What is this!!!!

[Rgarbarino]

Looking for a little help here. Tonight I was soaking my daughters male gecko to help get some shedding skin off his toes and when I flipped him over I saw this. Any idea what it could be? He is in a 20 gallon tank with a similar size female, both are around 57 grams at last weight in a while ago. We don't have a dedicated nest box in the tank, just a cave and a hollow log and they are on repti sand. Some kind of hernia? Reproductive parts? Have no idea. There was some sand stuck to it before the photo so I gently wiped it away with a tissue and it bled just a little.

Any help on what this is would be much appreciated.

 

[Treefolk]

Prolapse of the hemi-penis. Probably will need to go to the vet to fix it. Google might have an alternative.

 

[Rgoley]

Looks like prolapsed hemipenes.

 

[Rgarbarino]

Thank you, looked it up and you are right. My wife forgot to tell me but she noticed it a few days ago, not good. He goes to the vet tomorrow.

 

[tb144050]

Hopefully it won't have long-term damage after the delayed treatment.

Also, be sure to take special care of your female!! I am pretty sure there is only one way for him to have a prolapsed hemipenis...... She is going to be laying eggs for the next several months, so she will need the special care.

 

[Olympus]

At least from the photo they still look good, nice and pink, so a vet should be able to push them back in, stitch the vent, and take care of it.

 

[tb144050]

I have read in other posts that "Prolapse may result in male fertility issues or sterility."

In the future, if it was me.....I would mate him (if ever again) to a female of "less priority" before I attempted a mating to a female of "HIGH priority."

for example, if I had a $400 Diablo Blanco female and a $100 Tremper female: I would mate him to the Tremper first to be sure he is not sterile, because if he is sterile...the female may be laying duds for the entire season(??).