My male jungle was just place wiht my jungles yesterday and his hemipenis hasnt retracted! i put some neosporin on it...what caused this? it also happened to my male albino whos right below him in the rack...is it humidity? what do i do!!!!~!
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-Bryan
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HELP!!! Hemipenis not retracting!
reflex21089
Jan 03, 2004 02:29 PM
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carrottail
Jan 03, 2004 02:37 PM
maybe they both still wants some!
KelliH
Jan 03, 2004 03:11 PM
I have had this happen with a male once. This is what you need to do:
Mix a sugar water solution to soak him in. When I mixed it I filled a deli cup about 1/2 way full with water. I added probably a teaspoon of sugar to the water, and mixed it really well, until all the sugar disolved and the water looked clear agin. Place your leo in the cup and let him soak in it for a few hours. Usually this will be enough to make the hemipene go back in. If it is still out afterwards you should remove him form the cup and put neosporin on his hemipenal area, then place him in a shoebox size container with moist paper towel at the bottom, and nothing else. Leave him overnight. Check in the morning, if it still has not gone back in you can try the sugar water soak again. If all else fails you can take the fuzzy off a Q-tip coat the tip with neosporin, as well as his ventral area, and GENTLY try and push it back in. If this doesn't work all I would recommend is put him in his enclosure, alone, and keep it very clean. Remove the humid hide, just have a dry hide and water bowl, feeding dish. His hemipene will dry up and fall off, and he will be left with (hopefully!) one good hemipene. Let me know if you have any more questions, I know how nervewracking this is. BTW, how big are your males? When I had it happen it was with a small (40 gram) male that was still very young. I often wondered if this is why it happened. ANyway, best of luck.
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reflex21089
Jan 04, 2004 02:11 AM
The male that i found today made his go back in once i tried putting nosporin on him thankfully but ill try the sugar and water thing with my albino....the jungle is a first time breeder and hes about 50g and hes about 10 months old....the albino how ever is a proven breeder so idk why this happened....is it normal that there is blood from it? this is how i noticed both of them having the problem...thanks for the help
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-Bryan
