Urgent Care :: After Prolapse Surgery

[whatever]

My turtle recently had a penile prolapse that was bitten. I took him to a vet. Good news was the penis did not need amputation. She cleaned it and verified that remaining tissue was still alive. Then she put a suture in. She said to wait a couple of days to see if the turtle can poop.

The turtle had the prolapse for about a week and hasn't pooped since. Its been two days and the turtle still has not. The suture looks kind of tight or maybe its swollen. So question is should I be alarmed he hasn't defecated yet?

I keep him isolated from the other turtles and will buy him a new tank with heater from here on out since I understand that prolapses can reoccur.

[steve]

Hard to know without actually examining the turtle. Has the turtle been eating? Is he on any meds? Have you spoken to the vet about it?

[whatever]

Yes I have fed the turtle every other day. I talked to vet and she said to keep feeding him. I have an appointment to remove the suture this weekend. However I noticed that he has been kicking his tail more recently. I am just wondering if this is normal after such a surgery. He does seem to ok and has an appetite.

[steve]

Every injury is different, hopefully he'll be back to normal after the suture is removed.