Doesn't look like tail rot but there is a definite difference in the tip of the tail. Sometimes that can be caused by retained shed pinching the tail and not allowing it to grow. Sometimes it stays that way, sometimes it falls off, sometimes the tip of the tail catches up to the rest of the tail.
As long as their are no open wounds or cuts around that tip i'd just keep an eye on it once a week or so, see how it's progressing.
Those cases are tricky, sometimes it's rot and it creeps up the tail under the scales and you can't see it destroying more tissue until the tail structure shrivels like that part there. Do you know if there was a certain way he wounded it to begin with ? Make a slight mark with a sharpie and if the tail gets worse beyond that point you should have it amputated for sure. It's no big deal, easy surgery [ a small part can be done yourself ] and beardies recover very quickly, usually eating + acting normally the same day.
Thank you! I posted a few more pics from May 12– you can see it was just a small bit at the tip. It definitely is longernow. But not dark.. just seems dried up.
claudiusx":zf84ig85 said:
Doesn't look like tail rot but there is a definite difference in the tip of the tail. Sometimes that can be caused by retained shed pinching the tail and not allowing it to grow. Sometimes it stays that way, sometimes it falls off, sometimes the tip of the tail catches up to the rest of the tail.
As long as their are no open wounds or cuts around that tip i'd just keep an eye on it once a week or so, see how it's progressing.
Thanks for your reply! I did not see him get wounded. As he began sheddingand growing, it just seemed to start as a little bent part at the tip, then did not shed with the rest. I posted more pics so you can see the progression.
AHBD":q009710b said:
Those cases are tricky, sometimes it's rot and it creeps up the tail under the scales and you can't see it destroying more tissue until the tail structure shrivels like that part there. Do you know if there was a certain way he wounded it to begin with ? Make a slight mark with a sharpie and if the tail gets worse beyond that point you should have it amputated for sure. It's no big deal, easy surgery [ a small part can be done yourself ] and beardies recover very quickly, usually eating + acting normally the same day.
Hope all goes well. They should snip that off as I mentioned, should not need to be put to sleep at all. People even do a small amputation like that at home, beardies don't feel that much in the tail. That's why babies in pet stores may bite parts of each other's tail's off and if they're in good health otherwise it hardly fazes them. Please update after the visit !