adventureswithnorman
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I'm a bit stressed! :shock:
i noticed 2 days ago that the tip of my beardies tail was looking dry and stiff. i did some research and thought it could be the start of tail rot? so i went and got Betadine and neosporin with NO pain relief. Day two of soaking twice a day i noticed all the scales started coming off as i was drying it. So with some relief i said OH it's shedding.
Cut to last night, i felt the end of the tail and it was getting more stiff, but not black. I soaked it again in Betadine and lathered with Neosporin before bedtime.
Woke up this morning and freaked out! There was a hole in the middle side of his tail??!!
I googled and found on here, that it was from a cricket! there has been one cricket living in his tank for a week that i can't get rid of because it keeps living in the grapevine basking log and finds crevices to habitat in.
so my guess is that a cricket was hungry and ate at his tail?
i took the log outside in hopes its gone.
I just soaked his tail in Betadine and put raw uncooked honey on his tail.
My question is .... is a dry stiff tail, tail rot?
And does the hole heal shut eventually?
its sunday and we don't have Reptile ER today but tomorrow i will go to my vet.
To add more to this- Norman just got done (last week) with his month round of antibiotics which we just treated for RI. so i'm surprised if he had an infection in his tail if he just finished
i noticed 2 days ago that the tip of my beardies tail was looking dry and stiff. i did some research and thought it could be the start of tail rot? so i went and got Betadine and neosporin with NO pain relief. Day two of soaking twice a day i noticed all the scales started coming off as i was drying it. So with some relief i said OH it's shedding.
Cut to last night, i felt the end of the tail and it was getting more stiff, but not black. I soaked it again in Betadine and lathered with Neosporin before bedtime.
Woke up this morning and freaked out! There was a hole in the middle side of his tail??!!
I googled and found on here, that it was from a cricket! there has been one cricket living in his tank for a week that i can't get rid of because it keeps living in the grapevine basking log and finds crevices to habitat in.
so my guess is that a cricket was hungry and ate at his tail?
i took the log outside in hopes its gone.
I just soaked his tail in Betadine and put raw uncooked honey on his tail.
My question is .... is a dry stiff tail, tail rot?
And does the hole heal shut eventually?
its sunday and we don't have Reptile ER today but tomorrow i will go to my vet.
To add more to this- Norman just got done (last week) with his month round of antibiotics which we just treated for RI. so i'm surprised if he had an infection in his tail if he just finished