Sandi, I have two 5+ ferrets who haven't had their anal glands removed.
The female has only had problems twice, but the male gets his expressed
once a year or so.  I do it in the shower, that seems to keep the smell
down and the warm water makes it easier on him.  That's how I bathe them,
also.  In the shower with me.
 
Carla Roberts
 
"Worry," replied Jimmy Skunk sagely, "is the result of being unprepared.
Anybody who is prepared has no occasion to worry."
 
The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk-Thornton W. Burgess
[Posted in FML issue 3555]