Please help - need tips

This is my first post, and although I wish it could have been a story of my bp or contribution to the forum, this is more a request for aid.

My bp just came back from a surgery in which his prolapsed anus was repaired. He's six months old, and was perfectly healthy up until yesterday, when I noticed the prolapse.

Now that I have brought him back, i've switched his substrate to paper towel, but I was wondering if there is anything else I can do for him in terms of caretaking (Humidity, temperature, etc.) or medication.

Do you have uth?

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Originally Posted by delphithon

This is my first post, and although I wish it could have been a story of my bp or contribution to the forum, this is more a request for aid.

My bp just came back from a surgery in which his prolapsed anus was repaired. He's six months old, and was perfectly healthy up until yesterday, when I noticed the prolapse.

Now that I have brought him back, i've switched his substrate to paper towel, but I was wondering if there is anything else I can do for him in terms of caretaking (Humidity, temperature, etc.) or medication.

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First welcome to the group:cool: .Well his temps should be kept at 90 to 95 hotside and 80 to 85 cool side just like before his surgery.Now the meds part did the vet who performed the surgery give you any meds for him?

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Originally Posted by delphithon

when I noticed the prolapse.

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Did it look like this? http://www.anapsid.org/prolapse.html What would cause that?

Welcome to BPNet and so sorry to hear your snake had to have surgery. The best source of information really for his post-op care is the vet that performed the surgery. They should have sent you home with aftercare instructions as well as any meds needed and what schedule those meds are on for his recovery. Also when to feed post-op, etc.

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Originally Posted by PipeDADDY

Did it look like this? http://www.anapsid.org/prolapse.html What would cause that?

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This was the prolapsed anus,not the hemipenis.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

This was the prolapsed anus,not the hemipenis.

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:D So it would look different? Pics? :D

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Originally Posted by PipeDADDY

:D So it would look different? Pics? :D

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O yea.I am not sure if we have any pics on this site so i will do a search be right back:)

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Originally Posted by PipeDADDY

:D So it would look different? Pics? :D

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Well i run a search and the only thread that came up was this one:( .The differance would be the inner anus tissue would be exposed outside of the vent.

hi! welcome to the forums

i think just keep the temps stable, and just leave him be for awhile

how do you prevent this prolapse thing, those hemipenes look painful

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Originally Posted by Kizerk

hi! welcome to the forums

i think just keep the temps stable, and just leave him be for awhile

how do you prevent this prolapse thing, those hemipenes look painful

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Not sure how the hemipenis becomes prolapsed.I have heard that the inner anus tissues can become torn due to large urates.Not sure if this is totaly true though.

The vet did not send me home with any additional medication, unfortunately... Also, I didn't really think of taking photographic evidence of the prolapse when it occurred, although now I think that would've been a good idea.

The vet is closed now, but I will call again tomorrow to find out if there's any additional medication that I could purchase. The surgery involved local anesthesia, and left my bp obviously stressed - it was unable to curl itself up, but attempts to do so at any sign of external disturbance. Two stitches were used, and there's a swollen lump where the prolapsed tissue was pushed back in. The vet warned that if the flesh had been exposed for too long, my bp would most likely not survive. If my bp makes it through, I get to take him back to the vet in two weeks for stitch removal.

I guess the most I can do for him right now is make him comfortable in his home.

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Originally Posted by delphithon

The vet did not send me home with any additional medication, unfortunately... Also, I didn't really think of taking photographic evidence of the prolapse when it occurred, although now I think that would've been a good idea.

The vet is closed now, but I will call again tomorrow to find out if there's any additional medication that I could purchase. The surgery involved local anesthesia, and left my bp obviously stressed - it was unable to curl itself up, but attempts to do so at any sign of external disturbance. Two stitches were used, and there's a swollen lump where the prolapsed tissue was pushed back in. The vet warned that if the flesh had been exposed for too long, my bp would most likely not survive. If my bp makes it through, I get to take him back to the vet in two weeks for stitch removal.

I guess the most I can do for him right now is make him comfortable in his home.

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Wow i think thats weird your vet did not give you any meds to help him with pain as i am sure he hurts:( .Keep us posted on how he is doing

Just giving a quick update - my bp is recovering just fine. After the first night, the swelling went down considerably, and although I'm happy that he's slithering around, he seems to be avoiding his hides and instead curling up in the corners.

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Originally Posted by delphithon

Just giving a quick update - my bp is recovering just fine. After the first night, the swelling went down considerably, and although I'm happy that he's slithering around, he seems to be avoiding his hides and instead curling up in the corners.

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He might have hurt himself by rubbing against the side of the hide.Now he could be scared of it.Great to hear he is doing better:)