my female gtps vent-- worried...

[lolashowme]

hello everyone! i hope youre all having a great day...
i have a question- i have two gtps-- one male one female, they are both about 6 months old and awesome! the female- however-- her vent seems to protrude a lot more then the male and im wondering if this is normal/looks normal. any insight would be hugely appreciated...
heres a pic....

http://i1005.photobucket.com/albums/...90828-1825.jpg

[bigballs]

could just be my eyes but her skin looks a little wrinkly like shes going into shed. usually my gtps poop right after a shed and sometimes while they are cloudy their vents stay slightly open like that until after shedding and pooping. has she defecated recently?

also at only six months old they definitely shouldnt be handled.

[lolashowme]

bigballs- thats the thing--- i watched her defecate right after i soaked her while i was cleaning her cage last friday and im not sure but it looked liked she prolapsed a little bit (?)
what could this mean?
thanks a million,
jackie

[DavidG]

Could be a complication with probing a six month old green tree. 1 year and 100 grams minimum. That's besides the point now. I would keep her very humid and remove the perches. Seek a vets assistance Monday if you believe it was a prolapse. What are you feeding her? I've seen similar things in over fed little ones. I hate to be speak rudely, but we need to know the husbandry of the animal.

[lolashowme]

david- she was never probed- she was "popped" so her sexing- while maybe not perfectly accurate- was completely non invasive.
i feed her pinkie mice- 1 or 2 once a week... her humidity is very high, and her viv is cleaned everyday. i keep records of all 7 of my snakes sheds, meals, poops, level of activity- everything. i definitely know the husbandry of the animal- why would you assume otherwise?. but i am a hypochondriac when it comes to all of my animals. so if i see ANYTHING even the tiniest bit out of the ordinary i investigate it- which is why i posted this thread.

[lolashowme]

also- as far as the poss prolapse goes-- im not sure-- ive never seen a snake prolapse and it could be nothing-- its just that i just read gtps often have prolapsing problems so i got nervous-- it was also the first time ive ever actually watched her "go" so i dont know... either way-- ill take her to my vet on monday just to make sure she is healthy.

[jere000]

Popping a baby gtp is worse then probing

[lolashowme]

jere- i totally get that now-- they were popped by the breeder-- a very reputable one i might add- but thats beside the point. i only mentioned that to give data on the swelling of the vent-- that it wasnt probing related.
my breeder friend called his herp vet-- and she saw my gtp tonight even though it was late-- in the end it was a bacterial infection-- i have to soak her in meds and water and he says shell be fine in a week or less. so in the end it looks like nova (thats her name) will be great.
thanks bigballs and i hope everyone has a great night.

[Lucas339]

jere- i totally get that now-- they were popped by the breeder-- a very reputable one i might add- but thats beside the point. i only mentioned that to give data on the swelling of the vent-- that it wasnt probing related.
my breeder friend called his herp vet-- and she saw my gtp tonight even though it was late-- in the end it was a bacterial infection-- i have to soak her in meds and water and he says shell be fine in a week or less. so in the end it looks like nova (thats her name) will be great.
thanks bigballs and i hope everyone has a great night.

i would ask for my money back. any real, true, reputable GTP breeder would know not to pop at GTP no matter what age. nor would they ever sex an animal this young. this animal will most likely have kinks in the tail.

their tails are extremely fragile and they shouldn't be handled, or sex until they are around a year and 100 plus grams.

[jere000]

jere- i totally get that now-- they were popped by the breeder-- a very reputable one i might add- but thats beside the point. i only mentioned that to give data on the swelling of the vent-- that it wasnt probing related.
my breeder friend called his herp vet-- and she saw my gtp tonight even though it was late-- in the end it was a bacterial infection-- i have to soak her in meds and water and he says shell be fine in a week or less. so in the end it looks like nova (thats her name) will be great.
thanks bigballs and i hope everyone has a great night.

Obviously you don't under stand just because they were done by him doesn't make it better he should be lucky he didn't break the poor things back.