Snake tail injury!

[guidofatherof5]

Hi everyone! I wasn't getting email notifications about this thread for some reason so I did not know there were replies! I just came back to check since my snake's tail has in fact come off, just today actually... Funny enough it looks better now without the dead piece of tail hanging off the end of the snake, and before it came off it looked like the spine was broken there anyway so a vet would have likely cut it off anyway. I will go out now and try to find the hibiclens and ointment without painkillers. He healed up rather quickly last time so I'm guessing it'll be the same. I already have him on paper towels since I read online that you should do that with new snakes plus its easier to clean up.

PS: to guidofatherof5 (or Steve) I actually have no idea what gender my snake is, I'm just calling it a "he" until I figure it out for sure haha. I caught him after breeding season so I'm guessing by the size of him (as in he looks big enough to breed) that if there's a bunch of babies suddenly hanging out in the aquarium between August and October then its a girl! Otherwise, I'll continue to assume boy. I'm guessing you're judging it based on the tapering of the tail? I'm not very good at judging that stuff by looks so after trying to compare his body to pictures online (and trying to keep him out of my hair at the same time) I finally gave up. Also, I live in Ontario, Canada =)

Thank you everyone for your replies! Everyone is a lot more helpful here then on yahoo answers. A person there basically told me to let him go into the wild to die, and the other people that replied were just arguing on whether snake tails grow back or not lol

The last time?