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Post by lillianmadison98 on Jul 11, 2022 11:17:58 GMT
My degu's tail was devolved by another degu. Basically, I have two Degus (Mo and Tian). They are not yet friendly, so they are in cages beside each other and I let each one out separately for exercise time. They are never out at the same time. Unfortunately, today while Mo was out, he attempted climbing Tian's cage, and Tian bit his tail through the bars. Mo panicked and degloved. It's abut 2cm missing, but its a clean break. It's been about two hours, and he's still bleeding, though. I've dipped his tail in a salt bath and caked it in flour, but it's still bleeding a bit. He seems to be in a good mood, is running around his cage, eating and chewing on his sticks. So, I'm not really sure what to do. It's night, here, so I wouldn't be able to take him to a vet until tomorrow after work. I was wondering if anyone with experience with this would know what I should do (i.e. leave it to heal alone or take him to the vet or something else). Thank you!!
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Post by savvy on Jul 11, 2022 11:52:08 GMT
Welcome to the forum. I'm sorry to hear about the degloving.
How bad is the bleeding and did you use normal flour or corn flour to stem her bleeding?
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Post by lillianmadison98 on Jul 11, 2022 11:59:30 GMT
The bleeding was pretty slow for awhile, but I've gotten it to finally stop in the past 15 minutes. He's not really bleeding anymore. I used regular flour (It was the only thing I had and a degu website said I could use it) but he bled it off rather quickly. I didn't put a second layer on after giving the tail a second saltwater bath, and it seems to be doing fine now!
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Post by savvy on Jul 11, 2022 12:04:42 GMT
That's good to hear! If you can get hold of some corn flour it's better than normal flour and acts a little quicker, but it sounds like you did a great job in an emergency.
As you probably already know, he'll be able to deal with the injury himself, but keep a eye out for any signs of infection.
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Post by lillianmadison98 on Jul 11, 2022 12:07:01 GMT
I will! Thank you for the quick response! I've had my Degus for seven months, but I still feel pretty new to it, so having someone else with more knowledge reassure me is greatly appreciated!
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Post by savvy on Jul 11, 2022 12:11:28 GMT
Degus are a very steep learning curve and we were all new owners at one time, so we've all been there.
If you have any questions, please ask, there is a wealth of degu knowledge amongst our members and there are no silly questions when it comes to degus, they really are a law unto themselves.
Where are you based? We'd love to hear more about your fur babies, and we love photographs.
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Post by deguconvert on Jul 11, 2022 16:27:41 GMT
lillianmadison98, welcome to the forum! A tail degloving is not a terrible injury, but it is one that we all tend to mourn . . . we just love those fluffy brushes! You did well!! I'm so glad that Savvy was able to reassure you . . . she's great (as are all our team and members).  I second the request for hearing more about yourself and your fur babies. Photos . . . we love photos!! I have not had degus since my Mom became ill and we needed to be part of her treatment . . . so changes had to be made in the home that were hard to make. As I was reading your post, I started to think . . . even though I know degus well . . . I would face that learning curve all over again, were we to again bring degus into our family. They are AWESOME, and they are a steep learning curve.
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