some red thing

[Magpie]

Plain water will cause the prolapse to swell, very strong sugar water will cause the swelling to go down.

[becswillbe]

not to take over the thread, but i had a costal do a crap on the lawn the other day, and it looked similar to that, how the tube came out, but it went back in after then it slithered away.
the poo also had a tiny little bit of watery blood after it, but i thought that was because he was maybe a little blocked up.
i had been giving it warm baths and passing it thru my hands (the snake) to help it poo

[reptilegirl_jordan]

wow thats a bad prolapse get to a vet asap

[javier]

i know but i cant all the ones who deal with reptiles are either to far away or the bloke isnt there
but im taking him tomozza up to the vet
eany other info greatly apreciated

[oxyranus]

Originally Posted by Trousa_Snake

Prolapse - google it

Googled that it looks NASTY.

[becswillbe]

did you put him on the sugar syrup?

just keep an eye on him, let us know if swelling starts going down, im interested to know how long it takes to start working if it does.

hope snakey is ok!

[javier]

yeah i have done the sugar thing
yep i will

[javier]

yeah he is at the vet now the vet said he cant garantee that he will survive coz he is so small to work with
so yeah fingers crossed

[White Wolf]

Fingers crossed here for the little guy ! hope he pulls through .

[gozz]

good luck hope he pulls through

[geckodan]

Originally Posted by Elfir

ive never used a syrup but raw salt or sugar causes the prolapse to shrink by osmosis
we used to use salt or sugar to shrink cattle prolapse before reinserting it.

Raw sugar works by creating a water flow from an area of low sugar concentration (the prolapse) to an area of high concentration (the great big blob of sugar) thus drawing fluid out of the prolapse. This will only work if the swelling is due to oedema, not f the swelling is purely bulk of tissue.
Raw salt is the worst thing in the world to use in this situation. Salt at that concentration will cause severe mucous membrane damage so even if the swelling is reduced (which it will still achieve) the mucous membrane surface may well slough off with disasterous results. This will be far more evident in a small prolapse area like a snake prolapse than in a large one like a cattle prolapse where it is usually uterine tissue and some degree of slough is typical regadrless of what you use.
At the end of the day, the longer you leave it, the less chance you have of success

[javier]

good news the procedure whent great i am picking him up at 6 oclock tonight

[Miss B]

Awesome Glad to hear there is a happy ending to this story.

[m.punja]

First of all, great news for the little guy. Happy to hear he is fine. Secondly, mate if you ever need a vet I think the most recomends vet in Victoria is Peter Cameron from Alt North. I live nearly 3 hours away from Altona and he is my no. 1 vet to go to. He is very helpful, is honest and god priced too. He has even talked me through some things over the phone. Which vet did you go to?

[GEARJAMMER]

I'm glad that he's ok...that thing looked nasty