What is that

can anyone tell me wat is it, it seem it anus had comeout

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it looks like a prolapse.:O Keep it moist and get to a vet asap or the snake could die.

WOW, that's got to be one of the worst prolapse I've ever seen. Keep the tail wrapped in a wet towel and get the snake to a vet ASAP if not sooner.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith

Oh the poor thing. :(

Hopefully he got it to the vet before it dried out too much. :please:

Would a course of antibiotics be a sensible precaution at this point?


dr del

Wow I agree with J....that is the worst case I have seen. You snake needs immed. vet attention. I am sure if you call them and tell them what has happened they will get you in right away.

Until you get her in.....keep her on very very moist...(wet) papertowels

ommggggg ;-( thats a horrible thing to see, i feel so bad for both the owner and the ball. im new to ball pythons, what is a prolapse??

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ommggggg ;-( thats a horrible thing to see, i feel so bad for both the owner and the ball. im new to ball pythons, what is a prolapse??

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:O damn poor animal... I'm not new but I see that first time.... Anybody can tell what was possible cause of "that" ??

This looks much worse than your average prolapse. Do you have any updated pics?

That looks really sad , I hope everything turns out alright :(

This was originally posted quite a few hours ago, so I hope this animal has seen a vet already, because that looks like a pretty bad prolapse.

If not, put it in sugar water immediately. This helps keep it moist, as well as reducing the size of the prolapse. In smaller prolapses, this can be enough for them to resolve themselves (at least based on what I have read, not personal experience).

For the person that asked, a prolapse is basically when part of the body protrudes out where it should not. In this case, the inside of the rectum (not sure that is the right word for snakes, but you get the idea) is sticking out through the anus, and would be called a rectal prolapse.

Another kind of prolapse is a uterine prolapse.

The OP is in Asia so he is about 15 hours ahead of us here so it would have been late at night his time. Hopefully by now he is able to get to a vet... Good luck...

When my snake prolapsed, I had let him get a little too cool (about 68F) and his feces came out incompletely digested. He also had parasites, it probably was a combination of the two.

If you can, research the net about prolapses. It is possible - if you use a damp q-tip - to gently push the prolapse back in. When I saw my vet about it, he told me if it happened again, I could do this myself. Sugar water helps shrink the prolapse and keeping your snake on damp paper towels will help protect the tissues, if you decide to wait for a vet visit.

At any rate, don't feed for at least a week afterwards to allow everything to heal, you don't want him to prolapse again the next time he defecates. You still might want to go see a vet to check for parasites.

I took her to a vet, All i was given was an antibiotics, I keep it moist now, replace wet it with tissue now n then cos that sure is smelly..what other advice should u guy recommend? do u really think i should move her enclosure to colder room like and air conditioner room. will i live is Asia, And the weather now is hot. ard 88F

Viper...that sounds wierd to me...I would of thought they would of gotten it back in....and taken a look to see if she needed a stitch or not...(sometimes they will need an extra stitch to help in the future.)

I will wait for others to post but at this point I personally would make another appt. with a different vet. Sorry I don't have better news for you.

Hi,

Best links I can find.

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...pse#post833652

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=87612

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...light=prolapse

And a link to a post I made with a load of links in one post;

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...29&postcount=7


dr del

That prolapse will not return on it's own. That is one of the worst I've ever seen. That snake will die if it does not get help. I know you took it to a vet, but is there anyone else that you think would help you more than the last vet? I've heard of old remedies, but I'm not sure I want to post them here. They could be considered a little too wild for some on this forum. I'm not sure I'd want to try them, but this snake is not going to get better on it's own.

Do you have a zoo with herps in your town? Maybe someone there would be willing to help, if not maybe they could guide you to a qualified vet.

Good Luck!
Jim Smith


ps Post new pictures of the prolapse.

keep it moist and wrap it with a wet towel thats soaked in a sugar paste.

The sugar causes the Hemipenes to shrink and retract a bit.

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keep it moist and wrap it with a wet towel thats soaked in a sugar paste.

The sugar causes the Hemipenes to shrink and retract a bit.

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Sugar paste is one of my old time remedies, but that usually works on a small prolapse. I don't think sugar will work on something this bad. If it's not repaired soon, the prolapse is going to start to decay and we know what's going to happen after that!


Jim Smith

Damn I never thought how bad this prolapse is until you mentioned the word 'decay'.

What they said. If the vet didn't push it back in, you need to do it.

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What they said. If the vet didn't push it back in, you need to do it.

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You need to be careful "pushing" it back in. If you fold it onto itself, you will kill that part that is overlapped, thus killing the snake. If this has happened once, it will probably happen again. Like someone said, this one may need a stitch to keep it from prolapsing again.
I can't tell you how bad of a prolapse this is. I would like to see more pictures of the prolapse as well as the vent. I'm also concerned that the owner didn't know what to do immediately and I'm not sure there hasn't been some damage already. I can only hope that he got on BP.net immediately and got answers really quickly.

I can't believe a vet would send that snake home with nothing more than antibiotics.

Jim Smith

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You need to be careful "pushing" it back in. If you fold it onto itself, you will kill that part that is overlapped, thus killing the snake. If this has happened once, it will probably happen again. Like someone said, this one may need a stitch to keep it from prolapsing again.
I can't tell you how bad of a prolapse this is. I would like to see more pictures of the prolapse as well as the vent. I'm also concerned that the owner didn't know what to do immediately and I'm not sure there hasn't been some damage already. I can only hope that he got on BP.net immediately and got answers really quickly.

I can't believe a vet would send that snake home with nothing more than antibiotics.

Jim Smith

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I am with you on this 100% Jim. This is the worst case I have seen....sorry to tell you that. I do allot of research .....seen allot of pics...but wow! Like I stated before and Jim has reiterated....I really believe that as bad as this one is...it will need a stitch. Someone had a very very good idea...if there are no more reptile vets in your area...start calling the zoo's and asking for the reptile department. You can even ask them who they use. Also if no luck there call the breeders in your area. Some of the more experienced breeders may even be able to do it for you...but make sure they have allot of experience. Also they are really going to need to do a fecal test as well....sometimes this will happen due to a parasite overload and other times....it just happens????

Sad day for me.. She is dead.. dammit,, Have a 6 years wonderful year with her.

that is sad...im sorry for ur loss. 6 yrs is a long time. i hope she didnt suffer or anything

So sorry, Viper :(

Sorry for your loss.

Jim Smith

sorry for your loss.