Tail shedding issues

[bronzkeushio]

Hi, friends! I’m new here. I have a 4 month old B&W tegu. He is having some issues with his tail. His tail has looked like it’s getting ready to shed for a few weeks but hasn’t fully shed yet. He gets plenty of humidity, a soak 3-4 times a week, proper vitamins/supplements, and fed ground turkey with said vitamins/supplements. He is still a picky youngin’ and is really only interested in the meat (haven’t been able to get him to eat fruits and veggies yet) so far which I’m not concerned about. Today, we noticed these raw looking (and so evenly spaced) cracks in his tail. A few even look like they’re bleeding. He doesn’t act like it hurts when we touch it and nothing comes off when we touch it. Does anyone have any idea what these could be?

 

[Ryanj_426]

"this is a shed issue. A few good tail sheds should take care of this. First I’d introduce fish oil into their diet, that may be adding fish to the diet or cracking open actual fish oil pills on their food. I feed Sevy a combination of salmon or sardines every few feedings. Another thing you can do is go to the store and get coco butter not the lotion, the kind used in cooking after a good soak in the bath put a nice layer over their tail. This will hold in moisture in. Soaking is a good start but in a dry environment it actually can have the opposite effect and dry them out as they quickly dry. The coconut oil will work to hold the moisture in and allow the skin to heal. Think of this wound like a construction workers hands. Dry cracked and some times bleeding if not taken care of."

This is what someone else said on another thread but the person they were helping had the same problem. Hope this helps!!