Hemipenis infection?

IHaveNoIdea

IHaveNoIdea

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Hey,

yesterday in the night something woke me up and I heard one of my geckos screaming. It was pretty loud. It's a gecko I put aside in a terrarium without a substrate because he hasn't been properly eating for couple of months now. I found some green poop in his former terrarium as well. He has been in the new terrarium for about a week, ate two superworms and his poop looks normal now.
So anyway, I got up and checked on him and saw him licking his "underside". It looked rather ghastly because it was all open and dark. I checked him again this morning and it doesn't look that bad when closed, just a but darker on the edges. I guess it hurts him considering the screaming.
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IHaveNoIdea

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I just put him on the top of his glass terrarium and checked his junk with a flashlight and it looks totally normal. Maybe it was opened that weird because he was licking it, so he kinda opened it.
I also gave him a warm bath in some water and honey (with extra propolis). I also noticed though, that when he is partially leaning against glass and going by it he drags his right hind leg a bit. Maybe his butt is itchy, I don´t know. Parasites maybe?
I googled some hemipenis infections and it totally doesn´t look nearly as bad.
 
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I don't think the weight loss is significant. If his hemipenis is no longer protruding it's likely not prolapsed. Given the extreme reaction he had I would recommend a vet visit.

Aliza
 
IHaveNoIdea

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Thanks Aliza. I will be giving him the honey baths each evening and I'll schedule a vet appointment next week.
 
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Btw I agree that the weight loss isn't significant, but he should have already been twice as big. I have never seen adult leopard gecko this small.
 
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I found a little pebble (about 5mmx5mm) couple of minutes ago in his enclosure. Seems like he might have passed it. It might have fallen out from the things he has inside, but I doubt it. It would have fallen out already. I actually once even saw him trying to eat a pebble, much bigger than this one. I'd immediately changed the substrate back then.
So, maybe he will get better now, it would explain a lot.
 
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Gave him another bath just now, he seems to enjoy it. Doesn´t fight at all, just stands there with his bum submerged. When I take him out he is just licking the excess water from his face and mouth. I guess he likes the sweetness.
 
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He really seems to be enjoying his honey baths. He is totally relaxed there.
I don't know much about his siblings, I know that he definitely has one, exactly the same morph, super snow raptor as well. I can ask the breeder if he still has him. I don't think this is genetic issue though, yes he seems to be smaller in general, but I think he is this small because he was never a huge eater. Not sure about the expression :biggrin:
 
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Early in the development of the super snows there was a tendency for some of them to be pretty small. I produced one that was definitely smaller than average, though I don't have any weights recorded. I kept her as a pet and ultimately sold her to someone who really wanted her as she was and did not plan to breed her.

Aliza
 
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I force fed him a roach today. Held him and used my index finger to open his jaw. Then I shoved a freshly shed roach to his mouth. I managed to do this only once though. I will try tomorrow again. Is it possible that he is brumating? He is about 13months old, male.
 
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I´ve been force feeding him for about 2 weeks now. Usually about 1 superworm every 3 days. Today he ate 2 superworms and one mealworm. Also, this morning he pooped. He is making a weird noise when he poops. I think all of them does it, but not as loud as him. I grabbed the fresh poop and ran to herpetologist to have it examined for parasites. My wallet is still crying. I will have the results on friday. Also he gained 1 gram! He is 42 grams now.. pretty bad for an adult but at least he doesn´t weight less this time. For comparison, the 6 month old female I bought recently is already almost 70 grams.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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IHaveNoIdea said:
I´ve been force feeding him for about 2 weeks now. Usually about 1 superworm every 3 days. Today he ate 2 superworms and one mealworm. Also, this morning he pooped. He is making a weird noise when he poops. I think all of them does it, but not as loud as him. I grabbed the fresh poop and ran to herpetologist to have it examined for parasites. My wallet is still crying. I will have the results on friday. Also he gained 1 gram! He is 42 grams now.. pretty bad for an adult but at least he doesn´t weight less this time. For comparison, the 6 month old female I bought recently is already almost 70 grams.
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Was his fresh poop dry?

Maybe this male is genetically small?

Let us know what his fecal found.
 
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Well he might be genetically small, but not THAT small. He is a bit on the skinny side as well. I got the results today, he's clean. I think he may be just dormant. But now once I started to force feed him, he is not lethargic anymore. He became much more active and is visibly looking better. Today he got 2 superworms, coated in vitamins (with D3)
Yeah and the poop wasn't dry, it looked totally normal.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

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IHaveNoIdea said:
Well he might be genetically small, but not THAT small. He is a bit on the skinny side as well. I got the results today, he's clean. I think he may be just dormant. But now once I started to force feed him, he is not lethargic anymore. He became much more active and is visibly looking better. Today he got 2 superworms, coated in vitamins (with D3)
Yeah and the poop wasn't dry, it looked totally normal.
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Good on "normal" moist poop!

It's best to lightly dust the feeders with supplements, just like "a sprinkling of powdered sugar" on a cake.
 
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