Gecko has a little poo/growth around private area?

moxsum

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Hey guys.. this is my first post here.. ive had 2 leopard geckos for years and they are both pretty healthy.

I was out of town a few days and didnt moisten the guys hide enough while he was shedding so this shed was a little more difficult, but he got almost all of it of, just a bit around his mouth/eyes and a few toes got stuck.. ive tried using a q tip to dab repti-shedding aid around the eye/mouth but he really doesnt like it and moves away violently, seems to get scarred etc. anyway, I put him in a smaller cage with lots of moist paper towels and was rubbing his face on it and I used some tweezers to pull off some of it.. should help..

But anyway, I noticed as I was dinog this hes got some brownish/whitish lump stickin out of his private area.. I think this happened once before years ago, my girlfriend took him to the vet and they just cleaned it up and we put some antibiotic cream on for a few days..

Do you think its because, im thinking maybe he had an issue shedding down there and then poo'd and it got sorta stuck and just hardened in the area??

What should I do?
 

moxsum

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Thanks for the advice, maybe I will try that tomorrow, I just worry how he will react to being in water.. since he never has been before..

Also, it seems his mouth looks a tiny bit funny to me? Not relaly bad, but it sorta looks like hes holding it slightly open all the time or something or maybe its irritated or something.. and he seems a bit lethargic.. im kinda worried about the lil guy..

Dono if hes eaten since this shedding issue started.. maybe ill take a pic of his groin tomorrow.. it looks like feces to me or something like it, but its just stuck around there.. my theory was maybe he didnt shed properly down there and the poo got stuck and hardened im not sure..
 

moxsum

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Ok well I took the poopy like thing off his private area.. I think I was right, it was a clump of poo that got stuck on there and hardened for some reason.. looking better now.. I also was able to take more skin off the nose/eye area.. lookin better too..

BUT he still has some skin right around his eye, like almost inside his eye lid.. looks like its irritating him a bit, but I dont really know anyway to take it off.. because its literally almost inside his eye.. dont want to poke his eye..

Oddly enough, he seems to be shedding again? When he shed like a week or two ago? Maybe hes trying to shed again to remove the skin that he was having problems taking off any ideas?

Help?
 

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