Broken tail?

Souggy · Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 10:18 pm Post subject: Broken tail?

Not sure what happened to him, but when I picked him up from his cage, where he sit waiting to be picked up, his tail was bleeding. Upon inspection, he broke it, but he didn't drop it. There is just a small cut on the underside of the tail.

Is there anything I can do other than applying polysporin and tying a piece of cloth? What should I expect? The bleeding had stopped.

Tried to get a picture of it, but the little turd won't let me take a look at it.

A friend of mine said to leave it alone since his tegu break his tail all the times; others say to amputate it. If it help, he is a Colombian tegu.

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1467

Hi Souggy, awwww, I can't resist that cute little face !

since you can see where the break/cut is and how deep; imo, this link is the best:

http://www.anapsid.org/tailloss.html

take care of him and let us know.

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 6:25 am Post subject:

Poor baby.I wonder how it happend.Since it has such a big cut I would bring him to the vet.Please keep us posted on how he is doing.Hope to see you around here more often.Oh,I'm sorry.I almost forgot to welcome you to the Tegu forum family.Welcome.Good luck with him.

http://www.anapsid.org/tailkinks.html

http://www.nwrc.com.au/forms/anne_fowler_1.pdf

laurarfl · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 7:41 am Post subject:

Aww...no help here, but I wonder if that's how tegus end up with crooked tails. I guess they break, but don't drop.
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Souggy · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:

Thanks guys, he will be going to the vet on Wednesday.

He's amazingly calm for a Colombian and actually WANT to get out of his cage, and on many days he sleep on the couch with me with his eyes closed; unlike the other Colombian juveniles and adults I dealt with. The downside is that he's picky about what he eats...

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1467

great news Souggy ! you have to let us know what the vet says; please.

I'm interested to know what happens in this case.

yes, sometimes they can be picky as like the others. what are you feeding your colombian ?

it's also great to hear about another good colombian

txrepgirl · Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:28 am Post subject:

I'm so happy to hear that he gets to go to the vet.I would like to know ( we all do ) too what will happen.Thanks for keeping us posted and good luck at the vet.Take care and God bless.

Souggy · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:47 pm Post subject:

Vet doesn't see a reason to amputate yet, but said to keep an eye on it.

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1467

well that's real good news. does it seem to be healing ?

Souggy · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject:

To the vet, it looks like he might be in the process of growing a second tail, which is why she wanted me to keep an eye on it.

Weird.

txrepgirl · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 3:40 pm Post subject:

I'm so happy to hear that the vet didn't have to amputate the tail.That is some great news.Thanks for keeping us posted.I wish your little Tegu good luck.

angelrose · Moderator Joined: Jan 05, 2008 Posts: 1467

Souggy · Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 6:24 pm Post subject:

txrepgirl · Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 10:33 am Post subject:

you are so funny.