is there any thing I should do to help my lizard heal. the temps are in range, maybe raise them. any special diet? and medications you know of? just want to aviod a infection. the lizard is a rainbow whiptail/racerunner/ameiva/. so angry with myself.

Tail loss is far more traumatic for owners than it is for the lizard itself. What happened? Is it a clean break? How far up? If its up high on the tail or ragged i'd advise you get it looked at. Otherwise you can keep it clean (put the lizard or towels or carpet) and put neosporin on it (Only use the NON-painkilling type) and watch for tissue death or for odd smells or mushy texture.

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it was a very clean break. was just trying to grab her up, and she ran out of my hand before it closed on her body. only had her for a month and was doing my normal routine to get her adjusted to a little bit of handling. but I guess sh%& happens. definitely seems more traumatic for me then her. she hasbeen running around like the normal crazy girl she is. as for what I have done, i cleaned her wound and put neosporin on it. if you want to see a pic of her before the de-tailing check out my myspace, em2mccue. thanks for the advice

Don't feel too bad, it's what nature intended. The same thing happened to me when I was handling one of our skinks at the store. I was removing him from the tank to do a routine cleaning, and he moved so quick I barely knew what happened. Luckily it was only the tip, but I was quite upset as well. They don't grow back as pretty as they used to be.

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