Emergency - Partial tail amputation required ASAP!

** BREAKING NEWS**

Evey had a slight tail abrasion... but now, she's chewed off half

Yesterday, my fat little girl Evey had a slight abrasion on her tail. We rinsed the area clean, and we covered it with Neosporin, and she played well, and we were sure she would be ok. This was a slight wound... and we've handled mating wounds which were much more intense.

John got home before I did, and all was well when he removed the glider bowls, around 3:00. When I got home, just now, we saw her at the bottom of her cage, hiding in her little Barbie playhouse. We went over to find her, and we were horrified at what we found. She had chewed half of her tail off, nearly to the tip... she has exposed bone and tissue.

I called my local vet, Dr. Tharp ASAP, and he is going to get us in right away. She is going to require a partial tail amputation. At least half. I will provide more details as I can, but my girl may need to spend the night at his office. We have her packed and ready to go.

Please say a prayer for my fat little Evey... she is the gentlest glider we have... I'd post the pix, but they are horrific...

All of this is hitting me, just when John is heading to TN, and I was supposed to go to an out of town seminar through Wednesday.... more later. Much later.

UPDATE 1: 5:54 PM
I am home now, waiting to hear from my vet. Dr. Tharp is a miracle worker with my gliders, and he sure has seen a lot of them. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. The scary thing was, besides seeing up to three inches of exposed bone and tissue, the black oil-like "goo" coming from her cloaca. This is, I am assuming, the blood that she has ingested from gnawing at her tail, but still, it was really scary... too liquidy... She had nice solid poo yesterday, and she played with me most of the day... playing hide and seek in my blankies, and just being mommy's fat little thing...

I'll post more when I hear from Dr. Tharp, but she may have an overnight stay.


UPDATE 2: 6:31 PM
On the phone now..... ok. She came through surgery just fine, but he, too, was horrified at what she had done to her tail. I knew she was going to lose at least half of her tail, because she had three inches of exposed bone and tissue. He said that she had really done some serious damage and that she had abnormal tissue up even higher than we'd thought. She is spending the night there tonight, and she is resting. I will call tomorrow after 8:30, and then I should be able to pick her up. Keep your fingers crossed for Miss Evey, please... she has all her stuff with her: her little hospital cage from Auntie Helen her new cage pouches I'd made her for St. Paddy's Day, extra blankies, and her BML, veggies, and all her little stuff. Updates to come tomorrow.