Help!! Is something wrong with my snake??

I was looking at my snake today and noticed this??

What is wrong with him?

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That looks like a prolapse. You can soak it in warm sugar water to encourage the swelling down and get it to shrink, if it does not go in at all, then you will have to keep it moist (vasaline maybe?) and get him to a vet immediately so that the flesh does not dry out and die.

http://www.anapsid.org/prolapse.html

ok I have him in warm water right now, I will have to go get some sugar.

I live in MI and don't know of any herp vets in my area??

How does this happen? is it something i did?

Where in michigan do you live?

Sometimes when they get stressed or feel very unsafe they will do that to scare the predator/enemy away, Did something very stressful happen? Possibly when you were handling him?

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Originally Posted by mtxsub7

Sometimes when they get stressed or feel very unsafe they will do that to scare the predator/enemy away, Did something very stressful happen? Possibly when you were handling him?

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I've never heard of that. I've never seen a prolapse, but that would be my guess. How would a lump of tissue hanging out a snake's butt scare a preditor away?

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Originally Posted by PythonWallace

I've never heard of that. I've never seen a prolapse, but that would be my guess. How would a lump of tissue hanging out a snake's butt scare a preditor away?

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dunno I read that on here, happend to someone else

Tell me where you're at in Michigan and I might be able to help you.

How does that happen? And is it something that happens to a lot of snakes?

Here is a listing of Herp Vets in Michigan from ANAPSID. I have tried a few on the Michigan herp society in the past and their list is very outdated. (Couple years at least)

Thomas Bankstahl, *Jennifer Periat
Parkway Small Animal & Exotic Hospital
39321 Garfield
Clinton Twp 48038
586-416-8800

Robyn Barbiers
Detroit Zoo Parks
POB 39
Royal Oak 48068
313-398-0903

I have been to see Wayne Beasley and he was very knowledgable and trustworthy. He is just outside of Lansing.

S. Wayne Beasley
Cedar Creek Vet
2295 N. Williamston Rd
Williamston 48895
517-655-4906

Richard Bennett, Lisa Harris
Animal Clinic
133 - 28th Street S.E.
Grand Rapids 49548
(616) 241-3651

* Timothy England and Chris Howe
Crossroads Animal Hospital
3232 North Dettman Rd.
Jackson
517-784-1111

* Pamela Graves
Jensen's Animal Hospital
4041 Charlevoix Ave
Petosky
231-347-8775

Kenneth Harr
Canton Center Animal Hos
5900 Canton Center Rd
Canton 48187
734-459-1400
Other vets here work on reptiles as well

Vicki Marsh
Animal Kingdom Veterinary Hospital at Copper Leaf Farm
4950 Ann Arbor Saline Rd
Ann Arbor 48103
734-913-4939

Kurt Henkel
440 Second St
S. Lyon 48178-1102
517-355-4616

Scott R. Jandron
30 East U.S. 41
Negaunee 49866
906-475-7851

Steven McBride
Cascade Hospital for Animal
6730 Cascade Rd SE
Grand Rapids 49546
616-949-0960

David Miller
Affiliated Vet Emergency Clinic
Allen Park 48101
313-284-1700

Mike Neault
Parkway Vet Clinic
Canton 48187
734-981-4400

Michael Place
3801 Lapeer Rd
Pt Huron 48060

Howard Schwartz
Clarkston Veterinary Clinic
6687 Dixie Highway
Clarkston 48346
(248) 625-1821

Diane Sweeney
5043 Hicks Rd
Albion 49224

Paul Roger Tremblay
14115 Fenton Rd
Fenton MI 48430

I live in Clinton Twp., kind of by detroit.

I know some guy named Bryan who has a huge warehouse of snakes is close to where I live. Not sure if he has a vet on staff.

Good luck. I hope you can find him help soon.

Well I ended up calling the hospital in Clinton Twp. and they said to bring him in. SO I did and they tried to get the swelling to go down but were unsuccesful so they had to amputate it. :(

But he should recover fine and live a health happy life.

I'm glad he turned out ok, good job for getting it taken care of, I know I would have been so stressed over it.

BTW, the Bryan you are talking about is BHB, just so you know...

Did they amputate the hemipenes? One or both?

They only had to amputate one of the hemipenes. so he should still be good to breed according to the vet.

They tried several times to get the swelling down but there was some tissue dammage and they weren't sure that even if they got it back in that it would function correctly.

I am sorry to hear that they had to amputate. I hope he has a full and speedy recovery.