My son’s 7 month old beardy injured his tale 1 1/2 weeks ago. We have been soaking it in diluted betadine 2x per day and alternating neosporin without pain relief and raw honey. We cleaned off all dead tissue. There is no smell, he has feeling all the way to the tip, the wound is now closing, the underside of the tail is not discolored. However his tail is turning gray. I spoke with a vet and sent him pictures on justanswer.com who suggests adding in an epsom soak. He could not tell if it’s infection or inflammation going up the tail. The tail is not hard and remains flexible. He eats,poops and acts normal. Is this normal healing or possible tail rot?
He eats 7 crickets/day, collard greens, greens peppers, and calcium powder.
You can see where the normal brown of his tail is turning gray. The wound initial lost a lot of tissue that we removed and it has all filled in and straightened out. It was very crooked at first.
The grey color is not the problem, that's natural shed but you DO have a problem where the small section is white + the scales are gone. The tissue may be dead under there or infected and can travel up the tail under the scales without notice. It may need amputated a little ways up beyond the white area. I don't know if epsom salt will help but you might add that to what you're already doing .
The white part is where it has regrown new tissue and it has a glob of neosporin on it. It was down to the tissue surrounding the bones last week. It has regrown the scales on the sides so far and appears to growing them above and below that last soft spot. the tail below is still feeling, flexible and warm. No smell. I almost cut it off 5 days ago but gave it overnight and saw a big improvement after we cleaned out the damage/dead tissue.