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My blood just passed a HUGE quantity of hard urates two days ago, and now her vent won't entirely close. There's a bit of a pink tissue "lip" just behind the vent scales that's still exposed, and her vent is slightly open. She isn't bleeding or seemingly stressed at all (and, she didn't bleed when passing the urates). Should I soak her each day to help keep this tissue clean? Should I apply some sort of antibiotic to the tissue to help prevent infection? Her substrate is a pelletized, recycled newspaper material, and it was just changed last weekend.

So far, she hasn't passed the stools yet, but the urates were a big event, for sure.

Any advice out there would be greatly appreciated!

She sounds like she could use some hydrating if she passed huge hard urates like that. Other than that, I can't really offer more advice without a picture. I wouldnt necessarily start throwing anti-biotics either. Maybe just a saline rinse a couple times a day if it worries you.

If it gets worse like a prolapse, you will need to see a vet ASAP. You never want a prolapse to dry out and become necrotic.

Hope that's of some help.

Thanks for your advice. She's always got plenty of water, and I keep humidity between 60 and 70 percent. She passed stools last night, and her vent seems back to normal now.

Thanks again!