u/Appropriate-Bill4538

Recently It has been seeming that my chameleon has been losing strength and mobility in his back legs and a bulge has been developing above his vent. 6 months ago I removed the hemipene plug from him after a similar issue. I took a pretty close look at him and it seemed to just be hardened poop that I thought was blocking his vent, or an impaction, I gave the bulge a very slight push and very easily this popped out, and I believe this is another hemipeneal plug, but I'm not sure if it's common for it to happen this often? After I just removed it 6 months ago? He was doing incredible after the first removal and I just want to make sure that I'm looking at the same thing again... Any advice on what to do would be greatly appreciated. 🙏

Should I follow the procedure I used to remove it last time If it is indeed the same thing?

He's under a year old currently I believe around 6-8 months, and I was feeding him fuzzies for a while every 10 days, but I'm starting to think that's not sufficient enough for him. I'll post a picture of him and his size, I'm not sure how much he weighs as of right now but any advice on what size feeders I should use would be greatly appreciated! He always eats and has yet to reject a meal and has a strong feeding response and is tap trained. Would medium mice or rats be ok?

My reptile room is filling up but I did have an extra enclosure perfect for a baby crested gecko to go along with my adult, we went to a local non-box pet store to see what they had in stock since my last creasted geckos from there and was perfectly healthy. I found a crested gecko that I believe to be a cappuccino with possibly the Dalmatian gene, but I'm new to crested gecko genetics so help a brother out lol. And when the crested gecko is lit up it has the Dalmatian like spots all over it down to its tail and also has the v line on the tail which I hear is a telltale sign of a cappuccino as well as the fade to gray/black. Regardless of what morh it it turns out to be I couldn't be more happier to have it ❤️ I've always wanted to raise one from a baby. I know his colors are going to change greatly in the future but the spots caught me off guard, and I just wanted to know if that was a normal thing for cappuccinos or something in his genetics, thank you experts ❤️ any knowledge would be greatly appreciated 🙏