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Prolapse of turtle penis

Published: 2024-11-24 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/24, [cause] the testosterone in the tortoise is too high. [symptoms] normal turtles, sexually mature males, when mating during the breeding season, the penis is exposed to mate with the female, and after mating, the penis shrinks into the cloaca. The penises of some male turtles are occasionally exposed and immediately retracted. Abnormal male turtles, after the penis is exposed, can not be retracted in time, exposed for a long time, bitten by other turtles or scratched by foreign bodies, but also due to exposure for too long tissue necrosis, causing infection, and other diseases

[cause of disease]

The testosterone in the turtle is too high.

[symptomatic]

A normal turtle, a sexually mature male, exposes its penis to mate with a female during the breeding season and shrinks into the cloaca after mating. The penises of some male turtles are occasionally exposed and immediately retracted. Abnormal male turtles, after penis exposure, can not be retracted in time, exposed for a long time, bitten by other turtles or scratched by foreign bodies, but also due to exposure for too long tissue necrosis, causing infection, and other diseases leading to death.

[prevention and control methods]

Regular inspection and inspection. Deal with the sick turtle in time after finding it. After disinfecting the exposed penis with iodine, send it back to the cloacal cavity and sew 1-2 stitches at the cloacal cavity to avoid prolapse of the penis again. Serious turtles should take resection surgery, first rinse the surface with normal saline, fasten the penis located at the cloacal hole with medical suture, then remove the part other than the thread with a scalpel, disinfect the wound and suture the mucous membrane continuously, then loosen the tight thread, disinfect it with iodine, and retract the rest into the body. The turtle after the operation should not be put in the water, but should be put dry. For eating turtles, antibiotics should be added to the feed for 3-4 days. Fasting turtles are injected with penicillin and streptomycin sulfate to prevent infection.

 
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