The end of his tail seems burnt or dead.
- Thread starter Mxstical
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CamoChameleonsHuman
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Take him to the vet asap as to hopefully still be able to save his tail!
Mxstical
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How did it happen ya think?
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
Looks dead to me. Some injury, he bit it, a feeder bit it, it got pinched in something, etc. Best case is it dry gangrenes(which looks like what it is doing) and falls off on its own. Worst case is wet gangrene, which gets swollen at the damage site and slowly works up the bone. I personally have never seen wet in a "tail doesnt fall off" species, but have seen it several times in species that can drop and regrow tails.
@nightanole just about said it all.
Green135
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Either when young was housed with a lot of sibling and they took a bite or while shedding a ring of shed formed around the tail strangling it
Mxstical
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Is he going to be okay? I'm taking him to the vet soon.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
How did you arrive at this conclusion?
Green135
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Maybe cuz it happened to my panther Cham as well keep the tail lubricated it will fall off after a while it becomes dead tissue
Green135
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The vet might save it but by looking at the pic is a process that’s hard to stop once it started the injury on him
Green135
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I had the same issues I bought my chameleon like that at the expo and didn’t notice till I got home
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nightanole
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I help people with 401ks, and i dont understand that insurance statement...
Were you able to get him into the vet? I hope all is ok with him. Let us know.
This is the one part of the body I watch meticulously when Beman sheds just to make sure there are no issues with a cuff. Also whenever I am working in his cage and he wants out I have to make sure that his body is no where near the door when I have to close it so I do not pinch anything. This is another reason to use a feeder run so you do not have feeders loose as well.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
That just doesn’t add up for me, but I guess it’s possible...
@Mxstical how old is your Cham? Any shedding issues in the past?
Mxstical
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Hi! Not yet no, but he is acting really normal and like his normal self so- His tail is still the same but it doesn't look as it causes him pain but Im taking him to the vet soon.
I would really get him in as soon as possible... he could get an infection from the part that is dying off. He needs his tail too.
Brodybreaux25
Chameleon Enthusiast
Since Kraken hasn't been exposed to siblings in more than a year and a half we can eliminate that silly theory of it being a bite from a sibling.
Skin cuff is easily eliminated as well, they are very obvious when present. OP, have you recently noticed anything similar to this on your chams tail?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/skin-tourniquet.164515/#post-1422123
Skin cuff is easily eliminated as well, they are very obvious when present. OP, have you recently noticed anything similar to this on your chams tail?
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/skin-tourniquet.164515/#post-1422123
Mxstical
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i just dont know- seems as it has gotten worse, does it look like he has cuffs here?
