Finger gone

[RamiS]

Hi Fam- (IF THIS IS IN THE WRONG PLACE< ADMIN PLEASE REMOVE TO ANOTHER)

My Boy (Moby) 8 years old in October (Fox squirrel) as many as you know has been a super active boy even after all these years, great diet (Henry blocks twice a day, viggies, some fruits and a nut (hazelnut from Henry's a day)

Well, this morning He ate and drank and went to his box, not sleeping just lying in there which is not like him at all, he usually spends at least the first 4-5 years of the day roaming around going crazy like a non stop train, today he has been inside all day, I MEAN ALL DAY. I tried to get him out every way I can, he came out and took the hazelnut, ate that and back to the box.Now I am dragging him out and inspecting and behold, one of his fingers on his right hand is GONE, not just the nail tip, the whole thing is GONE. I dont know what happened or how, and I think this is why he has been feeling like this. I am very worried about an infection

WHAT DO I DO. (BTW I dont have a vet)

[Spanky]

Post pics if you can.

Watch diligently to ensure this is not self-mutilating activity.

Check his cage for pinch point that may have trapped his toe... what type of cage does he own?

[RamiS]

It wont let me upload images, I have the right format but still wont. I can text them

He has not been in his critter nation cage since yesterday morning

This is not self harm at all.

[McCarthy]

It wont let me upload images, I have the right format but still wont. I can text them

He has not been in his critter nation cage since yesterday morning

This is not self harm at all.

Try this image upload website (its free, no account needed): https://postimages.org/

After the upload, copy and paste the direct link into your next post over here.

Is the wound seeping fluid? Bleeding outright? Swollen? Any bone sticking out?

[RamiS]

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[CritterMom]

Get yourself a bottle of Betadyne 10% povidone iodine. Dilute it - 1/4 teaspoon to 1/4 cup water - and use that to clean his wound. You can just squeeze the contents of a cotton ball on the sore part. Do it at least twice a day. Antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and it doesn't burn or sting at all in the dilution I recommended.

Give him some infant ibuprophen. That hurts like h*ll. The infant ibuprophen will help it a lot. We need his approximate weight.

[RamiS]

Get yourself a bottle of Betadyne 10% povidone iodine. Dilute it - 1/4 teaspoon to 1/4 cup water - and use that to clean his wound. You can just squeeze the contents of a cotton ball on the sore part. Do it at least twice a day. Antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, and it doesn't burn or sting at all in the dilution I recommended.

Give him some infant ibuprophen. That hurts like h*ll. The infant ibuprophen will help it a lot. We need his approximate weight.

I found Mortin for infants, but not the Betadine, is it called something else? Does walmart have these things? if so, could I trouble you with the links and I can grab them in the early morning