Degloved Tail
Warning: The images are huge for some reason.
My friend, who is not a member, has gotten his first snake and I've seen to it that his husbandry was as perfect as can be. That's why we were surprised when Rubbish, a normal BP, retained a tiny amount of shed on her tail and we weren't able to gently manually remove it with soaks, damp cloth, or humidity boxes.
So we were even more surprised when her last shed took the tip of her tail with it.
Here's the fresh degloving:
This is weird because the humidity is consistently kept in the low 60s. You can see she retained another small bit of shed on her side, in the lower left corner of the image. That came off fine though.
After having a betadine soak, here's the resulting scab.
I am confident she will be fine, but Patrick, my friend, is freaking out. It is his first snake. I had him empty out substrate, replace it with paper towels, simplify her enclosure, and apply a triple antibiotic ointment. There is a little tag at the tip of her tail that has begun to dry out and I am confident it will fall off and be fine, but Patrick cannot be convinced that something falling off his snake would be good for her, haha. She has a decent hospital setup now. He is VERY concerned and wants to know if there is anything at all else he can do for Rubbish.
Do you have any input, any encouraging words or advice? I will relay it to him!
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