vent polyps?

[lele]

Hi all,

been ages since I have been here so I am sure many of you probably don't know me. In a nutshell I have 4 year old nosy be panther with a neurological issue. He and I have accommodated his cage and an environment so that he leads a pretty normal life. The current issue does not really have concerns due to this problem, though.

He had some poop problems lately, maybe due to a couple oversized hornworms two days in a row. His hemepene came out but not long enough to dry out or anything. I gave him some warm soaks just in case. Over the next few days I noticed what I thought was stuck poop but after it did not come off I bathed to soften but did still not come off. Looking closer it seems they are a swollen gland? pus pocket?? Here are some pics. Any thoughts? He will go to the vet but probably not until later in the week so wanted some opinions/experience in the mean time. I have not put anything on it yet.

I live in a cold/dry climate (NH) but he is well hydrated, eats a balanced diet. Btw, the brown near vent is discoloration from bio-vines. (he has to use these for easy grasping due to falling)

thanks!
lele

 

[lele]

sperm plug?

could these be sperm plugs?? After looking around some more and getting an email from a friend I am thinking this might be it. he has never had them but now wondering if this is why he had trouble pooping in the first place.

4 years old and first ever? he has never been mated...

 

[dodolah]

It does looked like sperm plug to me..
Perhaps, try inducing defecation by soaking his vent in warm water. Hopefully, he will release the plugs himself. If not, then you can probably gently pull them out.

 

[lele]

It does looked like sperm plug to me..
Perhaps, try inducing defecation by soaking his vent in warm water. Hopefully, he will release the plugs himself. If not, then you can probably gently pull them out.

hi dodolah - thanks. Yes, I think so, too the more I look. I would think this is uncomfortable for them? I sort of picked at them while he was int he bath but not knowing what they were at the time I did not want to force them.

He just pooped yesterday and that is when they became more noticeable and I thought they were just dried on urates or something (though quite symmetrical!). He often sleeps and spends part of his day on his back in the branches b/c of his head problem and has been doing it more lately, maybe he is uncomfortable with these plugs blocking him?

Does anyone know why these develop?

 

[Miss Lily]

Check out this link - it may be helpful: https://www.chameleonforums.com/vent-trouble-31030/

 

[lele]

Miss Lily,

Cy is quite used to being handled (almost daily) and is very trusting so I will bath him again tomorrow once or twice and see if he gets them out himself and if not I will try to ease them out in order to save a trip to the vet in our 20 degree weather :-/

From reading all the posts on the subject it sounds as if this is not a painful procedure for the cham - and I am guessing probably quite a relief!!

thanks again.

 

[Miss Lily]

Good luck with that! It's ok when they don't mind being handled. Luckily Tommy just wipes his little bits on his branches every couple of days, but it would seem that males don't come completely 'worry free' either!

 

[lele]

Yeah, I guess Cy's always just wiped his, those little yellow things, huh? I wonder why they suddenly build up? Poor guy's never had a girlfriend. I had a female veiled with infertile egg issues, I would much rather deal with the occasional sperm plug every 4 years!

 

[Miss Lily]

Yeah, the yellow bits - kinda reminds me of dried cheese! Ewww! I have male and female veileds but Amy hasn't laid her first clutch yet and she's 11 months - I do get very stressed when they lay!

 

[lele]

My poor Luna (veiled) developed infertile eggs right on heels of laying a clutch. It was about every 4 months (3/year). I lost her at just over 2 years old. Decided not to have any more females unless I was going to breed. She was never eggbound and it had nothing to do with the myth of them dying if never mated. It was just Luna and in part may have been my then inexperience & overfeeding her. She was also a bit small and had very large numbers (40 eggs avg). Like Cyrus, she was a sweetie, but this upside down guy is pretty special. We have traveled an odd road together, but I guess now we have run into a pretty run of the mill "boy" thing that mom will have to take care of

this is typical of how he spends his days and often sleeps unless I decide he needs to sleep in my sock drawer. As you can see, not the typical cham set up

 

[Miss Lily]

Awww! He's crazy, lol! He looks quite a character - just makes you love them more deosn't it?!

My Lily also laid large clutches (104 was her largest) and this I am sure was mostly down to me overfeeding her before I knew any better. She only got to 18 months old, bless her. She didn't lay her first clutch until she was 14 months old, then her second 4 months later and she died a month after that. She was a very special girly-cham and I still miss her.

 

[draetish]

My poor Luna (veiled) developed infertile eggs right on heels of laying a clutch. It was about every 4 months (3/year). I lost her at just over 2 years old. Decided not to have any more females unless I was going to breed. She was never eggbound and it had nothing to do with the myth of them dying if never mated. It was just Luna and in part may have been my then inexperience & overfeeding her. She was also a bit small and had very large numbers (40 eggs avg). Like Cyrus, she was a sweetie, but this upside down guy is pretty special. We have traveled an odd road together, but I guess now we have run into a pretty run of the mill "boy" thing that mom will have to take care of

this is typical of how he spends his days and often sleeps unless I decide he needs to sleep in my sock drawer. As you can see, not the typical cham set up

Hi LeLe,
Can you give us new members a brief history on Cyrus? Can he not lay on his stomach?

 

[Carlton]

That's a PRICELESS pic of Cyrus lele! Thanks for sharing it!