My Harry is a rather unlucky tortoise, first he had a runny nose, which was treated by the vet, then he got picked up by a seagull (was missing for a day, then found his way home!), and now he has penile prolapse.
I noticed what looked like a penis (but not a healthy looking one) had been 'out' for a few days, so took him to the vet. The vet said it was a prolapsed penis. He took him into another room to fix it, then gave me some pevidine scrub. He said if it happened again to dilute the scrub with water, 'dunk' Harry in it, then ease the penis back in.
Well that was on Saturday, and now I see the same thing seems to have happened again. I followed the vets instructions, and made sure I cleaned the bits of substrate off his penis, but it's not retracting. Obviously I'm not being forceful, as I don't want to hurt Harry, and he certainly doesn't seem to be enjoying what's happening!
I've made a new vet appointment, but they can't see him until Wednesday. Is there anything you guys think I can do until then? At the moment he's in a box with a towel at the bottom, because I don't want his penis dragging along the floor of his tank and getting dirty again. Is this the right call? I also gave him a little soak in warm water.
Do you think there's a reason this keeps happening?
For background, he's a 12 year old spur thighed tortoise.
I noticed what looked like a penis (but not a healthy looking one) had been 'out' for a few days, so took him to the vet. The vet said it was a prolapsed penis. He took him into another room to fix it, then gave me some pevidine scrub. He said if it happened again to dilute the scrub with water, 'dunk' Harry in it, then ease the penis back in.
Well that was on Saturday, and now I see the same thing seems to have happened again. I followed the vets instructions, and made sure I cleaned the bits of substrate off his penis, but it's not retracting. Obviously I'm not being forceful, as I don't want to hurt Harry, and he certainly doesn't seem to be enjoying what's happening!
I've made a new vet appointment, but they can't see him until Wednesday. Is there anything you guys think I can do until then? At the moment he's in a box with a towel at the bottom, because I don't want his penis dragging along the floor of his tank and getting dirty again. Is this the right call? I also gave him a little soak in warm water.
Do you think there's a reason this keeps happening?
For background, he's a 12 year old spur thighed tortoise.