Tail rot aftermath?!

[Khallendros]

My male hypo het trans silkback was put into his own enclosure on Friday. On satuday we notced the bottom half of his tail was black and thinning. Come Sunday the infection had spread up more of his tail.

So its Sunday night and we read the only solution is amputation.

I amputated the tail pretty much at the base(did not want to make two cuts if I didn't get the entire infected area) and used the quick clot stuff for pets to top the bleeding, which stopped rather quickely with it. I put him in a bath half hour later to wash the clotting off. I then applied polysporin over the area.

He did not make any sudden movements as I did the task, and seems rather calm since then(likely because the tail was causing him immense pain already?).

My questions are: With moving around a little bit, should I expect a full recovery aside from the missing tail?

Will he be able to breed when that time comes? Do males rely heavily on the tails for positioning(I tried searching the web and found nothing on this)?

Thanks in advance.

 

[GeckoGarden]

You really should take him into the vet to get antibiotics and have him checked out, even if you removed the tail that had tail rot, there is still a chance he has the infection,

 

[GeckoGarden]

Also next time take your dragon into a vet, please don't do a home amputation, it can end badly,

 

[mellu]

You really need to bring him to a vet. Amputation isn't something you should be doing at home, you wouldn't chop off your own finger if something was wrong with it, would you? He will need antibiotics and you should be soaking his stub in a betadine bath at least once a day(I'd do it twice, once in the morning once before bed), then apply cream. Dilute the betadine with warm water until it looks like weak tea and get him to a vet ASAP!!!!!!