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I recently adopted Alistaire and he was in a foster home. He had been there 6 months after nearly dying due to neglect...and then the foster went ahead and neglected him too! I am not happy.

Anyway. He has shed built up all down his tail. It's really bad. I have been doing daily soaks, then we sit with him and gently remove the heavy pieces of shed. Unfortunately, where the build up is looks bad. Red, raw, and painful especially on the bottom. He lost the tip of the tail (tip scale and one ring under it, so not a lot). I've been applying antibiotic ointment to the entire tail to try and help the damaged areas heal. I am considering taking him in and if I see signs of infection we're definitely going right away. There must be at least 6 sheds on there- the pieces removed resemble chips, they're yellow and crunchy and awful.

Is there any more to be done?

<blockquote data-quote="DreamsOfTegus" data-source="post: 157843" data-attributes="member: 7747">I recently adopted Alistaire and he was in a foster home. He had been there 6 months after nearly dying due to neglect...and then the foster went ahead and neglected him too! I am not happy. Anyway. He has shed built up all down his tail. It's really bad. I have been doing daily soaks, then we sit with him and gently remove the heavy pieces of shed. Unfortunately, where the build up is looks bad. Red, raw, and painful especially on the bottom. He lost the tip of the tail (tip scale and one ring under it, so not a lot). I've been applying antibiotic ointment to the entire tail to try and help the damaged areas heal. I am considering taking him in and if I see signs of infection we're definitely going right away. There must be at least 6 sheds on there- the pieces removed resemble chips, they're yellow and crunchy and awful. Is there any more to be done?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DreamsOfTegus, post: 157843, member: 7747"] I recently adopted Alistaire and he was in a foster home. He had been there 6 months after nearly dying due to neglect...and then the foster went ahead and neglected him too! I am not happy. Anyway. He has shed built up all down his tail. It's really bad. I have been doing daily soaks, then we sit with him and gently remove the heavy pieces of shed. Unfortunately, where the build up is looks bad. Red, raw, and painful especially on the bottom. He lost the tip of the tail (tip scale and one ring under it, so not a lot). I've been applying antibiotic ointment to the entire tail to try and help the damaged areas heal. I am considering taking him in and if I see signs of infection we're definitely going right away. There must be at least 6 sheds on there- the pieces removed resemble chips, they're yellow and crunchy and awful. Is there any more to be done? [/QUOTE]

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