Inflamed male pore- help?
I found one of my breeder males today with a strange thing sticking out of one of his pores. It looked to me to be harded residue, or whatever that substance they exude from there is. But it was hard, and sticking out about 1/8 inch. I pulled it and it came out fairly easily, but he is left now with an extra large hole there. The thing that came out looked like a small grain of rice- mostly translucent, and almost as hard as an uncooked grain. The pore is not bleeding, and he's not doing any extra licking, etc., but it is red and inflamed, mostly just the pore itself, the surrounding area is maybe only a little pink in one small spot. My question is, can I, should I put anything on it to help reduce the inflammation. I was thinking maybe some SSD, which I'm sure he'll probably lick off, or should I just keep it clean and give it a day or two? Also, any ideas as to what could have caused this? Is it poor hygiene on his part? Mine? Blockage? I will try to post a pic of it tommorrow, but my camera is not so great that close up.
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