Damieboo
Hatchling Member
Damien's still got it. About an inch and a half of her tail turned black and stayed black for 2 months and finally fell off about 3 days ago, and I thought we were finally done with tail rot because her tail looked healthy and plump. However overnight, again, about an inch and a half of her tail has turned a strange unhealthy color, as if the scales are hardening and shrinking. Looks like the last time she had tail rot. The medication simply isn't working. I was given Chlorhexidine and Silver sulfa-something as topical treatments, an antifungal and an antibacterial. Yellow Fungus results came back negative. So I definitely think it's tail rot.
I am wondering if there's an oral treatment for tailrot because when she was a baby and had a systemic infection, she responded very well to the oral antibiotic. She ate healthily all the way through the infection and I feel like the medication just isn't attacking the infection aggressively enough.
Heck, if there isn't one, I'm prepared to have her tail removed. I can't bear to lose my baby. I've had her for 4 years now and the thought of losing her is just unbearable. I was told by a vet that even when they cut bits of the tail off, the infection comes back and they just keep cutting and cutting and eventually it gets to the point where the dragon will die anyways. Please give me any treatment advice. Currently I soak her tail in Chlorhexidine and apply the silver medication every night. Tail continues to get worse.
I am wondering if there's an oral treatment for tailrot because when she was a baby and had a systemic infection, she responded very well to the oral antibiotic. She ate healthily all the way through the infection and I feel like the medication just isn't attacking the infection aggressively enough.
Heck, if there isn't one, I'm prepared to have her tail removed. I can't bear to lose my baby. I've had her for 4 years now and the thought of losing her is just unbearable. I was told by a vet that even when they cut bits of the tail off, the infection comes back and they just keep cutting and cutting and eventually it gets to the point where the dragon will die anyways. Please give me any treatment advice. Currently I soak her tail in Chlorhexidine and apply the silver medication every night. Tail continues to get worse.