Today I took my leo out of his cage and found that the end of his tail is injured. The very tip of it has some black, crusty stuff and right next to it on the underside of the tail is red as if it was bleeding or maybe is close to bleeding, I don't know. I haven't been able to find any blood anywhere though. I don't know what happened but is there something I can do to help him heal?
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Tail problem
powell_baby
May 18, 2008 11:11 AM
Replies (4)
sport72186
May 18, 2008 11:14 AM
id put some neosporen on it..
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Patrick562
May 18, 2008 04:42 PM
I would also advise neosporin. And if you are using something such as sand substrate, switch to newspaper so as to keep debris out of the wound. And don't use Q-tips to apply the neosporin, they tend to leave behind small strands of cotton, which can also cause infection.
-Patrick
powell_baby
May 18, 2008 05:52 PM
ok, neosporin then.. And I use paper towels as a substrate but I do have a tupperware container with moist peat moss in it. I was thinking that may be what was stuck to the tip of his tail. But I put it in some water for a little bit and it didn't come off, so I'm not sure.
Rflagg
May 20, 2008 12:40 PM
Just make sure it is NOT the neosporin with pain killer.
