Prolapsed Monitor

Instead of a paste, I like to do a sugar soak with lizards. Run a sink of cool water, and add a cup or two of sugar (depending on sink size) to a cup of warm water to dissolve the sugar, then add the sugar to your sink of cool water. Soak him in it for 20-30 minutes. This might help to reduce the swelling so he can retract the area back in.

If you think it might be a blockage, while you are soaking him, gently massage the stomach and vent area. Be very gentle and don't actually touch the prolapse.

Also, make sure you are keeping him as sterile as you can until you can get him into the vet. I'd replace whatever bedding you have with paper towels for right now. I would also suggest applying a small amount of Vaseline or KY to the cloaca to keep it moist and help fight debris.

Good luck and I hope this helps.

Betty passed two sizable urates last night and her vent is looking better already, the swelling has gone down at least. Hopefully a couple more sugar soaks and she will be ok.



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Awesome news

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So heres a couple updated pics. You can see the swelling on one side is still pretty bad. I'm going to soak her again this afternoon and she'll be seeing the vet first thing tomorrow.

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Looks, like the soaks and passing those urates helped ms betty take care of this all on her own! I'm so relieved

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Its amazing how fast reptiles recover from things, no wonder they've been around forever!

Good! She looks a lot better now.

If it were me, I would take her next fecal to the vet and get it analyzed just encase. I would think about bringing her in just for a checkup as well if you've got a good vet.

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It is amazing! I didn't expect for the swelling to completely disappear before her vet visit. I'm glad it did though.

My vet is great but doesn't have a lot of experience with black throats or monitors in general. Luckily he has some great colleagues around the country that do. Hes about as excited as I am to see her progress and grow.

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