Vent cancer? Abcsess? *pic*

Hi! My poor baby Mr superhands has co me up with a very strange problem.

His vent seems to have a large lump that oozes pus and is quite large. He has been taken to the vet and is currently on antibiotics but we're a little puzzled over what it is

Has anybody ever seen this before ?

This lizard means the whole world to me and I'm very scared of losing him



His set up is:

4ft X 2ft X 2ft wooden vivarium
Slade title no loose substrate
37° hot spot with a thermostat hooked up
10% UVB strip bulb

He is eating dubias, crickets, locusts and a mixed leaf salad

He weighs 570 grams and is just a year old

:? That doesn't look good! Is he still eating/acting normal? Can your vet take a sample and test for cancer? Maybe the vet could remove it through surgery, but it can be expensive and surgery on a reptile (or any animal) comes with risk. I'm so sorry that your baby is going through this !

HerpGirl":31y0xfn9 said:

:? That doesn't look good! Is he still eating/acting normal? Can your vet take a sample and test for cancer? Maybe the vet could remove it through surgery, but it can be expensive and surgery on a reptile (or any animal) comes with risk. I'm so sorry that your baby is going through this !

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He's eating and acting fine! I'm thinking it might be his hemipenes ? Maybe one is out of place!

Superhands":ajsynfue said:

HerpGirl":ajsynfue said:

:? That doesn't look good! Is he still eating/acting normal? Can your vet take a sample and test for cancer? Maybe the vet could remove it through surgery, but it can be expensive and surgery on a reptile (or any animal) comes with risk. I'm so sorry that your baby is going through this !

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He's eating and acting fine! I'm thinking it might be his hemipenes ? Maybe one is out of place!

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Hmm, that would make sense. Could the puss be se**n? (replaced a few letters for young readers :wink: ). PM me with any questions you have!

I don't know if reptiles have that, though.

HerpGirl":3lvs640o said:

Superhands":3lvs640o said:

HerpGirl":3lvs640o said:

:? That doesn't look good! Is he still eating/acting normal? Can your vet take a sample and test for cancer? Maybe the vet could remove it through surgery, but it can be expensive and surgery on a reptile (or any animal) comes with risk. I'm so sorry that your baby is going through this !

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He's eating and acting fine! I'm thinking it might be his hemipenes ? Maybe one is out of place!

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Hmm, that would make sense. Could the puss be se**n? (replaced a few letters for young readers :wink: ). PM me with any questions you have!

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HerpGirl":3lvs640o said:

Superhands":3lvs640o said:

HerpGirl":3lvs640o said:

:? That doesn't look good! Is he still eating/acting normal? Can your vet take a sample and test for cancer? Maybe the vet could remove it through surgery, but it can be expensive and surgery on a reptile (or any animal) comes with risk. I'm so sorry that your baby is going through this !

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He's eating and acting fine! I'm thinking it might be his hemipenes ? Maybe one is out of place!

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Hmm, that would make sense. Could the puss be se**n? (replaced a few letters for young readers :wink: ). PM me with any questions you have!

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I reckon the pus could be a infection caused by the prolapse? The infection is much less red and angry then it was when he started his antibiotics!

Strange case indeed.

http://www.anapsid.org/seminalplugs.html

Keep the prolapse clean and damp , very bad if it gets infected and turns necrotic.

Have you tried bathing/soaking in a very concentrated sugar solution, see : http://www.anapsid.org/prolapse.html

kingofnobbys":3fhc9wcv said:

http://www.anapsid.org/seminalplugs.html

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That could be it, but this one looks more like flesh

kingofnobbys":1t6gfskv said:

http://www.anapsid.org/seminalplugs.html

Keep the prolapse clean and damp , very bad if it gets infected and turns necrotic.

Have you tried bathing/soaking in a very concentrated sugar solution, see : http://www.anapsid.org/prolapse.html

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He's on antibiotics! The vet recommended SALT soaks, not sugar, but it's worth a shot! Thank you

Hello,

Oh poor boy. I agree, I think it is a bit of a prolapse.
Give cool sugar water baths daily to try & reduce the swelling. You can get some raw,
unpasteurized honey to put on the more raw area, to help with healing. You can also use
KY jelly to keep the area moisturized.
Which antibiotics is he on?
If it is draining puss if it is infected, then it does need to be kept clean daily.
Let us know how he is doing.

Tracie

Drache613":1mdn5enx said:

Hello,

Oh poor boy. I agree, I think it is a bit of a prolapse.
Give cool sugar water baths daily to try & reduce the swelling. You can get some raw,
unpasteurized honey to put on the more raw area, to help with healing. You can also use
KY jelly to keep the area moisturized.
Which antibiotics is he on?
If it is draining puss if it is infected, then it does need to be kept clean daily.
Let us know how he is doing.


Tracie

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He's on Fortum! He is taking an injection once every 3 days, the area was much worse looking before the medicine so I think it is helping. I've sent these pictures to my vet and hopefully we can get a proper confirmation! Fingers crossed!

Hi there, that's his hemipene. Has he been black bearded lately + maybe trying to mate with stuff ? An experienced reptile vet could probably guide it back in easily.

AHBD":3f1hbj8j said:

Hi there, that's his hemipene. Has he been black bearded lately + maybe trying to mate with stuff ? An experienced reptile vet could probably guide it back in easily.

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Thank you! I'll keep you all informed when the vet gets back to me,

The tissue itself still looks healthy. Hopefully if there was some type of infection it is going down. BTW, a reptile having 2 hemipenes can actually still mate even if it loses one. There's still another one left. I don't think he'll lose it though.