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There are several reasons why a male's hemipenis can prolapse:

1.) over use
2.) residual fecal/urate matter in the vent
3.) solidified sperm plugs in the vent
4.) large fat deposits around the vent
5.) injury to the hemipenis
6.) straining while defecating
7.) too young to breed

Soaking them in a few inches of warm sugar-water (must be thick and syrupy) several times a day can help greatly, or using Karo Syrup or honey directly on the hemipenis. Preparation H applied a few times a day can also do the trick to get it to shrink enough for it to go back in.

You are doing the right thing by keeping him isolated from any females and placing him on moist paper towel. You might want to keep him away from the girls for a few months after this problem is resolved.

Good Luck!
 
Thanks you for the information Marcia! :)

I don't plan on him being with any females this year, at all after this. I'll just retire him for the year for some R&R and we'll try again next year.
 
Update!

He's home and doing fine. Every thing is in it's place, no amputation needed. :) He's got three stitches, that will be taken out in about two weeks. Just need to keep an eye out for infection, or for it to prolapse again. He's spread eagle in the bottom of his tub, think he's a little tired, poor little guy.

Marcia, I thought you'd like this one. When the vet's assistant went over everything I asked for some Hills A/D, just in case he is stressed enough where he won't eat, I'd figured I should have everything on hand for your slurry. The vet came in after the assistant came in with the A/D, he saw it and said I know what that's for. My new Herp Vet swears by your slurry Marcia!
 
WOW what a 24 hrs you have had !! I'm glad to hear he's doing better now :) I definately had a few good laughs out of these posts too LOL
 
And to think Friday the 13th is just any other day....Not this one! AARRRGGG I just realized what the date was at 11pm. LOL

I definately had a few good laughs out of these posts too LOL
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I had to laugh about all this too or I was going to cry. I freaked out when I noticed it. And it didn't help when I got to the emergency room when a 17 year old girl ran out screaming you are not going to kill my dog. Her Burmese Mountain dog was run over by a car and there was nothing they could do for him. She was so upset. She asked if I had a cig and ran out the door, I fallowed her and helped her as much as I could that she didn't want her dog to suffer. She calmed down and walked back inside with me. I was in tears at this point. She just kept saying but he's only 3 yrs old he can't die. A sad way to have to grow up all in one night. It's sad but all of us animal lovers go thru it at one point, we love our animals as our children and we do the best we can. Sometimes they are dealt a bad hand and we have to be strong and say good bye. We take them into our homes and love them, knowing that one day they will break our hearts.
 
BalloonzForU said:
I had to laugh about all this too or I was going to cry.
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Felicia, I know what you are going through. I had a male prolapse for the first (and hopefully last) time this past fall. It was very stressful on both of us. After 3 days of soaks and prep h treatments it retracted. I hope your "little fella" makes a complete recovery.
 
I'm happy he's doing better! Poor fella... and poor you! Keep us posted!
BalloonzForU said:
Marcia, I thought you'd like this one. When the vet's assistant went over everything I asked for some Hills A/D, just in case he is stressed enough where he won't eat, I'd figured I should have everything on hand for your slurry. The vet came in after the assistant came in with the A/D, he saw it and said I know what that's for. My new Herp Vet swears by your slurry Marcia!
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Thanks for telling me this, Felicia! I'm very glad to know the slurry is being used successfully for so many! Someday, I'll post the story of how I came up with the recipe.
 
Ya you should sell your slurry to people. Just freeze a big cube and shiip it i na gecko box with dry ice. Good to hear your gecko is doing better.
 
Damn, I thought Friday the 13th was over! I just got home a little while ago, and decided to check on the little man before I went to bed. It's half way out now. I though for sure with the three stitches there would be no way for this to pop out again! Since there is pee in his tub I guess that did it. ARRRGGGG

Just talked to the vet, told me to put some vasaline on it and keep his tub damp and to call back early in the morning and let him know if it's still out. He said since the passing of the urine did it, and it's only half way out, that it may go back on it's own. And he'd hate to mess with it and make it more irritated than it is. So now I guess I should try to go to sleep and set my alarm to get up early. I will most likely fall asleep 5 min before the alarm goes off. I don't think I can sleep now.
 
I delt with a prolaspe for the first time(and only so far-thank God) in a young male that was always housed alone- last year and the sugar water soaks and the prep h took care of it in about 2 or 3 days and he was fine
Keeping him on moist paper towels is a must
Good Luck with this guy
:D
Sandy
 
Update!

LOL Choppy, no I'm not planning on changing his name! LOL

However, he's getting snipped today. ARRGG. We both agreed that it was probably best, not knowing what kind of damage there is to the one side and that it would even work. (Don't want to be wondering if he used the working side when I breed him next year. Not to mention the added work for the females I breed him with will have to produce eggs that may not even be fertile.)

The biggest deciding factor was that we didn't want to risk his health, by allowing this to continue. So I will be taking him in a while to go meet the "chopping block" (that ones for Dan). The Dr will do it today and stay with him all night, and I'll be able to pick him up tomorrow afternoon.

One option was too actually sew one stitch right thru the hemipenes to insure it wouldn't come out but there are draw backs to that, infection, cut off of blood supply and not to mention PAIN! As all the men reading this cringe I'll end it here! LOL
 
LOL, Pass Out!

Yeah I'm hoping this will keep him from suffering any more pain. He was acting as if he was in pain, when applying the Prep H on one side of the hemipenes. I can't imagine what the poor little thing has been feeling, but it can't be fun. This way it's all over and the healing can begin. And if he gets to breed next year then that's good too.

I can't wait to pick him up tomorrow. I miss him already. My rack has an empty space where a tub should be. :(
 
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