Dried up Prolapse

[CourtneyZach]

So I've been really busy with university and I admit my gecko has not been getting the attention he deserves. He's healthy, fat and poops just fine but I over supplemented him so he now has a calcium sac on his armpit and had a prolapse. I think it prolapsed because we had to move again where there is a boy cat and the boy cat didn't like him and peed all over my room to assert dominance... and Zeus didn't like that. Or it was lack of humidity I wasn't taking great care of his humidity hide so probably that too... Ugh I feel terrible. But anyway don't know how long he had a prolapse but it seems to be really small sticking out of his anal slit and seems to be a light brown colour and dried up.
I washed his cage thoroughly to make sure he doesn't get infected and have been feeding him normally. But I don
t really know what to do. I can't afford a vet appointment to remove it because I'm pretty sure it may be unsalvageable. Can it fall off on its own? Today Im going to give him a sugar bath and put honey on it. Hopefully that helps.

I feel so bad I really should have been paying more attention

 

[CourtneyZach]

Okay this is getting weird. His prolapse just does not look normal. Last time it was quite swollen,thick, looked moist, and this one is almost long like a worm it's really odd. I definitely think it's in salvageable I gave him a sugar bath and put honey on it but it just seemed to draw it out more

 

[acpart]

There's a chance that this is a sperm plug and not a prolapse. One of my males was licking his vent last night and when I picked him up, he had a light brown sperm plug (they're usually white, but if it hangs around long enough it gets brown and crusty) that I pulled out. You could try pulling gently on it and see if it comes out.

Aliza

 

[CourtneyZach]

That actually makes a lot of sense... Perhaps it's that instead? Whatever it was it fell off today. I have uploaded a picture of it.. It's on the q-tip. May not be too clear but any guesses one what just came out of him!? Is that one of his little willies or is it a sperm plug?
Thanks everyone I love this site

 

[acpart]

Sperm plug. I actually have a male leopard gecko that I have to "squeeze" (yes, I know it sounds gross) every few days because otherwise, it builds up and the hemipenile bulges get really swollen.

Aliza

 

[Josh2]

Any updates on how your gecko is doing? Were you able to remove the plug?

 

[CourtneyZach]

He's doing pretty good I think. Stressed a bit since I was cleaning his cage lots thinking it was a prolapse.
It came off all by itself! Since I thought it was a prolapse I gave him a sugar bath and put honey on it... He then kind of dragged his butt on his substrate and it came out. I didn't see him do it but there was honey in little streaks on the substrate and then I found what I now know is a sperm plug so that's what I'm guessing happened