Torn tail, help!

Well our male agama got caught on his climb and ripped half of his tail off theres no bleeding, the edge is red and hardened......its 11 at night so nothing i can do tonight. Any and all advice for help for our lil guy is GREATLY appreciated

Forgot to mention we currently removed him from his cage to one w papertowels down and have cleaned him up.

I have a local herp vet in the area but trying to not spend a arm and a leg. Want to make sure my lil guy is gna be ok though.

can you snap some pictures? It sounds bad, but it's hard to really know HOW bad without seeing.

yes pics would help alot

I agree we need pics. From the description it may have to be amputated but again hard to make a determination without seeing it.

By the way please keep us in the loop as to what is happening...

Wash it daily with diluted betadine (color of light tea), you can get it any a pharmacy, its a antiseptic. You can also apply polisporn (the ones without the added "pain killers") afterward. How far was the break up the tail?

Depending on how much "half" is. It will likely need to have the rest removed and it will likely turn black and start to fall off itself.

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this was the best i could get the camera i have isn't the greatest...

Keep him on paper towels, apply neosporin daily til healed, monitor for s/s of infection.

Have him and our female swapped over to a sterile enclosure w paper towels down, cleaned him up first thing last night and cleaned him up this am, will start applying neosporin this evening. Should i do this 2x a day??

I wouldn't hurt to do it twice a day

did it once this morning and will do it once before the night is over, and keeping an eye on the color of his tail too, thanks for the advice!!

Ok...sorry I am late on this...you can wash it with Cholorohexadine (or some other type of disenfectent that you would clean a would with). Make sure to dillute it with water and then as stated put neosporin with no pain killer on it at least twice a day. Make sure that it does not get any yellow crusties or goop on it. This could be a sign of an infection. It looks like a clean break and that it was rather low so I think it will be fine. It may after scabbing turn a little black on the edges and crust off. This is ok and not to worry. The biggest thing is try to clean up all poo as soon as it happens so that he doesn't drag the open wound in it.

appreciate all the input guys! were definitely keeping cage clean, tail for sure clean. Hes very skitish but thats to be expected for the trauma he has had. Ill be sure to keep ya updated as time goes on. As of now sterile cage and lots of cleansing.

yepper! It was a low break so I think you will be fine

So far so good tail is looking good. Very spunky still, healthy appetite.

On a sad note though, our female passed away today. We have only had her for 3 weeks max. Have been hand feeding her due to not eating and wasnt quite active the last few days. Unsure if was sick when we got her our what may have caused it. Totally unexpected and bummed.

Sorry to hear that :(

YeOWCH. :upset:

Oh no...I am so sorry to hear that. Wonder if she had parasites??? You might want to have a fecal done on your male, just in case. TYpically with my vet I can just take it in whenver and he will check it for free.

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Originally Posted by keiness

wash it daily with diluted betadine (color of light tea), you can get it any a pharmacy, its a antiseptic. You can also apply polisporn (the ones without the added "pain killers") afterward. How far was the break up the tail?

Depending on how much "half" is. It will likely need to have the rest removed and it will likely turn black and start to fall off itself.

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agree!

Just make sure the tank is as sanitary and clean as possible. Give hum newspaper or paper towels as bedding.

Hey Chris ....just checking in on you and your little guy. How is it going?

Well so far so good, tail is looking good, he has been very active still, very healthy appetite as well. Looks to be on the road to a good recovery. Ill try and snap a few pics in the am.

For his current enclosure we have paper towels down for bedding, 2 hides, 1 climb, water dish and small dish for meal worms. 40 gallon tank.

We spoke to the owner of the shop that we got our female from and he said she was wild caught and he has a 14 day return policy (been 3 weeks) but hes going to let my bro either have store credit or replace her. Total bummer on the female.

should def get him checked out so u no if he caught anything from her . poor little girl good luck

Not the best pic(cell ph pic) cant find my camera right now but tail is healing up pretty good.


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Glad to see, he's doing well :)

Wow that tail looks great so far!!!! Good on you for taking such good care.

Since she was a wild caught I would totally get a poo sample to the vet to check for parasites that may have transferred.

Well lil peter is looking good, spunky as hell and is looking quite healed up.

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.....that is great to hear