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HerpAddict
11-14-05, 10:44 PM
Hi,

I saw something I've never seen before last night with one of my males that is in with a female. It appeared to me that he had what I would imagine was what a prolapse would be (from what I've read in leo discussions). I've seen it when his hemi-penes gets erect, but this looked like it was a large mass of flesh, about the size of a chick-pea that was sticking out of his cloaca. I think it had a little bit of blood on it, but couldn't tell if it was blood from a cut, or if it was just a vein that was very close to the surface. The male was licking at it, trying to perhaps clean and put it back in. It took him about 5 minutes to get back to normal.

I immediately removed the female, as I don't want him to try to stress that part of his body by trying to mate her. I first noticed this about 20 minutes after seeing him fail at copulation. He was almost in position, and just at the very last minute he seemed to forget to hang on to the glass and just dropped off the glass and landed in the pothos below. It was dark, so a bit hard to see exactly what happened, but my hypothesis is that he perhaps had his inner bits pulled out when he fell off of her?...I don't know really.

The point of this post was to ask if anybody had ever had a prolapse in a male crested, and if so, what is the general method following it? I was planning on giving him a break for a while from the ladies, but I wasn't sure how long it should be for, or perhaps I am over reacting and this isn't a prolapse...Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks!

lisab_83
11-22-05, 09:08 PM
I see that happen with my males too ( actually, I don't think I've ever seen them not do that). Guess it's normal because they're running around after a couple minutes and ready to do it all over again the next evening :)

Hope this helps

clint545
11-22-05, 09:15 PM
Amanda. Sounds pretty average thing to me. All my males do the same thing when they try or have mated with a female.

HerpAddict
11-22-05, 10:30 PM
I have seen when a male wants to or has just mated a female, and that's his hemi-penes hanging out. This is a situation where his hemi-penes was not erect, ie it was within him, but the base (which holds the hemi-penes within it) was the part hanging out.

I am assuming that he's fine, as there has been no swelling, and he's being as active as normal. I have left the female in another cage for the meant time, but will probably reintroduce her in the next couple weeks. I will just keep a watchful eye and him and his 'boyz'.

Thanks for the input!