Grey patches on the underside of tail

[lisamd69]

In mid December one inch of my bearded dragons tail fell off and now there seems to be some grey patches forming around that area. He isn’t housed with any other dragon. Could someone please let me know what this could be.

 

[Rukii]

How did the dragon's tail fall off in the first place? Do you clean his tail regularly? What type of substrate is he housed on?

 

[jstouts]

the last inch of my bd's tail looks about to fall off too. it's all scabby and bloody

 

[Rukii]

jstouts, how did that happen?

 

[mickeysmomma]

How does this happen? I mean, they don't just fall off without some kind of trauma, right?

 

[jstouts]

idk, nothing fell on him

 

[Fallencomrade2008]

A dragons tail isn't very flexible, it can get caught in rocks and such so you should look around the viv for small cracks he can catch it in (if he is a young little tard). Like a crack between 2 bricks or something. Mine got his tail stuck in the Y of a tree branch one time, i laughed at him for being fat but helped him anyways. Another thing to be wary about is how you heat the tank, dragons often get their tails burnt for improper lighting/heating. NO HEAT ROCKS. They burn tails and bellies and should just be off the market in my opinion.

 

[jstouts]

ok, by heat rocks do you mean electric, or just a normal rock?

 

[TASTIGER]

electric heat rocks cause burns