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Has anyone had to deal with a chin that is unable to completely retract his penis? This isn't because of a hair ring or anything like that, but because of scar tissue because of an incision.
This all started because my male had a stone lodged in his urethra and the way the vet had decided to remove it was by actually making an incision through the very base of his penis. After the removal surgery he had a catheter put in for 3-4 days, which from my understanding was not so much to let the urine pass through but around, to make sure the correct exit wouldn't completely swell shut (since he was urinating out of the incision as well).
Since the surgery he had been in an e-collar, then after getting the catheter taken out it was to prevent him from getting to the incision. Since the collar wasn't wide enough he managed to get at his penis for quite a bit to swell, but no permanent damage had been done from this other then finding out he was willing to self-mutilate if needed. Due to his adamant need to try and chew on anything down there I have been too afraid to leave the collar off for any decent length of time.. His final suture came out this past Thursday and after leaving him for a day or two to let that final area heal I had it off for a good 30 minutes (supervised) and after grooming himself he went after it somewhat but I had later found one single hair wrapped around so I'm not sure if that was the reason.
So at the appointment this past Thursday he gets brought in and because of his penis not retracting completely the vet had two options: force it all the way in and suture the top and bottom to make skin around it stretch to "fit" for 10 days, or amputate the actual penis and take off what not isn't fitting. First off, the second sounds extremely drastic and even though he was all "I can put the sutures in right now" to try the first option.. I really don't think that will work and for some reason it doesn't sit well with me.
Several times a day since the surgery I have been putting lubricating jelly on the area and I really don't think it will ever be able to go all the way in. Like I said, I have been too afraid to leave him without the collar for that long so maybe he will just be an aggressive cleaner for quite a while, but either way if he can't eventually get it to go back in himself he may always have the tip of his penis exposed. The vet made it sound like this was not an option.. I think it may be, once I am comfortable with leaving him alone without the collar, but I really don't know. Not only am I concerned about it drying out too much but also because of possible trauma he could cause to himself. Any advice from anyone with a chin with a partially exposed penis? Anything would be appreciated right now.
This all started because my male had a stone lodged in his urethra and the way the vet had decided to remove it was by actually making an incision through the very base of his penis. After the removal surgery he had a catheter put in for 3-4 days, which from my understanding was not so much to let the urine pass through but around, to make sure the correct exit wouldn't completely swell shut (since he was urinating out of the incision as well).
Since the surgery he had been in an e-collar, then after getting the catheter taken out it was to prevent him from getting to the incision. Since the collar wasn't wide enough he managed to get at his penis for quite a bit to swell, but no permanent damage had been done from this other then finding out he was willing to self-mutilate if needed. Due to his adamant need to try and chew on anything down there I have been too afraid to leave the collar off for any decent length of time.. His final suture came out this past Thursday and after leaving him for a day or two to let that final area heal I had it off for a good 30 minutes (supervised) and after grooming himself he went after it somewhat but I had later found one single hair wrapped around so I'm not sure if that was the reason.
So at the appointment this past Thursday he gets brought in and because of his penis not retracting completely the vet had two options: force it all the way in and suture the top and bottom to make skin around it stretch to "fit" for 10 days, or amputate the actual penis and take off what not isn't fitting. First off, the second sounds extremely drastic and even though he was all "I can put the sutures in right now" to try the first option.. I really don't think that will work and for some reason it doesn't sit well with me.
Several times a day since the surgery I have been putting lubricating jelly on the area and I really don't think it will ever be able to go all the way in. Like I said, I have been too afraid to leave him without the collar for that long so maybe he will just be an aggressive cleaner for quite a while, but either way if he can't eventually get it to go back in himself he may always have the tip of his penis exposed. The vet made it sound like this was not an option.. I think it may be, once I am comfortable with leaving him alone without the collar, but I really don't know. Not only am I concerned about it drying out too much but also because of possible trauma he could cause to himself. Any advice from anyone with a chin with a partially exposed penis? Anything would be appreciated right now.
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