Blood on penis tip and at cage bottom!

[strdsk]

Help! Has anyone ever seen their boy have blood like this come from their penis? I don't think it's in his urine as that is clear as a bell....and he had urine testing done last month that came up great. Is he either biting at himself/biting his penis once unsheathed, has hair ring, a UTI, passing a stone or worse? I'm unsure since I never catch him during the act. He has been hormonal the last week....he gets that way roughly four times per year. Little to no eating or drinking, marathon running, shedding, and new fur growth. But in 4 years he's never done this quite as bad. this started this past January...did it twice, was medicated for uti, and it stopped. But now this has happened 4 times in 2 days. Thanks!

[CritterMom]

Does this correspond with him becoming hormonal? He has done this self mutilation before this?

The thing is, this can become life threatening really fast. If he chews it up to where he can't urinate, he will not live for long.

Do you have a vet? If so, I would get him there and if not I would start looking really hard. If he is mutilating himself because of sexual frustration, or simply getting too enthusiastic while masturbating, the only thing I can think of to stop it would be neutering him. You can't keep an e-collar on a squirrel.

[strdsk]

I don;t think this is self mutilating. It's coming from inside. The penis sheath looks ok. I wish it were that easy. I have a vet but she's not a squirrel pro.

Does this correspond with him becoming hormonal? He has done this self mutilation before this?

The thing is, this can become life threatening really fast. If he chews it up to where he can't urinate, he will not live for long.

Do you have a vet? If so, I would get him there and if not I would start looking really hard. If he is mutilating himself because of sexual frustration, or simply getting too enthusiastic while masturbating, the only thing I can think of to stop it would be neutering him. You can't keep an e-collar on a squirrel.

[Mel1959]

Please send a private message to a Wisconsin member, tomahawk flyers. He might know of a vet resource. I will also send him a message directing him to this thread.

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[CritterMom]

Plus, he likely would not be nibbling on the sheath, it would be the penis contained within the sheath if this is sexually motivated. The sheath may be covering problems you cannot see. Then each time it starts to heal it starts to itch and then you know what happens...

[TomahawkFlyers]

Please send a private message to a Wisconsin member, tomahawk flyers. He might know of a vet resource. I will also send him a message directing him to this thread.

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[strdsk]

Exactly!

Plus, he likely would not be nibbling on the sheath, it would be the penis contained within the sheath if this is sexually motivated. The sheath may be covering problems you cannot see. Then each time it starts to heal it starts to itch and then you know what happens...