Odd organ in deer
 

I am trying to figure out what the organ is that I discovered in my buck. It was located in the pelvis. It was discovered four days after field dressing. the deer was dressing on Saturday and was butchered on Wednesday. The odd organ was discovered while sawing through the pelvis. It contained a clear fluid. Apon further inspection it was seen to have what looked to be "ribbed" on one side. It looked a bit like a "nut sack". I have done some research and think it may be an undescended testical or possibly a vestigial epididymis of a pseudohermaphroditic dear. My question is, has anyone ever seen something similar?

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I know cryptorchidism effects horses and a number of other animals. It's quite possible this buck may have been chryptorchid. Guess you'd have to know if he had 2 fuzzy plums dropped or not to determine that.

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I just found out that the deer did in fact have "two fuzzy plums" dropped. The guy who field dressed it recalls there being two testsicals

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hmm well then I have no clue! Good luck finding out tho!

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any chance its the bladder? Easy to miss in field dressing

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The only way it could be a bladder is if a deer's bladder is the size of a golf ball. How big is a deer's bladder?

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"Maybe it's a tumor."


"NO, it's not a tumah..."

;)

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You are probably seeing the bladder. When there is not a lot of unine in the bladder it will collapse down and appear ribbed. At this stage it is white or pinkish-white and about the size of a golf ball. The more urine you have the bigger it is. As its gets bigger the ribs disappear.

Could have also been a cyst.

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I think you are right on with the bladder.

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Worst than this?

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Imagine the pain he feels walking through a briar patch.

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It might be a tumor... And I hope someone will please shoot that deer above this post so it'll be put out of its misery

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I guess it could very well have been a bladder. While still in the deer, while the deer was hanging, the organ did apper pinkish white. It was also very spongy, It dried out pretty quick once it was brought into the house. Does anyone know where I can see a picture of a deer's bladder? I hope to god it was not a tumor

"It's not a tumah!" oh Arnold!

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i did a search and found this.. http://re3.mm-a7.yimg.com/image/3934634378

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wo0o0w thats really wierd!

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Unlikely to be a tumor. They are usually solid. They are rarely fluid filled. Below is a picture of a fluid filled bladder. It's a goat's bladder, but it's the best pic I have. I don't do surgery on deer that often. Note that the bladder is distended and filled with urine, so it isn't going to look like the nearly empty one you had.

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If that pic from twiede is a deer's bladder, then I don't think it was a bladder. Damn I really wish I had taken a picture of it. That way I would have a photograph to go with with image that is burned into my mind. MY girlfriend grabbed it out of the pelvis witha paper towel. I will ask her how it felt. There was a lot of connective tissue holding it in there. I guess what grosses me out so much is that the side that was ribbed was so ribbed that I wanted to touch it, but because I didn't know what it wasI didn't, so I have these two conflicting ideas in my head. Does anyone have any pictures of what a cyst or a vestigial epididymis or a prostate from a deer would look like?

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thats discusting