Chris Wilkinson
MARINE
My baby Black Throat Monitor has been with me since July and he’s been going through the normal adjustments and stress. He has finally stopped running when I come in and started to act like a normal monitor. I keep a detailed log to ensure I do not miss anything.
I noted the following at 201109081625 he was basking at the top of the retes stack I opened his cage and he did not run but did take several hard tail whips at my hand. He then did a small charge so I left him with a win by me leaving. The next day I noticed a small indentation about one inch from the tip of the tail, the tail had a small bend in it I documented the find at 201109091845 and left it along. The following morning I had him scheduled for 1 hour soak. I got him out of his cage and placed him in some warm water while I cleaned his cage. I noticed on one side of the bump it look red and inflamed. I document this on 201109101145. I became concerned at that point and decided to do a complete work up but nothing else to report. At 201109112000 I noticed the bump was inflamed and redder. I moved up the tail and at 1.25 inches above the bump was another area that seemed red and looked like it was bleeding further up the tail another .25 inches the same find. Now I’m in full panic mode as I feel he is now starting to develop an infection of some kind. No vets in my area have any experience with large reptiles. I finally find one Monday Morning 1.5 hours away.
I took the day off and took him into the vet. I told him I wanted a complete physical workup so two hours later and $525.00 (wife not happy at all) this is what we found out. His x-ray showed his tail bones were okay, he did have a small injury at the 1 inch mark but nothing else seemed wrong further up. We did a complete parasite culture and found out he did have a small parasite also. Everything else checked out okay weight and measurement all were as expected, eyes, breathing and heart were all fine and his overall skin showed no signs of shred built up anywhere. So last night I started him on antibiotics once every other day for 4 weeks and I will start his parasite treatment today. I will keep up this regiment until he is healed. One good thing for me was when the vet picked him up he defecated all over him (very funny) but he did show me he was a male. Anyone else have this happen to a tail and what was the outcome. I do not want this to get to the point where this goes to an amputee surgery.
I noted the following at 201109081625 he was basking at the top of the retes stack I opened his cage and he did not run but did take several hard tail whips at my hand. He then did a small charge so I left him with a win by me leaving. The next day I noticed a small indentation about one inch from the tip of the tail, the tail had a small bend in it I documented the find at 201109091845 and left it along. The following morning I had him scheduled for 1 hour soak. I got him out of his cage and placed him in some warm water while I cleaned his cage. I noticed on one side of the bump it look red and inflamed. I document this on 201109101145. I became concerned at that point and decided to do a complete work up but nothing else to report. At 201109112000 I noticed the bump was inflamed and redder. I moved up the tail and at 1.25 inches above the bump was another area that seemed red and looked like it was bleeding further up the tail another .25 inches the same find. Now I’m in full panic mode as I feel he is now starting to develop an infection of some kind. No vets in my area have any experience with large reptiles. I finally find one Monday Morning 1.5 hours away.
I took the day off and took him into the vet. I told him I wanted a complete physical workup so two hours later and $525.00 (wife not happy at all) this is what we found out. His x-ray showed his tail bones were okay, he did have a small injury at the 1 inch mark but nothing else seemed wrong further up. We did a complete parasite culture and found out he did have a small parasite also. Everything else checked out okay weight and measurement all were as expected, eyes, breathing and heart were all fine and his overall skin showed no signs of shred built up anywhere. So last night I started him on antibiotics once every other day for 4 weeks and I will start his parasite treatment today. I will keep up this regiment until he is healed. One good thing for me was when the vet picked him up he defecated all over him (very funny) but he did show me he was a male. Anyone else have this happen to a tail and what was the outcome. I do not want this to get to the point where this goes to an amputee surgery.
