Broken Nail?!?!?!

[Martadragon017]

I just got Marta back from almost two months of boarding and I noticed that she doesn't have a nail/claw on one of her toes! I don't think the toe itself was harmed since I can see the very tip of the nail if I look closely at/in the toe. I already given her a bath to wash the toe but it doesn't look infected, there is no blood and she doesn't react when I touch the toe. What should I do??? Should I be worried????

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

If the nail or nail bed doesn't seem to be infected, then she will be just fine. It may grow back
but it depends on whether or not the nail bed was damaged. This is a relatively common issue
with them, getting them caught on something & yanking themselves free.
Do you have a mesh hammock she could have caught it on?

Tracie

 

[Drache613]

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[Martadragon017]

Okay thank you! I don't have a mesh hammock, but the place I boarded her at might have had one. I got some pictures of the toe but the camera wouldn't focus for some reason:

 

[kyleena29]

One of my beardies lost a nail somehow too. Several months later is grew back.

 

[kingofnobbys]

Okay thank you! I don't have a mesh hammock, but the place I boarded her at might have had one. I got some pictures of the toe but the camera wouldn't focus for some reason:

It looks like a case where a nail has been snagged on something - betting a mesh hammock or wire mesh side wall in a cage at the boarding place , and your dragon has panicked and pulled hard enough to break the nail off … the toe looks OK , but can see some evidence of swelling but no oozing pus or redness (so this has happened "a while ago") - long enough for the toe to scab over and heal.
I'd just keep an eye on it , and give the injured toe a daily soak in dilute betadiene (weak tea strength in luke warm water). You can also paint some conc betadine in it daily.