Posted By: Anonymous
Tail Rot? Rescue Glider - 03/26/07 02:28 AM
Hi, if anyone has experience with this I would greatly appriciate some advice. I am a registered veterinary technician at a cat/dog clinic. I rescued a 5-6 yr old intact male glider about 3 weeks ago. The gliders penis was necrotic at the tips, so as advised from a glider breeder we amputated the tip of his penis and castrated him. We did not give him antibiotics. He has been on an appropriate diet for the last 3 weeks and had recovered completely. With all the excitement of the other surgery I pushed his tail problem aside hoping it would clear up with proper nutrition. It has not. The tip of his tail (about 1/8 inch) looks like bone (no hair), then for a little over an inch it is bone hard - it feels wrong, but there is hair still growing from it. Today I noticed a 1/4" "scab" sticking up from this part of his tail with shiny flesh where it had peeled up from. I'm taking him to the hospital in the morning & I'm going to [censored] his tail to confirm there is still good blood supply. If anyone knows what's going on, please let me know. He is a friendly glider & I haven't witnessed him chewing the tail.Thank you, Katherine