Thanks Elizabeth and Julie for your responses. Unfortunately for me it took too long to receive responses from this listserve (due to server problems) so I didn't know I had to leave the gecko in the sugar or to treat his hemipenes with oil (or lubricant, which I didn't have). So now he is at home on paper towels until I can get him to the vet tonight. I'm at work. His hemipenes look mostly retracted but there looks to be some blood.
I think it is a combination of water, or lack thereof, and sand. Water has been a big issue for me as of late. Only one gecko drinks when I spray the terrariums but they all eat well. Thanks again and I'll let you know what turns out. Mike > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: 2003/07/23 Wed AM 01:19:51 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gecko]Bloody feces...detailed response > > Hi Mike, > > Could be from dehydration as Julie suggests, but you say you found sand. In > the past I have resolved very minor prolapses of the hemipenes or definitely > improved them by using common vegetable oil to the area with a q-tip. You > might need to give a gentle poke with something rounded though. > > You say you found sand: Sounds like your gecko passed the sand when the > prolapse occurred. I have experienced significant prolapses twice with the same > 6" Northern Velvet gecko. The first time the sand showed up on x-ray. About > six weeks ago it happened the second time, always quite late at night. Off to > the vet ER we went. Resolving the issue was a two-person job and the vet let > me assist. (I found this problem immediately. I then placed the gecko in a > 50% dextrose solution. We waited at the vet's over an hour.) Then as I gently > restrained this lovely gecko, the vet applied Artificial Tears Ointment which > you may be able to find at your local Fred Meyer's for $3.45 a tube. (When I > mentioned to her about K-Y jelly, the vet said that she thought that it would > be too drying because of the alcohol content.) Well, with me gently > restraining this beautiful animal, the vet generously applied the Artificial Tears > Ointment and with two long q-tips exerted pressure on either side of the vent > directly upon the tissues with the q-tips angled about 90 degrees to the vent. > Suddenly the tissues popped into place. That was on June 14. The vet > recommended that I feed this gecko only Gerber's chicken baby food for three weeks > and > administer CatLax once a day to her lips in order to keep her stools easy to > pass. 17 days later, as I fed her the baby food she passed a very small stool > which was totally Jurassic Reptile Playsand, a very fine sand with smooth > granules. That is the substrate I'd been keeping her on, a combination of > Jurassic sand and peat moss. Now she could have been dehydrated, but I always have > water available and she had been eating her dusted crickets regularly! And > there was the sand in her stool similar to her August 2002 experience. > > Hope these details help you with your animal. > > Elizabeth > > In a message dated 7/22/03 7:59:51 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > I came home from work this evening and I found rivulets of blood on the > > basking rock for my spider geckos. Here is a link to the pic. > > <A > > HREF="http://members.rogers.com/spidermikey/bloodyrock.jpg";>http://members.rogers.com/spidermikey/bloodyrock.jpg</A> > > > > It was accompanied by a healthy male gecko and a very large blob of feces > > (little urates). I melted the feces in a glass ash tray and it was mostly pure > > sand. > > > > I've soaked him in a sugar solution in the sink and he looked decent. After > > cleaning his cloacal area it turns out there are 2 slightly protuding red > > blobs. I assume these are hemipenes. > > > > If it wasn't for the blood I wouldn't worry too much but is this a common > > thing? I know everted hemipenes happens but with so much blood? Anyway, I'll > > head to the vet tomorrow. > > > > > l l l > ^^ /..\ ^^ /..\ ^^ ^^ /..\ ^^ > l l ^^ llll \\\ > l l llll /// > l l llll \\\ > l l ~~ llll /// > ~~ ( ~~ ) ~~ ~~ ( ~~ > ) ( ) > ( ) ( > ) ( ) > lappert robert hubert > 14.9 yo r.i.p. r.i.p. > > (All Lepidodactylus lugubris!) > > > > > > > > > 1 _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
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