Bearded Dragon Help!!

[lilmissrazz]

Hey guys

Mojo my female eastern beardie has always had a kink in her tail about 5mm from the end of it which has never been a problem, she shed about 2 weeks ago and as always i checked her "kink" to make sure there was no shed left, everything looked ok till about a week later when the end of her tail looked dried out, i was bathing it in salty water just to ward off an infection. Today when i got home and did the normal Poop clean out of the enclosure i noticed that the dried out bit had fallen off!! I was a lil freaked out at first, but managed to calm down.
Is there anything i should be doing??

Thanks in advance guys

~Rach

 

[Lockie]

Hi Rach,

If the area looks clean & dry then you have nothing to worry about.

If it looks infected, you should apply some betadine daily for at least 1 week. i'd probably go 10 days.

Can you post a pic, so we can get a better idea of the scale (excuse the pun) of her injury?


regards,
Lockie

 

[lilmissrazz]

ok ill go take a pic with my phone now, wont b long!

 

[JasonL]

I would guess the dried part was dead, and it just shed it off. If the end of the tail looks clean, and doesn't smell, I wouldn't worry too much. Just keep an eye out for any darkening of the scales around the wound, as thats a sign of infection and it will need antibiotics to prevent blood poisoning.

 

[lilmissrazz]

Ok it looks clean and smells fine, here are some crappy mobile phone pics lol

 

[JasonL]

Looks fine, just dab some Betadine on it till it's healed fully.

 

[lilmissrazz]

just normal super market stuff and use a cotton tip?? diluted or just as is??