Infection in the Tail

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Sevenof9":leje2k9f said:

Hey, New here, I've been watching my sisters dragon spike, he is 20 inches long, well was, and a big boy, prob 5 or 7, anyways, a few months ago my niece and nephew somehow sliced up 4 inches of his tail, it was a metal lawn chair and they moved it and we are assuming they didnt realize spikes tail was there. Its thier pet, and in 5 years or so there has never been any issues. So i make my sister take SPIKE to the vet, he losses another few inches of tail so is left with around 4 inches of tail. Thank god they didnt hit his spine.

Anyways, he got pain meds and antibiotics and we saved him. My sister didnt go back to the checkup and hes been fine but end if his tail didnt have scales, was just dried hard skin i believe.

Well i told her weeks ago she needs to take him in and finish the job, but hes been fine for months. Well today i come home and i notice scales towards the end of tail were moved and looked black.

Then i see something crawling around, INSIDE HIS TAIL, I FLIP OUT, and scraped gently the little worm looking maggots or what ever they r, shower him, bandage and put meds on him and covered his tail.

<<< if they are maggots , they are doing the dragon a service , the maggots will only eat infected and dead flesh and will tend to clean the wound very nicely .

In WWII the POWs held under horrible inhumane conditions , used as slaves , and worked to death by the Japanese Army in Singapore and Burma often had abscesses and ulcers which could only be treated by the captured corps medical officers using the most primitive instruments fashioned from sharpened spoons and sharpened bits of tin cans and maggots.
Essentially they would scrape as much pus and infected flesh as possible away , and let the flies at the open wound , and then when they observed maggots they'd loosely wrap the maggoty wound to keep the maggots there. This maggot debridement therapy was very effective .
Maggot debridement therapy are now used in some cased in modern wound care see https://woundcareadvisor.com/using-maggots-in-wound-care-part-1-vol3-no4/ where other treatments have failed.

What were these things, hes been fine for months, just recently we have had more bugs around and that's all i can think of that happened. My bearded dragon is my baby and i love her so much, i knew i could watch my sisters and give him love while she goes through a divorce. So now she says she dosent have money to go to vet, nor do i till payday n 2 weeks, it breaks my heart and i really let her have it.

<<< you should offer to take the older injured dragon off them PERMANENTLY. If I were in your situation I would. At least then I'd be sure he'd get the vet treatment he needs to survive this as the current owners are not doing the right thing by him at all.
There is no reason why with some proper treatment he can't come through this and have several more years of hopefully happy life , hopefully with someone who will give him the love and care he needs.


Now she says shes just putting him down. I cant believe it, but i dont want him suffering, i can tell thier is rotting at end of tail and bugs ate into it. So horrid makes me so mad, nice clean tank, big, gets what lighting he needs, vitimins and food, they r my babies. Im just wondering how this jist suddenly happens. I will post a pic if i can. Hes big and beautiful

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