Possible prolapse?!

[LaVieBoheme]

my adult male beardie pooped today, nothing weird about that, but I noticed something that looked like old poop stuck to his cloaca (sorry to be graphic) I let him soak in warm water, hoping it would go away, but it's still there. Nothing like this has happened before and i may be worrying for no reason, but I'm afraid it's more serious than that. His cage temps are 85 on the cool side and 95-103 for the basking. He been eating collard greens and mustard greens and calcium dusted superworms. He has reptile carpet and a Repitisun10 UVB light that I got recently.

 

[LaVieBoheme]

sorry about the picture

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Well based on the picture I would say that is a sperm plug & not a prolapse. A prolapse is a different color. A sperm plug looks browish to greyish, etc, but a prolapse would be dark red depending on what type of prolapse it is such as a colon, intestinal, hemepenes. I would soak him again & gently try to pull the plug, & it should come right out.
I have a male who just about everytime he goes to the bathroom, one of his hemepenes releases a sperm plug right now. It is normal for males to do this especially during breeding season.
It looks like yours has dried up a little bit so soak him really well first before trying to pull it out.

Tracie

 

[LaVieBoheme]

Gave him another soak and it came off. It's all good now. Thanks for your advice! I freaked out for no reason, but at least I feel better! :lol:

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

EXCELLENT NEWS!!
I am happy that is all it was. Beware of the sperm plugs during breeding season. No, seriously, I am happy that it was nothing serious like a prolapse.

Tracie