Good to know; I will get some neosporin onto that tail tonight when I get home.

Final question of the day (hopefully!) - I have not seen him in the water at all. I do not know if he is drinking or not. This morning when I put him back into his cage after handling him, I actually set his front third into the water. He seemed to hate it - squirmed out of the water as fast possible and bolted up into the plastic plant. The minnows are still untouched (I will be looking for guppies next time). Any reason to be concerned by this? Like I said, I have not seem him drink, but then again I have not seen him eat either, I just know that I put a worm into the cage in the morning and it is gone by the evening, so surely he is eating them.

Thank you all again so much for your help, this is such a great forum!