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Tail 1
I have a couple little bearded dragon's that are about 3-4 months old now. One of them has suffered a tail-nip I believe and it turned dark and stiff. It fell off just today and I'm wondering if its tail rot and how to treat it. I have attached a photo of what his tail looks like now. I looked around a lot of sites for symptoms of tail rot and I'm not 100% sure myself. I really hope i can get rid of it before it causes anymore problems.
I read on someones forum that if it is tail rot that i should dip his tail in hydrogen peroxide everyday to clean and make sure infection doesn't spread and is eliminated. is this ok?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
AnswerRichard,
This is common for lizards who co-habitate to nip at each other and cause death to the tail tissue. In the case of your beardie, it appears that the tail died from the point of the bite, downward, then eventually fell off below the site of the bite. The question is if it becomes dry gangrene and begins to spread upward through the tail. I do not suspect that this will happen, but if it does, a simple solution would be to just take him into a vet and have them cut into the fleshy, live tissue and remove all the dead tissue. This would begin the regeneration process all over again and eliminate the possibility of further death to the tissue. It is still possible to see regeneration from the tail; we must consider that many lizards in the wild suffer tail injuries and the majority of them that I have observed in the wild (on my adventures to Grand Cayman and the Mexican Riviera) actually have partially regenerated tails. The tail will naturally care for itself, but if you suspect that the necrotic tissue is spreading upward, it would be worth considering to have a vet remove all the dead tissue.
I hope this helps!
Thank you for your question and please follow up with any further questions.
Sincerely,
Sara J Gwerder
President
Raptor Rescue Iguana Sanctuary
Shreveport, LA
www.RaptorRescue.org
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