Emergency, please help

[stompjrkz400]

hello, my american toad just jumped out of some artificial plants and now one of his back legs is locked up, the herp vet is hours away, i dont know what to do, hes very twitchy and i think hes in pain, hes a male, and is about 4 years old

i wont let him suffer long, i have tried moving the leg, i can get him to pull it in, then then he pushes it back out, and he drags it around with one leg hanging out, this happened about 15 minutes ago, i just check and now both legs are locked up, and there is white fluild coming from his legs, also his underside is very red ,

[stompjrkz400]

nevermind he just passed away, its almost like he had a stroke, someone told me it could have been a nutrient deficiency, but it came on too fast for that, i guess ill never know

[Heatheranne]

I'm sorry for your loss .

[bshmerlie]

Could he have eaten anything poisonous in the tank? Or a spider bite?

[DonLisk]

Sorry for your loss. :-(

[TANK]

that sucks
did you recently clean his tank?
do you use soap or anything besides water to clean its waterbowl?

[kueluck]

That is very sad. To have one for 4 years then it goes that fast. Hope some one can help you figure out what happened so others can maybe avoid this.

[stompjrkz400]

he was eating store bought crickets and super worms, i cleaned the cage about 3 weeks ago, my other toad, cuban tree frog, and grey tree frog, and yellow spotted salamander are all ok, i have had someone tell me i cant have all these frogs together, but the water gets cleaned every 3 days, and i use a charcoal fish tank filter system, if you cant tell in the pics he was a big toad, palm sized ( minus fingers)