Thank you to all that replied to my thread! I really want you all to know that I really appreciate you taking the time and sharing your expertise with me !! I guess what confuses me is that she was fine an hour before that. She has showed no symptoms of stress. She had been climbing about, eating very well, pooping VERY well. Showing no weight loss, colors were great. I did however find the puncture wound as bothersome as intriguing ( now that I have 'mourned').It was time to problem-solve. I did find that when I removed the Exoterra vines that there were at least two sharp wires, that apparently I had overlooked when adding to the vivarium. My daughter concurred that they were very possibly the culprit for the puncture wound on the throat? So now I don't know if I feel better or worse? I feel my negligence as far as her "unsafe surroundings' are concerned. What was hard to represent in the pics is that her skin looked torn, the skin did not look ulcerated or necrotic in person, which is poorly represented in the pics. It's as though she was in a sitting position and opened like a pocket knife ( or hyper-extended positionally)and the skin tore. The edges of the skin were clean and sharp. I have broke down the viv and are watching all the Red-Eyed Leaf Frog like a hawk.
I did notice about 4 days ago,that one of the Juvi Red-Eyed Leaf Frog had a rectal prolapse, (had never seen on an amphibian before, just rectal and uterine prolapse on humans) but it looked exactly the same. I immediately removed him. Thinking it was a dietary thing causing the prolapse, I made a concoction of crushed Hydei and Repashy and attempted feed w/ a 1 cc syringe, I was afraid I was going to stress him out(trying to open his mouth) I stopped.
It lasted about 10 minutes, it retracted on it's own and showed no further symptoms.... although based on what I've read it doesn't sound like I'm in the clear yet. Based on my reading (thinking it was a 'dietary thing') I have watched the Juvis at night, and watched one leap at a 1/4" (Repashy Supervite powdered) crix 2x and missed the crix! The crix then got away,so I put some new some are 1/8" into a clear glass (margarita shaped) so the crix could not escape, trying to make it as simple as possible for a 'kill'. I didn't want to stress it out watching, but noted the next morning there was poop in the glass and several (most) were gone!! It just dawned on me that I should have posted this under rectal prolapse....So I guess I'm dealing with all these mysteries and tribulations, all at once (too close together for my well being and THEIRS)!!!