Tail breaks? What to do?

[goodtimes]

I got home at 1:30 this morning to find out that Samus had somehow broken his tail about 3 inches from the tip. I was not informed until this morning when I woke up. Upon inspection I found the break to be ugly. There were what appeared to be fibrous nerve endings sticking out of a scab. I cleaned it with alcohol, dabbed it with neosporin, gently straightened it out, put a bandaid on it and wrapped it with cloth medical tape. Any chance this could end well???? Any advice would be great. I am seriously bummed out.

 

[chelvis]

Lizards (tegus included) can drop their tails. If somthing grabs it and the tegus feels threaten then they can break their tails to get away. I wouldn't bandage it in case he desides to eat it. The tail will re-generate over time but it will be all black.

 

[goodtimes]

Thanks Chelvis.
I took the bandage off this morning and it looks better. I am pretty sure it will fall off, but he still has feeling in it. It will dry out today and I will let it run its course.[attachment=1][attachment=0]

 

[chelvis]

Hum... its still pretty well on there actully i figured it was all the way off. If it doesn't fall off you could end up with a fork tailed tegu, seen it on a few of the skinks that run around here. If it looks like its getting infected at all take him to a vet so they can remove the last part of it, other wise it should heal up fine.

 

[DaveDragon]

Bummer man!! It happens to many Tegu's Our female was missing at least 6" when we got her. 2 weeks ago the male pulled her tail off (while breeding) leaving her with a 6" stump!!! We were rather upset and rushed her to the vet 1 hour away. They confirmed what we thought, they drop the tail, it was a clean break, they stopped the bleeding and said it would heal naturally, and soaked us $250 for an emergency appointment since they we closing when we called. Very scary! What was even scarier was the separated tail flopping around on the ground. I held it and couldn't stop it from wiggling! She's huge with follicles but I don't know if she'll lay due to the stress.

 

[chelvis]

Oh no Dave sounds like your in for another late season waiting on that female again.

 

[DaveDragon]

Or no season.

 

[txrepgirl]

goodtimes. I'm very sorry to hear about what happend with Samus. Here is some info for you to check out if you want to. Good luck. Please keep us posted.

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Dave. I'm very sorry to hear about what happend to your Tegu, too. Poor baby. I hope all will turn out well. Please keep us posted.

 

[Cali 202]

Sorry to hear about Samus! Although unfortunate, if the tail heals bent unstead of breaking off, it could look kinda cool IMO, just looking at the brightside. I like when animals have little quirks.

What was even scarier was the separated tail flopping around on the ground. I held it and couldn't stop it from wiggling!

Thats hilarious... I dont think I could handle it though, it would creep me out so bad hah.

She's huge with follicles but I don't know if she'll lay due to the stress.

Thats a bummer, hopefully she will be a trooper and come through for you this summer. Hope her tail heals well too, sounds like she lost quite a bit of it