I have a male with a prolapsed hemipenis, it seems like it is drying out from protruding. I noticed it when I placed a female with him to breed. There was sand all over it. I removed her before there was any copulation. I removed the male, placed him in a warm bath, took a qtip and cleaned the sand off. removed all the sand from his enclosure, and replaced it with papertowels. Is there any thing I can do to get it back inside where it belongs?
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Porlapses hemipenis
mrmarcbrown
Jun 02, 2009 06:38 PM
Replies (2)
kinyonga
Jun 07, 2009 05:10 PM
How did you make out with it? Is it still prolapsed?
mrmarcbrown
Jun 07, 2009 07:06 PM
Still dangling, it looks like it is starting to dry out a bit. My local vet, who has reptile experience, said to take a little vaseline or other lubricant and kind of push it back in. I had one other male with a prolapse and it went back inside on its own. I am going to wait another week and see what happens. The idea of trying to hold him, stuff it back inside and not get bit sounds like a bit more than 2 hands can handle. You have same issue or just curious?
