Scott had a trip to the vet for his tail. He lost part of his tail at some point before we adopted him and recently he’s been chewing on it. I don’t know what’s caused him to start chewing on it when he’s mostly left it alone previously. He’s got some medication – painkiller, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, and I’m putting vaseline on his tail day twice a day.

Does anyone have experience with degus (or other rodents) chewing their tail? What have you tried and what’s helped?

(In the photo above Scott is in a hamster cage which is used as a travel cage for vet trips.)