I just took in a "fantasy frog" who definitely has some health issues. Just got "her" today... and I just found out the vet I always took my reptiles to when I had them in the city- isn't there anymore!
1- She doesn't seem to really be able to move her front legs.
2- When I was inspecting her, she seemed to have what looked like a white worm burrow into one of her hind legs.
I want to get her to a vet, but the few I called told me they don't do reptiles and were overall useless.
I had picked up a mite spray- but I just realized (of course I read everything before I use it) that it's only for reptiles, NOT amphibians. I've been told ivermectrin (sp?) could be used, I use that for my horse, however, that's more for internal parasites, and I'm not sure what the deal was with the worm. I rinsed her off with non-choranated water (warmed), and I couldn't find any sign of the worm- so either it did borrow back into her leg, or it was rinsed off. I'm not sure which one... and I wish I did.
I was thinking her inability to really move her legs may be first stages of metabolic bone disease? I picked up Rep-Cal, the Phosphorus-Free Calcium powder with D3, and with any other rep I'd mix it together and give a small dose in an oral syringe just for a head start. I don't think she was given proper lighting or vitamins at all. I have the gut load for the crickets I intend on feeding, and I have some wax worms as well. I don't know how well she'd do catching crickets, and while I know wax worms are empty calories and almost pure fat, I figure it may perk her up a little (not sure the last time she ate) I can dust them, and she's fairly underweight after she peed when I was checking her out-
Any ideas? Either for a vet, or treatment if nobody knows a good herp vet? She's quite lovely...