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Does anyone know what it may be.
He is 3 year old maybe, i dont know i bought it form a pet shop who got him from someone else and didnt have much info on it. I discoverd this tail problem a month or two ago. His character seems fine, still on food and is happy. The bad part of his tail only measures about 1/2 a cm in all the time ive known it is there its not growing bad too fast. It appears a dark red/black/brown colour and the part right at thend is skinnier than the tail closer in to the body. The scales look as if they are pealing of.
Does anyone know what i should do? and if Trinity is ok?
Thanks

have you tried soaking him? it could be that he has retained part of his shed on the tip of his tail.

here is my protocol for when a snake has unshed skin remaining:

If your snake has started to shed, but has patchy unshed skin remaining, take a plastic animal cage, such as the Kritter Keepers, which are sold by pet stores and animal suppliers, of an appropriate size. Make sure the container is secure! Nothing is worse than finding that your snake has escaped the container. Put about 1/2 to one inch of warm water in the bottom. Then put several paper towels in on top of the water. Put the snake in there. Then put a few dripping wet paper towels on top of the snake. Leave the snake in there for about 30 minutes. Check to see if the snake has completely shed. If not, put the snake back in for another 30 minutes. Repeat as necessary. I have also heard of people using small towels in these containers. The beauty of paper towels is that you can just throw them away instead of having to wash them. You can also take a wet sock, for a small snake; or a wet pillow case, for a larger snake; and put the snake into it, secure the top, and put the whole thing into the snake’s cage overnight.
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Thanks for that advice, but its definatly not scale flakes of excess shed. Its his actual skin peeled off and has a dark blood colour. The only way i can discribe it any better than in my first post is;
If anyone has had girbils or similar rodents with tails, if they catch their tail or if it is pulled they let the smaller part of it fall off, this is so that if a preditor catches them, they onlly get their tail. It looks like that, butas far as i know, i have not pulled my snakes tail, he just stays in his cage mostly. the main point is its not healing like therodents tail does, it getting worse slowly.

It is the safest way. Have you tried putting neosporin on it yet?
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