yea will this problem occur once more as it had happened me one more time plzz help me out with this it is not getting in even if we use the sugar
yea will this problem occur once more as it had happened me one more time plzz help me out with this it is not getting in even if we use the sugar
Did you try preparation H? I had this happen to my dwarf squirrel and with him I discovered that his penis sheath had rolled up on the internal penis. I used a little coconut oil and rubbed it into it and gently rolled it back down with my fingers. It happened to him several times. I don’t know if he was self suckling or not but each time I did the same thing to unroll it. This is what his looked like.
OK, it isn't sugar water.
Clean the penis and leave it slightly damp. Pour table sugar on it and pack it around the penis. The slight moisture left on the penis will mix with the sugar and dissolve a bit of it, allowing the rest of it to stick together. Continue to add sugar and pack it around the penis until no more will stick. You are trying to build a solid sugar cast around the penis. It may take you a few minutes to construct it. Keep checking it, too - if it begins to soften add some more sugar.
Let it dry on there and leave it for several hours. Then, use water to dissolve it away. If it isn't all the way down at that point, do it again.
Sugar pulls moisture from the environment. If you have ever gone for the sugar in the sugar bowl after a humid weather stretch and had to chip it out you have experienced this. That is what you need to do with the tip of that penis and sugar is fast, painless and safe.
This "just happened" to my 7 year old male...Diesel. I noticed the tip of his penis just slightly protruding for about 2 days...It's December and I figured mating season blues? I have never noticed this from him before though, so it was odd to me. Two more days and he looked worse the first picture, red and swollen and completely protruding from the deeper inner bulb to the tip. His complete penis internals were out and there was no way I could help him get it back in. I tried the sugaring and it seemed to help it go down a minor bit. I added coconut oil all around the base and entire penile area and tried to gently pull the sheath back. It didn't work. I added a bit of Bacitracin with a bit of numbing agent in it and still couldn't get it to go back. He didn't seem in pain so I left him alone and hoped it would work itself out. The next morning the tip was dried out and darkening and I stressed about it becoming necrotic...or swollen enough that he could not urinate. This is Paraphimosis and needs emergency vet care. I had him seen that morning by a great vet where I live. (He told me to use KY jelly because it is more lubricating and that I didn't want his penis to dry out until I could get him in the next morning. He said that works better than the coconut oil or Vaseline I was using. He also said yes, to keep using the sugar paste.) They put him on Clavamox for 10 days and got the swelling down and put it back inside the sheath where it is supposed to be. He seems fine, a bit sore I guess from the visit...but hoping all will heal. All of this just happened yesterday.
The vet really didn't know why this happened...he felt maybe his age (?) ...although my past squirrel survived 12 years RIP, and I never experienced this. I know this can happen with the babies from suckling, even though I never had that happen either. He thought perhaps he was masturbating and messing around with it and this was the outcome. He really had no explanation. I just don't know what happened or why? But I surely never want him to go through this again!
Diesel is acting a little bit wobbly today, I assume he is sore.(He is urinating, so that's great.) Perhaps the antibiotics? He moves around fine, he just seems to stumble a bit in sitting upright to eat a seed. He is having to push up twice to sit on his hind legs, as if his balance is a bit off. I am hoping this will subside quickly in a few days after this trauma. I changed his bed completely, I just bought a new one to make sure it was clean as it could be and sterilized the cage and toys just to make sure everything was as pure and clean. Crossing fingers that he will be just fine in a few days. It had to have been a tough day for him! It was for me!
I am going to say that the vets diagnosis of masturbating is correct.
The picture above is of my little dwarf Joey. I’m convinced he did that to himself because it occurred several times. It never got to the point where I couldn’t roll the sheath back down over the penis using a little coconut oil, though.
Other members have posted that using an anti-hemorrhoid cream when this happens is helpful, because it contains an ingredient that helps reduce swelling.
Thanks for the response...He is on Clavamox and seems to be doing fine...appetite is down though. He refused a pecan which is unlike him...ever! But he did eat a bit of cooked spaghetti squash and the roasted seeds I made for him...if I peeled them and handed them to him. He has had 4 doses now and just seems to want to sleep a lot. He will come out of bed, but not interested in playing like normal. Just keeping my eyes on him, I figured the vet trip probably upset him a bit as well, although he did excellent, and they were really sweet to him. Fingers crossed this will soon pass.
Mel1959 (12-22-2020)