Hello!
I recently got an African clawed frog that was abandoned by a previous owner and given to me by the owner's landlord. I was not given any food for her, or her two tankmates at the time (An African Featherfin catfish and what turned out to be a juvenile Bullhead catfish) I know woefully little about these frogs but I'm trying to give her the best. I am pretty sure she's full grown but I don't know how old she is. Right now I have her in a ten gallon with a Whisper filter, some smaller sand I was told would be small enough for her to pass if she eats it accidentally. She's got a broken flower pot for a hiding place but I sanded the edges down so they weren't sharp. She's got some silk plants and a moss ball too. Her tank is heated to about 74 degrees, but I don't know the conditions she came from. I feed her Repto-Min turtle pellets, two or three every three days and the very occasional worm from my backyard compost pile (I know for a fact that neither we nor my neighbors use herbicides/pesticides so is pulling them from there still a good idea?) I've had her for about three months.
I've noticed she's been getting bigger lately and while it doesn't look like pictures of bloat that I've seen, but I don't know if she was just underfed when I got her and now she's a healthy weight or if she was a healthy weight and is now too big. I also don't know how to fix it. I am having a hard time finding information on Clawed Frogs, more often I found stuff on Dwarf frogs
She also seems to be shedding in large clumps instead of one piece. I've read that that's not good but I don't know how to fix that either.
Vets are tricky, my parents don't believe in spending money on any animal that can be replaced for less than $50 and since I'm hella broke they'd be the ones needing to pay for it.
These pictures were taken of her tonight!
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