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Mram0824
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 HELP don’t know!!!!

I dont know what is wrong with my monitor.... He’s a Water monitor 18 inches long and
i took him out today to hold and he has this huge bump he didnt have before does anyone
know what this is? Should I take him to the Vet??? ">
10/30/11  06:46pm

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Krusty
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   Message To: Mram0824   In reference to Message Id: 2242485


 HELP don’t know!!!!

Looks like his cloaca is prolapsing (translation= his butt opening is turned inside-out and stuck that way). You may need a vet, yes. Sometimes when they’re pooping, they can get something stuck on a hemipenis (like mulch) and it goes inside, other times it’s from a parasitic load or ’chaffed’ tissues there from something going on internally. If you can put him in a warm tub to swim around and perhaps he poops again, you may be able to manipulate it back inside. But you cannot leave it sticking out or it’ll get infected and likely kill the animal. It seems to happen quite a bit with freshly imported wild collected Indo lizards that are not being kept warm and humid enough too, but I don’t know the history on your animal obviously. Good luck.
10/30/11  06:54pm

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   Message To: Krusty   In reference to Message Id: 2242487


 HELP don’t know!!!!

Thanks! for all your help

I actually took my Lizard to the vet and Miss Flores was awsome maybe you guys could

add her to your vet database, but she stated that my Monitor actually had a trauma some kind

of weird trauma in his privates. She gave me some antibiotics and hes actually very well now

the bump is gone she actually squeezed it out. She said it was smiley looked gross LOL but she

gave me antibiotics he is actually doing very well now the bump is gone and we got a cool picture

of a Xray done while there hopefully i will get a chance and I will post it soon very healthy Bones


YAY!!!!
11/06/11  01:19am


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