How's he doing? Did the vet amputate the rest of the infected area?
I hope the vet didn't just let it go and give him antibiotics or something, just because the dead tip fell off by itself doesn't mean anything, that entire area of his tail needs to come off, as it's already too far gone to save, and the infection will only keep spreading up the rest of his tail until he gets very, very sick...
That's good, the shriveled part always falls off. It's what's going on up beyond underneath that is of concern now. It can be infected before it shrivels so if that's the case then It's best to cut up beyond the area that fell off.
How's he doing? Did the vet amputate the rest of the infected area?
I hope the vet didn't just let it go and give him antibiotics or something, just because the dead tip fell off by itself doesn't mean anything, that entire area of his tail needs to come off, as it's already too far gone to save, and the infection will only keep spreading up the rest of his tail until he gets very, very sick...
The vet did a test on the tip of the tail and said it was caused by an injury, what I'm thinking is a retained shed, and gave me an antibiotic to apply 2 times a day he also said to go back if it gets worse
Oh, that probably was not the best idea for that vet to do, you need to keep a very close watch on his tail, if you see that blackness come back or spread at all he needs to get back to the vet immediately. Hopefully that won't happen, but Tail Rot is so difficult to clear-up with antibiotics, the blood supply to their tails is not very good, that's why it's so hard to totally get rid of an infection, usually just when you think it's gone it comes roaring back.
Just keep a very, very close eye on the color of his tail, and the minute you see any darkness/blackness come back or spread at all, get him back to the vet ASAP. Hopefully it won't happen...
Oh, that probably was not the best idea for that vet to do, you need to keep a very close watch on his tail, if you see that blackness come back or spread at all he needs to get back to the vet immediately. Hopefully that won't happen, but Tail Rot is so difficult to clear-up with antibiotics, the blood supply to their tails is not very good, that's why it's so hard to totally get rid of an infection, usually just when you think it's gone it comes roaring back.
Just keep a very, very close eye on the color of his tail, and the minute you see any darkness/blackness come back or spread at all, get him back to the vet ASAP. Hopefully it won't happen...
That looks really good, seems like it's just a patch of unshed skin left there. In your first posts the lighting made it appear [ to me ] that it was developing an infection up the tail. This looks much better + hopefully won't give you any trouble.