Orchidartist
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Rusty has some vent blockage, I am concerned...looks kinda swollen today. Should I try to soak him in water fo awhile to loosen it up? What is it? Please take a look at the photo, thanks for any advice.
DJ
DJ
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its a sperm plug, they can dry out like this and turn a darker color. I will post a pic of one I removed a few days ago.
Howdy DJ,I dont think its a sperm plug either...he pooped normally today but its still stuck there. Im going to try giving him a soak in my bath.
Howdy DJ,
The direction that the material is pointing does not look correct for being a seminal plug. I would have said that it was impacted/stuck poop except that you said he pooped - and that material is still there .
Here's a heavy-duty seminal plug case from Mader's book:
Soaking in warm water and extra oral hydration, maybe with 50/50 (generic is fine) Pedialyte/water often helps.
A few years ago, I gave 2ml-3ml to an impacted Panther at the local reptile store and here was the result the next day :
(Like the color of that urate chunk .)
Holy grossness! Oh, I dont want to have to pull anything out...GAH! I gave Rusty a little soak in some warm water...I will repeat tomorrow if I dont see any change. Thanks guys.
Didn't Gesang have the same thing happen to her chameleon? And it was in pain or it was always grumpy or something like that. Poor guy. That can't be feeling good.