So Rocket's tail seemed to be doing perfectly fine, Everything seemed alright, Up until around 20 minutes ago. I had him sitting on my lap while he was soaking up some sun rays outside when he suddenly started kicking his tail. I figured he was just Getting comfortable or something.
But then he turned around and started deliberately kicking the area on his tail that was injured until he ripped off a good chunk of his own skin. I have no freaking clue why he did it but Now he has a huge raw skin patch on his tail.
So I tried to not freak out and I grabbed the skin that he ripped off and Took him over to the counter to Put some honey on the wound and another bandage on it. I am exceedingly worried about him now. He's extremely jumpy right now. He saw me move just a little bit near his tail and he Rocketed off of my lap and Under the couch.
Aside from the tail he has been Doing great he's 13-1/2" and weighed in at 75 grams yesterday. But with the way his tail is Acting is really worrisome. I'm going to call the vet soon and see if I can get him Seen asap. Because the area looks infected and There is absolutely zero scales on the patch now. I feel so bad for him.
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[Edit] Also to add: He doesn't seem to be able to raise/curl his tail anymore. He seems to be dragging it on the ground now rather than constantly having it curled up like he almost always does.
[Edit 2] We just called the vet. Unfortunately they're closed today but we Left a message asking for an appointment for him tomorrow. We'll see how it goes. ?