Help my veiled chameleon has a red thing sticking out of it's vent

[cypresscham]

I think it might be a himepenal prolapse, its been like that for about a week and today i found the chameleon on the bottom of the cage not moving, barely breathing, and very cold, i picked it up and put it near the heat lamp and it started walking around the cage again but now it wont sleep. it usually falls asleep right after i put the night time light on but its been up this whole time. i'm taking him to the vet tomorrow morning but is there anything i can do for now?

 

[VeiledChams]

I think it might be a himepenal prolapse, its been like that for about a week and today i found the chameleon on the bottom of the cage not moving, barely breathing, and very cold, i picked it up and put it near the heat lamp and it started walking around the cage again but now it wont sleep. it usually falls asleep right after i put the night time light on but its been up this whole time. i'm taking him to the vet tomorrow morning but is there anything i can do for now?

May be too late.. if you havent been putting KY jelly on it or water with sugar, its for sure dry by now.

 

[cypresscham]

it does look dry and a dark red color, it used to look bright red and moist and it has a white thing sticking out of it. do you think he's going to die or just get it amputated?

 

[VeiledChams]

I'm not sure if you can have the hemipene amputated. Also, it can also be an intestinal prolapse...that'd be bad..really bad.

 

[Elizadolots]

I believe a hemipenis can be amputated, though, I don't know if the time frame causes a problem.

 

[cypresscham]

Damn well i hope the vet can help him tomorrow

 

[VeiledChams]

Damn well i hope the vet can help him tomorrow

What vet are you taking him to?

 

[Elizadolots]

As do I. Please let us know.

 

[cypresscham]

Blair Animal Hospital they specialize in exotic animals. and yes, i'll let you know how it goes.

 

[jandie]

i was told by our vet that they can do an amputation on hemipene prolapse, and depending on the severity, they might still have use of one vs. two.... (i have no idea how correct that is ...but that's what i was told)....

if it's an intestinal prolapse, whole other set of problems.....

 

[cypresscham]

is an intestinal prolapse worse? from what i've been hearing it sounds like it is

 

[jandie]

well, in a sense, if it's a hemipene amputation, you lose breeding capability, but if it's intestinal, you're talking health/life of cham overall...not just breeding....

i would try the suggestions above (sugar water and/or ky jelly) and get to the vet ASAP...

if it was just a sperm plug, it wouldn't look like live tissue (red coloring), so it's probably one of two types of prolapse....

 

[VeiledChams]

Could you please post the clinic information here?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/area-area-country-vet-list-32880/

 

[cypresscham]

well, in a sense, if it's a hemipene amputation, you lose breeding capability, but if it's intestinal, you're talking health/life of cham overall...not just breeding....

i would try the suggestions above (sugar water and/or ky jelly) and get to the vet ASAP...

if it was just a sperm plug, it wouldn't look like live tissue (red coloring), so it's probably one of two types of prolapse....

i'll try that and i'm taking him to the vet first thing in the morning when it opens

 

[cypresscham]

Could you please post the clinic information here?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/area-area-country-vet-list-32880/

how do i do that?

 

[VeiledChams]

Just click on the link I posted, go to the last page and reply to the thread with the vet information.

 

[VeiledChams]

put the address, phone, name of the clinic and other contact info.

 

[cypresscham]

Just click on the link I posted, go to the last page and reply to the thread with the vet information.

i posted it. i'm not sure if that's the information you were looking for but it's what was in the about us section of the vet's website

 

[cypresscham]

put the address, phone, name of the clinic and other contact info.

oh ok i'll edit the post and put that up too

 

[suzi]

Just want to wish your guy luck tomorrow, hope all goes well