Mangled Beardie Toe! Please help!

[Babybeardie3]

My bd has had a injured toe for about 2 weeks now. The cause of the injury is unknown I noticed it while giving him a bath. The toe is red, raw, partially bleeding, and some scales are falling off. I have no idea whats happened and I'm really worried for my baby. Any advice would be welcomed. If it helps he is still actively eating salad and crickets, he acts normal other than the fact his toe seems useless, I know he can still feel it though because when I touch it he flinches. Please help and tell if theres anything I can do or if it'll heal on its own.

 

[AHBD]

Hi there, is he housed with another dragon ? If so separate them. If not, it might be that he smashed it somehow or if there was a retained shed there he may have bitten it himself to try to remove the skin. You can use some raw honey [ from health food store ] on it or plain Neosporin. If you use honey, be sure there are no loose bugs in the tank.

Can you post a few pics of his foot as well as his tank set up ? Here's how :

https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ Then use the XIMG to attach pics

 

[Babybeardie3]

Damaged toe

Normal toe

Farther pic of hurt toe

Wanted to show weird red spots on tail as well

 

[Babybeardie3]

I've been using nesporin but it just looks worst. It swelled up and is black and red in some places. It still bleeds if he reopens it. And no he does live with another beardie I got my other one a seperate cage a few months ago. He still eats fine and poops once every other day, I just have no idea whats wrong with his foot.

 

[JessPets]

Try putting some raw honey on it (but make sure there are no bugs in the cage at all)
Do you feed him crickets? It's possible one of them bit him

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

It looks like a bite, to me.
It's possible he bit himself due to discomfort caused by shed or an insect bite as mentioned.

I also recommend the raw honey method. Richter bit his own toe and mangled it. It remained black and twisted even after applying honey each night before bed. It eventually died, dried up, and fell off, and it hasn't changed a thing about him. He just has a stubby toe now

 

[Babybeardie3]

So if it ends up dying and falling off I don't have to worry about infection or having to taking him to a herp vet?

 

[Babybeardie3]

I always supervise cricket feeding to make sure all of them get eaten before closing the cage again.

 

[JessPets]

So if it ends up dying and falling off I don't have to worry about infection or having to taking him to a herp vet?

There's still the possibility it will get infected. Keep a close watch on it, and if it gets worse, contact a herp vet immediately.

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

So if it ends up dying and falling off I don't have to worry about infection or having to taking him to a herp vet?

There's still the possibility it will get infected. Keep a close watch on it, and if it gets worse, contact a herp vet immediately.

Definitely check it over, but raw honey would help kill off any infection now.
Here's how Richter's looks healed up

It just looked black and crispy looking, then days later it was gone. I have no idea where it fell off at. Maybe I'll find a toe one day

 

[traildrifterphalanx]

Here's how it used to look

 

[Babybeardie3]

Is this a good honey to use. If so, do I just lather it on the wound?

 

[CooperDragon]

Yeah that will work. Just coat the wound with it using a q-tip or similar so it forms a protective layer and re-apply as needed.

 

[Babybeardie3]

Okay thank you for your help. I hope you won't mind if I continue posting questions and updates about this subject. Thanks again

 

[JessPets]

Okay thank you for your help. I hope you won't mind if I continue posting questions and updates about this subject. Thanks again

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