2 inch tail came off

[pcanh]

hi my male beardie is over 2 years old and he has just shed,but... 2 inches of his end tail broke off! the rest dont look very good! been to the useless vet who "said i cant do any think with that" i was not in there 5 minutes!! he is a good weight and eating ok and active its not bothered him, but it looks like its moving up his tail. What can i do ? see theses pics http://s310.photobucket.com/user/pcanh/slideshow/tail

 

[daner923]

To me, it looks like a few layers of retained shed that were holding on an already detached tail tip. Maybe someone else will chime in, but it really looks like the rest just needs to finish shedding...

 

[pcanh]

Hi there, if you look towards the stump end t looks like some more may die off? looks a bit lumpy.

 

[daner923]

It doesn't look rotten.. But it does look like there is retained shed constricting the tail and making it look lumpy. You should give daily baths, gently rub the tail with a baby toothbrush to help get the scales off, and at night put 100% pure cocoa butter on the tail to help the shed get off. I might suggest a vet visit because that is some serious retained shed.

 

[pcanh]

hi, right ile try that, thanks, sorry for the late response. i did take him when his tail broke off to the local vets but he was usless, there is a proper specialist reptile vet but..... its 90 quid consultation to step though the door with treatment extra!! oh and what causes a retained shed? thanks.

 

[pcanh]

hi, sent the pictures of to a specialist reptile vet.....and this was the reply...

We'd need to have a look at him. Some may respond to medication but there is a chance the tail will need to be amputated if the infection keeps travelling upwards or if there is any involvement of the bone. Xrays are very useful to see the state of the bone beneath and allow us to decide where to remove it. In the worst case scenario - i.e. consult, xrays, amputation surgery and medication you might be looking at £250-300.

 

[pcanh]

hi, update, took back to the useless vet, and told him to have another look at the beardie, i told him it looked like another 2 inch was going to die off tail by the looks of it,? the vet gave me some cream called percutol, to put on his tail, its some thing to help blood circulation? (they give it to heart attack patients in hospital?) i have to put this on every 2 days for a week. His tail does look a little better than it was, not has dark? we shall see.

 

[daner923]

If the dark part keeps spreading, you need to take him to a vet that is willing to do the amputation. If it is tail rot, and it spreads all the way up his tail, there's a good chance that it will be fatal as the infection begins to affect his core organs.

 

[pcanh]

hi, he has to go back next week tuesday.

 

[pcanh]

Hi,I took him back to vets, the tail end is still pink and viable was the word he used, in other terms it still has blood supply getting to it and not dead. It has healed up, and looks a lot better.