VERY severely injured ACF, warning - graphic photos

[SkeletalFrog]

It's hard to see how deep the wound is from that photo - is the dark area we're seeing damaged skin, the underlying muscle layer, or actual contents of the abdominal cavity? If the latter, I'd recommend either surgery to close the wound or euthanasia. If the former two, the current method should be enough, though I might add some antibiotics to the mix as a preventative.

[John]

If this were any other amphibian I would say she's doomed, but Xenopus are like the terminator. I would be surprised if she doesn't live. Fingers crossed.

[Jenste]

Thank you everyone!

Amazingly she is still holding on, but it seems just barely. She is very unresponsive to me being in the tank and only moves a bit if I touch her foot.

The dark center of the wound is actually torn abdominal muscle ...

If you look at the photo, just to the right of the wound you can see a large piece of skin hanging...

She looks like she is going through an awful shedding but it is just falling off her in thick tatters underneath....

I am so worried about infection on top of everything, I am striving to keep her water as clean as can be but she has become so listless I am wondering if she is suffering...

I have never euthanized a frog and am nauseous to contemplate it...but when last year one of my frogs was injured by a snail I was unable to find an amphibian vet even in the nearby states.... they all sounded ok until I mentioned it was an aquatic species and then they told me they don't take in those.

[SkeletalFrog]

My recommendation would be to buy some MS-222 (aka Tricaine or Aquacalm), available at many specialist aquarium stores. If she starts to go downhill further, mix up 1 gram per L of water and add 1.5 grams of baking soda (to counter the acidity of MS-222). That should gently put her to sleep. Clove oil works too, but I've never used it myself.

[flybyferns]

JENNA,
I'm so sorry , It is heart breaking!
I SO hope she will hangs in there !!!!
Is there a vet you could call ?


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