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tail rot

  1. Psykittie

    Concern (bump on tail)

    Hello all! I’ll start this post off by mentioning that I have an appointment for my beardie Lewis for this upcoming Friday. I would have brought him sooner but I’ve moved about two times this year and it’s been extremely chaotic. It’s been a few months he has had this, wondering if anyone could...
  2. P

    Does this look like tail rot?

    Does this look like tail rot? This is my one-year-old dragon. He normally has fading colors on his tail since he's like 6 months old? I was worried back then too but he seems fine. However, he didn't make a pointy tail when eating today, which is very weird of him. And the tip of his tail seems...
  3. B

    Tail Rot?! SOS

    Hi!! We got our bearded dragon in January and his tail has always looked like this (this is after his tail just shed, and his back feet are about to shed). I thought it was just his normal tail colour, but have recently learned of tail rot and am terrified that this may be what he has. The...
  4. Matteo

    Bearded dragon tail rot? Infected?

    I saw that my beardies tail had a little demp, very small and not infected at all so i started treating it with betadine in water. couple houres later i see that he bit the little tip off... SEE PHOTOS. now i dont know if i keep treating it the same way or let it get amputated?
  5. B

    Tail rot?

    I was wondering if anyone can help identify if this is tail rot or just our dragons coloring. We just got him about a week and a half ago, and he does have an appointment to go to the vet on Monday just for an overall health check. He’s about 4 months old but the breeder couldn’t really give us...
  6. K

    Help! Is this scale rot?

    Helllo, I have some concerns about my beardie, Betty is 12-14 years old, I’ve had her a few years now and have never seen anything out of the ordinary with her, everything seems to be perfectly normal with her except for this gray spot I noticed on her tail today. I’m not sure how I didn’t...
  7. H

    Is this tail rot?

    I honestly cannot tell if my bearded dragon is experiencing tail rot or if I just discovered some old shed. I was soaking him and cleaning his tail when I noticed some dark brown what seems to be shed coming off. I scrub it with a toothbrush and it came right off. I know you shouldn’t help your...
  8. I

    Tail Rot??

    Hi, I’m a new bearded dragon owner and I came across my beardy Ringo 3 weeks ago. Since then I’ve spent alot of money to give him the best opportunity of life as I don’t think he was well looked after in the place before me. About a week ago he started peeling on his tail and the scales...
  9. C

    Another tail rot identification?

    Hello all! I have a 10(?) year old beardy that I've had for 2.5 years about. His husbandry is great, it was set up by the previous owner. His tail has always been darker at the end but he's been so agitated lately and I'm wondering if he could be in pain because of tail rot? Like I said, he's an...
  10. H

    Possible tail rot??

    Hello! I have a baby bearded dragon. She weighs 38 grams. I’ve had her a little over a week. She eats incredibly well. She eats mainly dubias with occasional crickets and wax worms as a treat. Her enclosure is a 40 gal front opening. She has a 100 watt heat bulb, T8 linear uvb, and a heat...
  11. C

    Is this tail rot?

    Hi, I'm a new beardie owner, and I'm kind of worried about my dragon. He's young, the store said he was only a few months old, and I can't tell if his tail is naturally black, if he's stressed out, or if this is the beginning of tail rot. If someone could please give me some advice or some...
  12. MorbidChibi

    Tail Issues

    Hello, I hope someone will be able to answer my questions. I have a three year old beardie named Willamina, Willa for short. I acquired her at the start of the year from my brother who was moving to the other side of the country and couldn't take her with him. I've never owned a reptile before...
  13. A

    Pink on tail after shedding

    Our beardie's tail was shedding. My son apparently tried to give it a little help. Now it's raw and pink/red. I'm planning on washing it and putting plain Neosporin on. He doesn't have much of an appetite today and is more skittish than usual. Is there anything else I should do for him?
  14. M

    Tail Rot?

    I've had my bearded dragon for about 5 months now (he is 6 months) and he has a strange ring of scales on his tail and I was wondering if it could be tail rot? He has had it since I had him and it hasn't changes. And is still acting the same as usual and has started shedding. Haku out exploring.
  15. B

    Tail Rot?

    I have a question about my beardies tail. At the tip it’s kind of black, and at the very very tip it looks like some black coming out of the tail? He was just shedding on his tail so i was wondering if this could be related to that? He has constant uvb light available, hes alone in his tank, and...
  16. N

    UPDATE on tail rot

    I'm so happy to say this, but yesterday was my little guy's tail amputation appointment and the vet ended up not going through with it!!! They said they completely overestimated the tail rot and it was only the very tiny tip of his tail that even showed signs of it. He's currently on...
  17. N

    Tough decision to make... Tail Rot + Amputation

    Hey guys, This is my first time posting on here. I'm usually just the type to read through the forums, but it's come to the point where I have to make a difficult decision for my Bearded Dragon. His name is Pump and he's probably around 5 years old by now. No idea exactly since he was rehomed...
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  18. T

    Help!!!! Is this tail rot?

    Help!!!!!! Today I noticed my dragon baby’s tail is a little bit dry. When I look through his tail with a flashlight I can see through the majority of the tail except for the tip. It looks also like the tail it’s a little bit bent on the end and it was not like this before. Is this shedding or...
  19. E

    Tail rot?

    Hi everyone, first off I am new here and don’t quite know how to use this site so hopefully I got this right and apologies if I didn’t! My two year old rescue girl developed this marking on her tail recently and it got me nervous. It’s interesting however that it’s only on the top, not the...
  20. C

    Is it tail rot? Planning to go to the vet, what would that usually entail for treatment?

    My little buddy Pippin appears to have tail rot. I'm not entirely sure if that's the case but it seems to fit the profile. The end of his tail is lumpier, darker than the upper end, and somewhat stiff, and he appears to have some form of lesioning on the underside of the tail. Pics below...

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