Nail looks pretty bad

[Holvure]

I posted about this the other day, but I have an adult male veiled who had two gnarly looking toe nails earlier this week. One of them has fallen off completely and I've been keeping a careful eye on the toe to watch for an infection, and keeping his cage clean. The other one is progressively getting worse. Yesterday it was sidewise but today it looks rightside up. It does seem to be he causing him pain; if I touch it with my finger he will jerk his foot away, and he doesn't grip branches or surfaces with that foot when resting. I'm just worried. Is there anything I should be doing? We don't currently have his cage lined with anything, but we're getting him a larger cage for christmas and we're definitely lining that with some sort of plastic netting (also, where can I purchase that?). Any help would be greatly appreciated though guys! Also sorry for the bad picture quality

 

[Carlton]

Unless you have access to a vet who has dealt with torn herp toenails before (and could possibly speed up the healing process by removing it), all you can really do is keep the toe clean IMHO. Trying to give him a pain relieving med would take a struggle so probably best to leave him alone. It will probably fall off on its own. Depending on how badly the nail bed has been injured the claw may or may not regrow. I would gently dab some Polysporin around it to help protect the raw tissue. You could make it easier for your cham to climb around his cage by adding branches and fake or live foliage too. This happens very often.

 

[Holvure]

Unless you have access to a vet who has dealt with torn herp toenails before (and could possibly speed up the healing process by removing it), all you can really do is keep the toe clean IMHO. Trying to give him a pain relieving med would take a struggle so probably best to leave him alone. It will probably fall off on its own. Depending on how badly the nail bed has been injured the claw may or may not regrow. I would gently dab some Polysporin around it to help protect the raw tissue. You could make it easier for your cham to climb around his cage by adding branches and fake or live foliage too. This happens very often.

Thank you!