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Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that! My condolences. I know it is never easy losing them <3

Hi there! I'm sorry your lizard is having to go through this too, but I am very glad to hear that the surgery went well! I think the thing that really helped my boy is that the vet kept him until they were sure he was stabilized, and when he got home we followed post surgical care instructions...

Hi everyone! I'm pleased to report that Agni is doing well! He is eating, drinking, and acting normally. He still does his little goofy run around the apartment, and he climbs around on stuff just fine! He just went to the vet to have the sutures removed, and the senior vet there decided that...

Hi everyone, I wanted to give you an update on Agni. It looks like everything is okay for now. I talked to the vet, and she said that it's possible that the scales distal from the sutures (down the tail rather than towards the body) may die and fall off due to lack of blood supply, but that...

Thank you, Tracie! I will let you know! I think it's probably fine, but I'm such a worrier... we've come so far that I don't want one little weird thing to throw off the rest of his recovery! It also doesn't help that I haven't been able to find any images of health scales at an amputation site...

Hi everyone! Agni seems to be recovering well! It's been slightly over two weeks, and he is bright and walking around a lot and starting to get his appetite back, and starting to take little poops again. It's been far enough out that he is off pain meds now and just on the antibiotic and a...

Hi everyone! I just wanted to update you all, Agni is doing great (I think). He is getting less grumpy about taking meds by mouth twice daily, and he seems to be healing well. He is bright and alert, crawling around his baby proofed cage, so he's fairly active for someone so soon out of surgery...

Thanks! I'm going to just keep an eye on the leo's toe and take him to the vet if it doesn't improve. Thanks so much for all your help and support!!

Update! Agni is home and doing well! The vet did a great job! He is much brighter and more aware than I thought he would be. He is already a little mobile around his tank, inspecting things, and I got him to eat a few silk works! He looks a little dehydrated around the eyes, I think he will be...

Yay, thank you for the guidance! Good to know it can stay clean for a few days. Do they tend to avoid it if there is a hint of soapy smell? That is very good to know and I will try to make it as neutral smelling as possible!

Thank you! We are hoping to take him home Friday afternoon (tomorrow)!

Hi AHBD! No problem! So this is a picture of my leopard gecko's foot immediately after I was able to pull the shed off. It's red at the tip, and I can't tell if it's just the nail or some of the flesh that is also black... I'm hoping it's just the nail and maybe the nail will fall off and...

Update: Agni is out of surgery and currently recovering well! We will have another update tomorrow as he continues to recover in the animal hospital for a few days. He will be on plenty of pain meds (lizard friendly form of morphine) and will be a sleepy boy for a while. Hopefully we can take...

Thank you! Update: we did pre-anesthetic blood work, which came back great. They said they have quite a few beardies in the hospital for surgery right now, and even though Agni is the oldest, he is the healthiest! Hopefully this is a good omen!

Hi all, We've decided to go ahead with the surgery, but we are going to do pre-anesthetic blood work so we can be as sure as possible that he will tolerate and heal well. I dropped him off last night, and they said that he was scheduled for surgery some time this afternoon. They said they...

Hi Tracie! He is doing well otherwise. Living a totally normal beardie life of eating, running around, etc... Which is why this is such an agonizing decision. The only issue he's having is that damage to the tail tip, the spindle cell cancer growing back so quick, and he's been a little...

Thank you for the recommendation! I went ahead and bought a batch! They do look a lot more trustworthy, and the thing we DON'T want to have happen is him lounging in the hammock and then it suddenly falling....

Oh, also, the vet gave me a silver sulfadiazine cream to put on the tip of the tail where some already fell off, just until we get him in to surgery. I will try to get you a picture of the tail tip tomorrow... tonight he has already retired to his cave and has had enough of me fussing over him...

Thank you! I will keep you all informed that that if there is anyone else who has this same problem they can look back on this thread too!

Hi AHBD! Thank you so much for your reply! Here are some pictures of Agni. Keep in mind that he already had the lump removed 6 months ago, so all this is now regrowth, which is why we feel the need to excise it quickly before it gets into other structures.