Had to amputate the veileds tail!

[ChamZilla]

Hi everyone,

Sadly I had to amputate Sweet Pea's tail. I called the vet and he said that if the tissue was dead it wasn't falling off because of the bone still attached. So I took a pair of cat claw trimmers, disinfected and alcohol'd them. Cleaned the area with betadine and cut it off.
It was a pretty traumatic experience to me, but Sweet Pea didn't even flinch due to the dead tissue.
I will post pics of the before and after.
He said I could pay 60$ to come in and get it cut off or just do it myself and bring her in for a check up after. So I did it.
I'm not proud but I did it. She wanted to eat and everything right after. And it didn't even bleed, which is great because lizards can't afford to loose much blood.
Thanks for listening.

[Marie]

Sorry about her tail but glad that it wasn't traumatic for her.

Marie

[ChamZilla]

hey everyone here are the pictures of sweet peas amputation.

Before:


Dead end:


And after:

[Patrick Kubeja]

AWWWWWWWWWWWWW :'(Sorry about the Tail That is so sad
Thanks for the Pictures they look Great man but the Tail I hope it does not hurt the little guy in any way!!!

Hey do not forget to tell us about the check up!!

[elizabeth]

Well she seems to be handling it well and in the end the amputation is better than what could go wrong with not taking it off... I am sure she will recover well glad you were brave enough to do it for her! Let us know what the vet says at the check up!!

[Steven]

Oh my! I'm very sorry that had to happen, but I guess it was for the best! I hope her tail heals over well! You are very brave for doing that!!

[ChamZilla]

Hey everyone, well it has been one full day and then some since the amputation. And her tail end is looking GREAT! healing over very well with some help from some antibiotic ointment!
I use the ointment on her and the cream on me. Is the ointment better for her instead of the cream? Says that the ointment makes a film on the wound to help be protected. Hope to hear some info.

Thanks,
And I'll tell ya what the vet says ! I send him pics and he'll tell me in a few days if she needs to actually be seen! thanks for all the support!

[elizabeth]

I had always heard to just use the oinment I suppose maybe it has less chemical in it than in the cream??

Glad to hear she is on the mend now!!