wonder if this is true between fat and thin people. That would mean fat people can take a larger enema than a thin person? Do the mat and see if this works for you.

For decades I took the average drugstore bag of 2-2.5 quarts and enjoyed it, but thought that 4 quarts was a virtual impossibility for me. Then 3 years ago I started reading Zity and gradually worked my way up to 4 quarts which is my usual recreational/sexual volume now. One time only I went up to 5 quarts which I enjoyed doing, but I stick to 4-4.5 now to be safer since the 5 wasn't too much of an improvement over 4 in any aspect that I really noticed.

Eric

I am not a medical professional and, as noted in other posts, to each his or her own!

I've played with enemas for over 30 years and generally 3 to 3.5 quarts is my limit (I've done 4 on rare and memorable occasions).

EXCEPT with the JBL! I've always read that folks can hold MUCH more with the JBL and it is very true. I can generally do close to 5 quarts with it every time. And, everyone I've ever used it on has been able to take much more than via any other method.

Unfortunately, I don't really like the sitting on the bag thing very much.

..................EXCEPT with the JBL! I've always read that folks can hold MUCH more with the JBL and it is very true. I can generally do close to 5 quarts with it every time. And, everyone I've ever used it on has been able to take much more than via any other method.

Unfortunately, I don't really like the sitting on the bag thing very much.

Actually, I really do like sitting in the bag as well as laying down for a regular large enema from a hanging bag. It's partly because I love rubber and I have a rubber JBL bag and enjoy sitting on the warm rubber as I'm filling. Also, in addition to just enjoying any sort of anal plugging or invasion, I'm a switch and really enjoy being submissive at times and sitting on a fat warm rubber bag and being required to impale my anus on a thick nozzle is a nice submissive experience. In addition to which I'm forced to realize that sitting on the squishy warm rubber with the nozzle up my ass is going to force a large volume of warm water up into me until I get off the bag. I haven't measured it but I also believe that at least it feels like it's very easy to force a large amount of water up into yourself, possibly even much more than you usually can take. I should measure it one of these days. Somehow the water and pressure just feels different sitting upright on the bag than laying down with a nozzle inserted, though I thoroughly enjoy both.

Eric

Unless, @ericmacson, I have just been VERY thoroughly spanked. In which case sitting on the warm bag adds another layer of deliciousness!

I can't fathom taking over 3 qts. and I have never taken that much. I have taken 2 1/2 quarts on a few occasions and I felt like a Wahoo.

I have seen in several publications that the average adult colon has a volume limit of 6 qts. I personally have never tried to test this, preferring to make 4 qts. my limit. I have gone to 5 once or twice, but it was quite painful. I listened to my body, and you should, too. The "fact" that a larger person can hold more volume is no more true that saying a taller person will have blue eyes. Apparently, the genes controlling colon size are not intertwined with those determining height. I once played with a very pretty young thing of 4'8" who proved she could take 6 qts. with ease. (She looked like she has two weeks past her due date!) I also played with a woman who was 6'7" and topped out @ 2.5 qts. Do NOT make the mistake of trying to force too much water into your, or your partner's colon. A ruptured colon has the makings of a bad day.

I can't fathom taking over 3 qts. and I have never taken that much. I have taken 2 1/2 quarts on a few occasions and I felt like a Wahoo.

Ddell2,

I used to take 2.5 quarts maximum for years, but then started reading Zity 3 years ago and began to gradually increase my usual volume, just because I enjoy the filling and especially pressure/distention so much. Over a few months I worked myself up to where I now take 4 quarts all the time, sometimes more, and I went up to 5 quarts just once as an experiment. It took me several months to get up to 4. Even for me now, 3 quarts is a nice sizeable enema volume which I still enjoy sometimes.

I really enjoy the internal pressure feelings and outward distention of 3-4 quarts, and it definitely expands my belly size.

By the way, what is a "Wahoo"? Some extremely large animal?

Eric

Ddell2,

By the way, what is a "Wahoo"? Some extremely large animal?

Eric

Students of the University of Virginia claim that a "wahoo is a type of bass fish that is capable [of] drinking twice its weight." I don't think there is any real evidence to support the claim but it makes a good college story. While the mascot of the UVA is really a Cavalier, the students there shout "Let's go Hoos!"

Ddell2,

Students of the University of Virginia claim that a "wahoo is a type of bass fish that is capable [of] drinking twice its weight." I don't think there is any real evidence to support the claim but it makes a good college story. While the mascot of the UVA is really a Cavalier, the students there shout "Let's go Hoos!"

Thanks. So your reference to feeling like a Wahoo was just because you were referring to "drinking in" a big 2.5-3+ quart enema and feeling filled? I feel that way when I take in much over 3 quarts - nice full feelings.

Eric