Prolapsed penis?

[chickens really]

Prep-H is not going to help because it's not fully exposed. Vaseline to keep it moist and clean is all that is needed..

 

[chickens really]

Seriously just separate and watch him. He could of injured it by twisting it so the tip is compromised. Why I recommend Vaseline and massaging the exposed area to see if it corrects..

 

[casportpony]

How about putting sudocrem on it?

I think that contains zinc and zinc can be toxic to birds, so I would not use it.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Really thanks for the info. It does have zinc in it didn’t know it was toxic

 

[casportpony]

Ok, would you reccomend trying to clean it or putting Vaseline or sugar on it?

This link suggests cleaning and antibiotic ointment.
http://www.duckdvm.com/condition/penis-prolapse

Really thanks for the info. It does have zinc in it didn’t know it was toxic

A vet here on BYC told me that creams with zinc are not used in veterinary medicine.

This vet recommends cleaning and using a water soluble lubricant. They also recommend separating the drake from the hens.

I am an avian specialist and I see these ocassionally. Sorry I missed this post until 18 months later, but in case someone else comes across this in the future, I recommend the following:

1. Separate the drake from females. Typically this is a problem affecting young, exuberant drakes. If you take away the temptation then their phallus will stay put and get the rest it sorely needs.
2. If the tissue is too swollen to replace or is black, green, dead then see an avian vet first.
3. If not, gently cleanse the phallus and, if possible without too much misery, lube it up with KY or similar water-soluble jelly and tuck it back inside the cloaca. Sometimes, if the duck is cooperative, you can try applying a hypertonic sugar solution to help shrink the swollen tissue. Most ducks are not this patient.
4. If it pops right back out and there is danger of it getting stepped on or beat up, go see an avian vet.

The most important steps the vet can provide that you can't are pain relief, anti-inflammatory drugs, and, in the case of a phallus that keeps popping back out, they can apply a couple of temporary sutures across the vent to hold the phallus in place while it heals. The procedure can be performed in most ducks while awake and using just a local anesthetic-- so not too expensive. Usually this is all that's needed and the sutures can come out in 10-14 days (often they pop out on their own). In very few cases, where the phallus has devitalized or become injured, or fails to heal after the initial vent sutures, then amputation is necessary. Some birds will have long-term complications from this, depending upon how the amputation is performed.

Sorry I missed a few more posts to this thread in the past month.

DuckLuck: Regarding "reasonable cost," I can't really recommend exact dollar amounts, but I would expect would be fees for an examination, an injection of a local anesthetic, and then some minor surgery fee for placing the stitches. It's not unreasonable to recommend other ancillary diagnostics such as radiographs, bloodwork, scoping the cloaca, etc., but if you only want to address the immediate emergency with phallus replacement and stay sutures, it would probably amount to less than a few hundred dollars-- the exact cost would vary a lot from vet to vet.

Miss Lydia: The second reply asks what can be done at home. Take a look at my original post and I make some suggestions there depending upon severity. If you decide to lube and replace the phallus and it stays in (mostly) then you're probably going to be ok without any surgery. But, I can't recommend that you give any pain relievers, etc. on your own. Your veterinarian could prescribe meloxicam or butorphanol to address pain and swelling.

Miss Lydia, CarolAnn, & Hattiegun: Yes, this is pretty much a first-breeding-season thing and not likely to occur in a 9-year-old. I do recommend separating extremely sexually active males from the females for periods of time, particularly if the phallus begins to be seen dangling out a lot. Do it before you get to that swollen, necrotic, painful stage and you might save you and the duck a lot of trauma. It's amazing what nature will take care of, given the chance, but there are risks to leaving a necrotic phallus to hang out and eventually wither off-- it doesn't always work out well (or feel very comfortable I'm sure).

Ok I will do, is putting sugar on it a good idea? I’ve heard of doing that

Sugar is said to be beneficial when treating some types of wounds, but not sure it would be in this case. Gonna look for info on treating prolapsed penises with sugar or honey.

It's suppose to take down swelling make a paste of sugar and water.

I think it also has antibacterial properties.

 

[Trux]

@duluthralphie

 

[Gemduckmum]

We phoned the people who sold us some of lucky’s lady friends, they said we’ve been doing the right things and told us to put him in a dark clean box for 2 hours. We cleaned the area and tried to gently push it back in to no avail, we put him in a cold bath and he was calm but that didn’t work so he’s in the dark box now. I’ll keep you all updated! Thanks for al your responses, really appreciated

 

[casportpony]

We phoned the people who sold us some of lucky’s lady friends, they said we’ve been doing the right things and told us to put him in a dark clean box for 2 hours. We cleaned the area and tried to gently push it back in to no avail, we put him in a cold bath and he was calm but that didn’t work so he’s in the dark box now. I’ll keep you all updated! Thanks for al your responses, really appreciated

I think keeping it clean will really help. If it doesn't go back n can you post a picture of it?

 

[Gemduckmum]

I think keeping it clean will really help. If it doesn't go back n can you post a picture of it?

Yes I will do if it’s not fixed after this. We’re planning on keeping them separate tonight then re-evaluating what we’re going to do tomorrow.

 

[casportpony]

Yes I will do if it’s not fixed after this. We’re planning on keeping them separate tonight then re-evaluating what we’re going to do tomorrow.

Keep us posted if you can.