Partial Tail Break?

[eyelids]

I'd said a couple days ago that I had a tail loss... Well the tail is only seperated 1/4 of the way at the tail base. Will this heal? The gecko is about a week old.

 

[LeosForLess]

It should heal, just keep it in a clean enviroment. IT came off completely right? Not just a littlebit?

 

[eyelids]

I think you misunderstood me...

Basically what happend... It's clutchmate got freaked out when I was changing their paper towel and struck at it causing it to start a 'tail drop'. I quit what I was doing and put them back in the rack. I assumed the next time I checked on them the tail would be gone. I gave them two days to calm down and checked them today. The Blizzards tail never came off, but is just seperated slightly on one side at the base of the tail.

So I'm wondering if it will heal back together???

 

[Bert-N-Sheila]

That happened to me. I thought it was going to make it because it looked perfect for about 3 days. Then BLAM, woke up the next morning and it was as thin as a toothpick and hard. Then came the hard part of deciding what to do since it didn't fall off. I decide the best thing to do was take a pair of brand new fiskar scissors and do a super quick snap right at the dead spot. A little blood, but it didn't even phase him. He kind of gave me a weird look like "OW" but 2 days later I could see the pink stub. Sounds cruel, but it really wasn't since it really didn't have feeling in it since I tested a bunch of times by lightly pinching with my fingers. I'm not an expert by any means, but that was my experience with a partial tail-break and I'm not afraid to tell you because it worked and I would do it 100 more times the same exact way if I had to because of how good it looked after I did it and when I look at it now. Super run-on sentences, forgive me, it's Friday at 3:40 and I just got back from the bar. Take care.

 

[eyelids]

Well she still has her tail... It moves normally and she looks to have had a clean shed so... Maybe it'll heal...

 

[paulnj]

Hey Mike, keep us posted on that tail. I sure hope it make it for you!

 

[BalloonzForU]

maybe it was more like a cut and not a true break and will heal. Can you post pics Michael?

 

[LeosForLess]

Felicia is probably right, i had a female that dislocated it and it got hard and there was a obvious bump there. It got rigamortous basically and cold. I had to pull it off.

 

[eyelids]

maybe it was more like a cut and not a true break and will heal. Can you post pics Michael?

That would be great! I'll try to get some pics today.

 

[eyelids]

Now that I've seen it up close it's worse than I thought... I put Neosporin on it today; would've done it sooner, but I didn't want to stress her too much. Like I said though, she moves it normally and has shed since it happened. I'm just going to let it be unless it starts looking necrotic.

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[BalloonzForU]

Michael that is worse than I expected, but if she's moving her tail in a normal manor I would think that it's only the fleshy tissue and not the tail bone and nerves. In that case there may be a knot there where the flesh of the tail separated. This is only a guess as the only tail break I've had so far is a complete tail break. I have seen pics of some funky regrows from multiple & partial tail breaks, but your guess is a good as mine, just wait it out.

 

[BluGnat]

Very interesting. I hope that it heals for you (and her), Michael. Is this the one that you posted about a few days ago, your first tail loss? I hope it heals and you're back to a zero record for tail losses.

 

[eyelids]

Thanks for the info Felicia.

Heather, yes this is that one...

I'll post any updates...

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

You might get a regrowth, right out of the side of there pretty much.

 

[eyelids]

You might get a regrowth, right out of the side of there pretty much.

Like another tail?

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

Yep. I do remember seeing(think it was at Tinley) one time, a Leo w/ pretty much two tails. I assume something alot like this had to have happened.

 

[eyelids]

Crazy!

 

[Franks_Geckos]

That would be cool if it grew a new stub from there....LOL

 

[Alusdra]

It looks pretty superficial. Hopefully it will heal. (Although if it grows 2 that would be quite cool.)

 

[Kotsay1414]

Who needs a 2-headed snake when you can have a 2 tailed Leopard Gecko?