OMG!! No one told me about De-Gloving!!!

[blackcrystal22]

Do you have the rat being treated? If not, you may want to euthanize it. The tail now is a open wound, with exposed bones, prone to terribly infections.
Sorry it happened, there was a vet show that showed them treating a pet rat where that happened. A little boy who was told not to, did exactly what you describe. They amputated the tail, since you can't cure it without skin.

NOTE: I said "being treated". Keeping the tail clean and putting ointment and gause on it is treating it. I never said it couldn't be healed, I said it needed treatment, and that on the vet show, they amputated the tail.
Thanks for the info.

I never took it to the vet. It was my own set of stuff, and I was young so it was kind of on the spot responsibility. I had no real idea what I was doing.

I did cure it without skin?