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I just noticed that a giant glad is pretruding from her anus. At first it seemed to have poop coming out of it, now im noticing a liquid coming out.. Its been like this for about 2hrs now.. She never moves around during the day time and this is very unusual for her. I couldnt find anything like this on google or other forums please help. I might be able to get better pics..
 

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Anal Gland hanging out

A better picture.. Anyone with any experience with this type of thing? Please help
 

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Her soaking in sugar water.. Looking at photo's online her membrane seems alot clearer than other ive seen.
 

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Your snake has a prolapse and needs to go to a vet. The prolapse has to be put back inside and there may be a need for a stitch, or two, to keep it in place.
In the mean time, get her on paper towels rather than keeping her on substrate.
Make sure the prolapse stays moist by applying some KY jelly on it (I have used a mixture of KY jelly and antibiotic ointment). If it dries out, &/or becomes necrotic, she/you will be in a lot more trouble.
Again, get her to a vet asap.

BTW I have not suggested that you insert the prolapse back into the snake because I am not sure how comfortable you would be with it, it would be best if you have seen it done, and if something goes awry it would be best if the snake is already at the vet's.
 
i reinserted the prolapse myself. It was tricky as F*ck but i managed to get it back in and so far its still inside.. As you might know these Biak's are nippy, but she let me handle her and put it back in.. Im not going to feed for a few weeks. Fingers crossed..
 
LongBeachOGReptile said:
i reinserted the prolapse myself. It was tricky as F*ck but i managed to get it back in and so far its still inside.. As you might know these Biak's are nippy, but she let me handle her and put it back in.. Im not going to feed for a few weeks. Fingers crossed..
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It's good that you were able to fix the prolapse, but considering it was your first time, seeing a vet would still be a good idea, especially because he is still pretty young. I think we should also discuss your husbandry so you can hopefully avoid this in the future. What's his age, size, cage size, substrate, and how often are you misting?
 
glad you manage to get it in, but as mentioned, more details would help us help you to avoid this in the future..
once it comes out, it easier to have it happen again... how is it doing since the prolapse ?

another question would be,
What size prey are you feeding this little one ?
 
dohh !! i missed that Vance.. yep that is correct.. most will go mice for life.. I myself have fed them mice and some on rats, but the ones i feed rats too always get smaller than their widest grit and ONLY 1, rats have more fat in them and bigger bones so care is a must....

i have a two year old and she eats 1 small pup every 7 to 10 days, grows nicely and never ever had a prolaps with any GTP

OP you really have to change your way of feeding these snakes, small prey and less often.
power feeding any snake is a bad idea and doing it with a GTP !!! well you get what you got,
you were lucky to notice it as the problem could have been way worst..

hard to tell by looking at the pictures, but from what i can tell, the size of this little guy, he should be eating 1 fuzy mice or a small pinky rat or at the most a small fuzy rat but only if it's size allows it.. but absolutely not a pup let alone 2 of them you were lucky it didn't compact itself or have a much more sever prolapse..

best of luck
 
yeloowtang said:
dohh !! i missed that Vance.. yep that is correct.. most will go mice for life.. I myself have fed them mice and some on rats, but the ones i feed rats too always get smaller than their widest grit and ONLY 1, rats have more fat in them and bigger bones so care is a must....

i have a two year old and she eats 1 small pup every 7 to 10 days, grows nicely and never ever had a prolaps with any GTP

OP you really have to change your way of feeding these snakes, small prey and less often.
power feeding any snake is a bad idea and doing it with a GTP !!! well you get what you got,
you were lucky to notice it as the problem could have been way worst..

hard to tell by looking at the pictures, but from what i can tell, the size of this little guy, he should be eating 1 fuzy mice or a small pinky rat or at the most a small fuzy rat but only if it's size allows it.. but absolutely not a pup let alone 2 of them you were lucky it didn't compact itself or have a much more sever prolapse..

best of luck
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I missed it the first time as well haha. I do not agree with feeding rats to adults (I have a large biak gal doing fine on adult mice every 10 days or so, with a jumbo thrown in here and there for calories); however, there are a few people that have had success doing it, it's a call you have to make on your own I guess.

Definitely a small hopper, peach, or LG pink mouse is best here; however, I still want to know how often misting is occurring. I think we sometimes forget how important proper hydration is to digestion and passing waste successfully.
 
:-D i had to get my own bar freezer to keep in my snake room because the wife did not like me keeping rodents next to our food hahaha

but yeah, i agree that mice are best, the only reason i feed rats is from GTPs losing interest in mice, refusing to even look at them... so i tried with rats of smaller size, they went for them right away.. the issue with rats is like i said earlier, more fat, bigger bones and i've read the fur is harder to digest.
same thing happen with this 2 year old i have, started her on pinky mice, moved to crawlers then she ignored them.. tried a pinky rat and she ate it...but she must have been 1 year old before she ate a rat.
i should try to switch her , must say that i feed them smaller and only every 7-10 days .
when i say smaller,the rat is smaller than what a mouse would be..

i agree,hydration is often overlooked :( access to fresh water and misting is an absolute must..
misting the snake itself is also important, they will drink the water drops off their bodies, heck mine even goes for a swim at night sometimes :)

hope the OP will give more details and updates..
 
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