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12-31-2019, 01:37 PM #1
HELP - Testicle issue with gecko
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IMG_20191231_120209.jpgLast edited by bhall73; 12-31-2019 at 02:16 PM.
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12-31-2019, 06:57 PM #2
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Keep these tissues moist with a little K-Y Jelly, vegetable oil, or olive oil. See whether you can gently ease the tissues into place. Don't let these tissues dry out!
Please contact an exotics vet soon.
Last edited by Elizabeth Freer; 12-31-2019 at 06:59 PM.
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12-31-2019, 10:49 PM #3
Please follow Elizabeth's instructions and make a vet appointment as well. Just so you know, it's probably not the gecko's testicle, it's the hemipenis (human males have 2 bulges that are the testicles, but in geckos, the bulges are where each penis is).
Aliza
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01-01-2020, 09:29 PM #4
Thanks for the replies guys. I've put olive oil on a tissue and laid it below him (was a bit difficult though because he was pretty 'defensive').
Also, How much does this typically cost, and how urgent is it?
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01-02-2020, 12:58 AM #5
Cost depends on your vet and it's urgent..
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01-02-2020, 01:43 AM #6
You're welcome.
The procedure is extremely urgent. If you wait, the hemipenis may need to be amputated. The longer the prolapse remains "out", the more difficult it will be to keep it inside your leo where it belongs. Your leo might need stitches even now.
The cost may exceed a vet visit of maybe $75. As Aliza mentions, cost depends upon what needs to be done. There are really no alternatives."If you can hear crickets, it's still summer." ;)
"May the peace that
You find at the beach
Follow you home"
Click: Leo Care Sheet's Table of Contents
===> No plain calcium, calcium with D3, or multivitamins inside an enclosure <===
Oedura castelnaui ~ Lepidodactylus lugubris ~ Phelsuma barbouri ~ Ptychozoon kuhli ~ Cyrtodactylus peguensis zebraicus ~ Phyllurus platurus ~ Eublepharis macularius ~ Correlophus ciliatus ~ (L kimhowelli) ~ (P tigrinus) ~ (P klemmeri) ~ (H garnotii)
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01-02-2020, 06:58 PM #7
An update, went to the vet and it went well, prescribed some stuff and gave some tips. Turns out it was mostly healed by the time they checked it out.
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01-02-2020, 07:56 PM #8"If you can hear crickets, it's still summer." ;)
"May the peace that
You find at the beach
Follow you home"
Click: Leo Care Sheet's Table of Contents
===> No plain calcium, calcium with D3, or multivitamins inside an enclosure <===
Oedura castelnaui ~ Lepidodactylus lugubris ~ Phelsuma barbouri ~ Ptychozoon kuhli ~ Cyrtodactylus peguensis zebraicus ~ Phyllurus platurus ~ Eublepharis macularius ~ Correlophus ciliatus ~ (L kimhowelli) ~ (P tigrinus) ~ (P klemmeri) ~ (H garnotii)
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