Tail Rot??

[Rachelsbeardie]

Hello all I am a new beardie owner, I got him last night and he's about a year old. I think he might have tail rot. He doesn't really react when I touch it. Maybe we can come to a consensus before I make the trip out to the vet.

Thank you!!

 

[kyleena29]

I really don't see anything wrong with it from the pictures. What makes you think there is tail rot?

 

[audreyjb]

i see nothing wrong at all!!! beardies tails are all different; don't freak yourself out. (which i'm guilty of myself)

 

[Rachelsbeardie]

It seems darker towards the end of it to me, and when I touch it he doesn't do anything. He's very active and if he doesn't like something he'll run away, when it came to his tail he did nothing.

 

[Rachelsbeardie]

I really don't see anything wrong with it from the pictures. What makes you think there is tail rot?

It seems darker towards the end of it to me, and when I touch it he doesn't do anything. He's very active and if he doesn't like something he'll run away, when it came to his tail he did nothing.

 

[kyleena29]

Mine have darker tails too, it's quite normal. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Rachelsbeardie]

Mine have darker tails too, it's quite normal. Nothing to worry about.

Thank you!!

 

[audreyjb]

Mine have darker tails too, it's quite normal. Nothing to worry about.

Thank you!!

same here!! she doesn't care when i touch anything except when i'm feeling her belly for too long or her little feet

 

[funmom]

Our beardie' tail is darker than the rest of his body. I thougth the same thing at first but realized its just his coloring. He is a about 5 years old and tail is still darker lol .. Hope that helps.

 

[SHBailey]

Some beardies are skittish about having their tail handled and some don't seem to care. If they don't react, it doesn't necessarily mean that they have no feeling in their tail.

The end of our beardie's tail tends to be a little darker than the rest of him sometimes too, depending on where he's at with his colors (cold, warm, stressed, happy, sleepy, etc -- there's a different color for each), probably mainly because he sheds in patches, and parts of his tail have usually shed more recently than other parts, so they tend to be a slightly different color. My husband asked our vet why the end of his tail was darker, and she told us it was due to retained shed. The only time you would need to be concerned about that is if the shed doesn't come off all the way around the tail (or a toe, as well) and cuts of the circulation, but as long as you keep the shedding skin moist so it doesn't get hard and tight, you shouldn't have a problem.

I agree that your beardie's tail looks fine in the photos (and doesn't look like there's any shedding going on at the moment either).

 

[Rachelsbeardie]

Some beardies are skittish about having their tail handled and some don't seem to care. If they don't react, it doesn't necessarily mean that they have no feeling in their tail.

The end of our beardie's tail tends to be a little darker than the rest of him sometimes too, depending on where he's at with his colors (cold, warm, stressed, happy, sleepy, etc -- there's a different color for each), probably mainly because he sheds in patches, and parts of his tail have usually shed more recently than other parts, so they tend to be a slightly different color. My husband asked our vet why the end of his tail was darker, and she told us it was due to retained shed. The only time you would need to be concerned about that is if the shed doesn't come off all the way around the tail (or a toe, as well) and cuts of the circulation, but as long as you keep the shedding skin moist so it doesn't get hard and tight, you shouldn't have a problem.

I agree that your beardie's tail looks fine in the photos (and doesn't look like there's any shedding going on at the moment either).

Thank you!