Hemipene problem

help,

one of my males had 2hemipene plugs removed on friday by the vet but unfortunately neither of his hemipenes have gone back in, any ideas on how i could get them back in anyone?
i've been keeping them lubricated with KYjelly so far

ive not had any experience with hemipenal prolapses so i wont be of much help.

All i know is that your not supposed to push them back in, but i presume you know that since you posted this lol.

Id wait until monday and then contact the same vet and ask him if they are supposed to be back in by now. and if not then see what he says.

awww i hope your gecko is okay.
how is everything? have the vets been able to help?

yeh how is the fella? sorted himself out yet?

hi guys,
thanks for asking about him.
unfortunately Snoopy still has them both out and seems to be enjoying having k.y jelly put on them.
i'll call the vets first thing tomorrow morning and see what they have to say.
will let you know what they say or do to the poor boy

:/ I hope they can do something for him. get well soon snoopy

aw thats a shame. Funny how he seems to like it though lol.

Good luck for tomorrow then.

i hope they can get them both back in or poor snoopy could be minus his hemipenes tomorrow if the cant.

i've even tryied cold water but he seems to like aswell the dirty boy lol

thank you i think snoopy will need luck

hahaha, oh Snoopy. I guess he's a gecko teenager equivalent.

He's gonna be devastated if he has to lose them haha.

yeah he must be the equivalent to teenager lol, bless him, he'll never for give if they do remove them both.

I have heard that you can use some hemmehroid cream like preperation H (or whatever is available in the UK for this application) on them to reduce the swelling and hopefully have them pull back in and also soaking him in a thick solution of sugar water (more sugar tham water) would also help reduce them. You would soak him in the warm sugar water solution just as you would soaking for stuck shed.

thanks for that Kermit, i'll look into both of them treatments.

You're welcome. I have seen this suggestion several times on my chameleon forum. I guess prolapsed hemipenes is a big problem with some chams. From following those threads it seems there generally is a good outcome for most of the animals that had to have this treatment. Hoipefully the vet will be able to get them back in if all else fails. Good luck

Sad news for poor Snoopy - the vet couldn't get his hemipenes to stay in so he had them both removed this afternoon

Awww that sucks... so sorry for you and poor Snoopy.

Thank you, im sure poor Snoopy will get over it eventually.

Aw no, what a shame for poor Snoops.
What a shame for you as well, was he a good breeder?

Oh dear, sorry to hear that Sam. Poor Snoopy...

yep poor snoopy he's hiding under his house in his tub and has been there since we got home from the vets.

yes he was a good breeder, was going to buy him a matching female(MS tremper albino enigma) this year as i sold his partener from last year(my tug snow enigma) they produced some lovely MSSEnigmas and MSEnigmas

awww poor snoopy.

just checked on him and he still wont leave his house.

my poor baby

Aw im sorry Sam. Wasn't expecting it to end like that.
The poor guy will never have a mate now

Thats ok, i was hoping it wouldn't end like that.
Nope poor Snoopy, i was hoping that once he'd healed up and started eating again that he might be able to go live with my tank full of deformed and special needs leo's which are all female. what do you guys think?

If it's safe for him to then yeh i suppose.
Didn't you say he was a giant though? So it might not be such a good idea if there are any small or young leo's in their. Though im guessing you know how to house leo's together

guess i'll have to ask the vet when he has his check-up if it wiil be safe for him.
No Snoopy's not a giant altho i do have a super giant with only 1hemipene after his prolapsed once he had mated with a giant female, all my deformaties and special needs are about the same size as Snoopy, yeah i know how to house leo's together all my females out of breeding season used to live in 2of the biggest 4ft vivs you can get and i never had any problems.