HippieLizards1
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So I took My dragon Mulder out to give him a bath after his meal (was feeding him blackberries and collards and he got some on his face) and to help loosen up shed as he is finally shedding for the first time in the entire year we’ve had him.
Anyways I noticed his vent looked a bit odd when he was crawling around on my bed with his tail curled up, so I took a closer look and it looks like he might have had a small prolapse of some sort? Here’s the pictures I took.
Pretty odd right? It’s not big at all but it definitely looks like he pushed out some flesh. So I’m not sure exactly what to do aside from give him a lukewarm bath with some sugar water and hope he pulls it back in? Does it look like a hemipenial prolapse or an intestinal prolapse? Or not a prolapse at all?
Thus far it does not seem to bother him at all, as he’s actively eating, running around and head bobbing at my other 4 dragons.
Sooo I’m not entirely sure what I should do. Any tips?
Also, Additional info about him that might be useful:
I have no idea about his age, he could be anywhere between 3-8 years old.
He is partially handicapped and is a bit special needs, as he previously suffered from MBD as a juvenile and has since then recovered.
Aside from slight permanent skeletal deformities and his back legs being locked in a permanent mostly closed position, causing him to walk with a bit of a limp and drag his behind around slightly (although since we’ve gotten and rehabbed him he has gotten considerably better at lifting his whole body and stomach off the ground when running), he acts no differently from a regular dragon and gets around great, eats like a horse and is very active and fast despite his slight disabilities.
He is in a 40 gallon breeder tank (alone) with a tube T8 reptisun UVB. Ambient temps are 105-110 basking spot, 85-90 warm end, and a 75-low 80s cool end. His substrate is replicarpet and paper towels (my others are on tile but the time seems to be a bit difficult for him to walk on)
He eats mostly collard greens and blackberries, while having a few adult Dubia once a week (we’re flat out of mediums and large dubias so we’ve had to feed the dragons 1-2 of our adult dubia until we can get more in).
Here’s some pics of the tank, his is the top.
I’ll keep y’all posted on him, thanks.
-HippieLizards.
Anyways I noticed his vent looked a bit odd when he was crawling around on my bed with his tail curled up, so I took a closer look and it looks like he might have had a small prolapse of some sort? Here’s the pictures I took.
Thus far it does not seem to bother him at all, as he’s actively eating, running around and head bobbing at my other 4 dragons.
Also, Additional info about him that might be useful:
I have no idea about his age, he could be anywhere between 3-8 years old.
He is partially handicapped and is a bit special needs, as he previously suffered from MBD as a juvenile and has since then recovered.
Aside from slight permanent skeletal deformities and his back legs being locked in a permanent mostly closed position, causing him to walk with a bit of a limp and drag his behind around slightly (although since we’ve gotten and rehabbed him he has gotten considerably better at lifting his whole body and stomach off the ground when running), he acts no differently from a regular dragon and gets around great, eats like a horse and is very active and fast despite his slight disabilities.
He is in a 40 gallon breeder tank (alone) with a tube T8 reptisun UVB. Ambient temps are 105-110 basking spot, 85-90 warm end, and a 75-low 80s cool end. His substrate is replicarpet and paper towels (my others are on tile but the time seems to be a bit difficult for him to walk on)
He eats mostly collard greens and blackberries, while having a few adult Dubia once a week (we’re flat out of mediums and large dubias so we’ve had to feed the dragons 1-2 of our adult dubia until we can get more in).
Here’s some pics of the tank, his is the top.
I’ll keep y’all posted on him, thanks.
-HippieLizards.