American Green Tree Frog leg injury

[dmallia]

Today I noticed that one of my female frogs is not using one of the rear legs to stick to the glass or decoration in the vivarium. When moving she is using it, but than it is leaving it a little bit back when not moving, even when she is on the ground. The only difference from the other leg is that the toe is a little bit bent as you can see in the picture. Yesterday when I cleaned the vivarium, I put the frogs in individual boxes. I'm thinking that when clipping on the top I caught it's leg's toes. I used a box like this with moss at the bottom. ( http://www.reptile-food.ch/out/pictu...nfutternew.jpg ) What can I do to heal it or help him healing it?

[rikkitiger]

Well, is it obviously causing a problem or distress? It may just be a time issue.

you have some questions to answer please to help us understand

housed with any other animal? Or frog? Toad?
eating?
pooping?
hows skin color?
what is it getting fed?
size enclosure?
any problem moving? Hopping, jumping, crawling ect.?
Water treatment?
and anything else you might think is significant

[dmallia]

housed with any other animal? Or frog? Toad? there is another 2 american green tree frogs, today i moved it into a quarantine box so she will be alone
eating? did not feed her yesterday will try today
pooping? still don't know since there are another 2. will see in the new box
hows skin color? light green
what is it getting fed? small-medium sized crickets
size enclosure? was in a 45x45x45cm exo terra vivarium. now she is in a 45x20x30 box.
any problem moving? Hopping, jumping, crawling ect.? she is moving up and down the plastic bromelia. she is not jumping for sure.
Water treatment? tap water with exo terra aquatize.
and anything else you might think is significant

this is a better picture to see the bent claw

[dmallia]

She just ate a medium sized cricket just now

[Mentat]

Well, if there is no open wound, would observe frog for any changes in skin coloring around toe area. If there are changes or swelling will probably need a topical antibiotic. For now, do make sure you are giving CA/D3 supplements on it's crickets, so that it has extra calcium for repairing damaged bone tissue. Good luck !

[dmallia]

Well, if there is no open wound, would observe frog for any changes in skin coloring around toe area. If there are changes or swelling will probably need a topical antibiotic. For now, do make sure you are giving CA/D3 supplements on it's crickets, so that it has extra calcium for repairing damaged bone tissue. Good luck !

I checked her yesterday and did not see any open wounds. Yes I dusted the crickets before feeding. Should I dust crickets everytime when feeding here or?

[Mentat]

Myself would dust 1 cricket daily for a week; then go back to normal dusting schedule .

[rikkitiger]

Looks good! Thanks for being prompt in my questions and hope she gets better! Good call on the quarentine, remember to keep us updated! Thanks

[dmallia]

She is recovering very well. This morning when I woke up I saw here jumping and than walked up a plastic plant though here "finger" still seems to be bent.

[Mentat]

She is recovering very well. This morning when I woke up I saw here jumping and than walked up a plastic plant though here "finger" still seems to be bent.

Glad your frog is doing good. She will overcome the bent toe and adapt to live with it .

[dmallia]

She seems to have recovered very well. Today she made a whole day jumping and stick to the walls of the quarantine tank. even the finger seems to be straighten a bit

[aegillesp]

I just saw your post. It reminded me of when Laputa broke her leg while she was very ill. I went to the vet and got an x-ray and he said the only thing I could do was play a waiting game and to keep her at minimal movement so she was in the smallest cricket keeper I could find until her leg looked better. Eventually after about a week she was back to her normal hoppy sick self. Time and minimal movement was the only thing I could do for her.

Glad your AGTF is doing better! They are so adorable!