my iguana broke her tail?

[littlefoot]

:'my lil foot broke her tail just a lil bit ago, well she broke the tip of it, what should i do

[elizabeth]

Is it bleeding??

How did she break it??

If you are able to treat at home, soak your ig in a warm bath with some dilute betadine or nolvasan to help clean and disinfect the wound. After soaking, use some neosporin on the wound, and make sure your iguana's cage is SPOTLESS before putting them back in under their heat lamps and UVB to recover. It is very important during this time that the iguana's cage be kept extremely clean to prevent infection. Most tail wounds are left open to heal, and not stitched closed. Keep everything as clean as you can. Also keep your iguana's area calm and quiet. You and your iguana both will need some time to recover from the experience! (Iguana Den)
www.iguanaden.com/health/tailloss.htm

www.anapsid.org/tailloss.html

www.greenigsociety.org/tailloss.htm

[littlefoot]

she broke her tail by jumpin off of me n runnin under my son toy box, she must of broke it then, run on , under toys, cause i never grab her by her tail, it was bleedin for a min or so, n it stop

[elizabeth]

Well since you said it was the tip and it stopped bleeding I certainly think you should be able to follow the suggested methods of care and take care of it at home... Just be sure to watch it for infection...


How old is your littlefoot?? How long does she measure?? We would love to hear more about your iggy and about you when you get the chance... We have and introduction section if you would like to introduce yourself to everyone... If not just let me welcome you anyway and tell you that we are all glad you joined the forum... We have a nice little group growing here and invite you to become as involved with the posting as you would like... It is nice to get input from all the members...

Welcome and happy posting!!

[littlefoot]

i dont kno how old she is, the last time i measure her she was 1 feet, ima redo it tomorrow

[elizabeth]

Here are a few shots of my Little Foot and she is about a year old .... I don't go by STL length because she dropped her tail prior to coming to me... I look more at her SVL and the fact that the vet guesstimated her at about 6/7 months when I took her in when I first got her...
About a year in this one...



She was about 10+months old in this one

[matt]

lil foot is looking great!!

[littlefoot]

She cute, I cant wait for mine to get that big, But i think mine gots lil ways to go, but people said that some grow faster then others, i guess im just gonna have 2 wait n see