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    hello! we're new here and joined specifically to get a few outsiders opinions on our situation. last monday, my husband accidentally cut an eastern grey tree frog out of an oak limb in which she had made her home (80 FEET up in the air! so cool!). Pretty neat for us - being an armature frog nerd from the west coast, id been wanting to see one for years; he was immediately interested when i told him about them - pretty not neat for her, in that when the chain cut through the branch, it also cut through her leg. he found her on the ground with the bottom of her left leg removed at the knee. fast forward a couple to thursday, when we introduced her to her new enclosure... tall, large branch for climbing, live moss substrate, little pool, great ventilation... not my ideal, but it'll do for the mo'. anyway, after moving her in, we noticed an increased level of lethargy. she slept in one spot for a day and a half, not even waking at night. we took her out this evening to treat her wound. its definitely clean and shows no sign of infection (regular application of neosporin - non painkiller, of course). when out of the terrarium, her movements seem strong and deliberate. she also seems to be eating her crickets (signs of deification on the walls). basically, we were wondering, well, should we be worried about her behavior at this point? the nocturnal non-action kind of freaks me out... please help?
    thanks anyone!

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    Hi there! First off, good for you for helping this little frog along after what sounds like an extremely lucky encounter with a chainsaw? I call this luck for not being completely splattered.

    Unfortunately I can't give any advice on the healing process or treatment as I have really no experience with it. But I do want to say that it's not unusual for healthy Grays to stay in the same spot for extended periods of time. If food comes to you, why bother getting up of the couch when any movement could get you noticed by something capable of eating you?

    Another common behavior is to return to the exact same location after a nightly romp- I've found 'wild' grays returning to and spending all their daylight hours in the exact same spot for weeks at a time, so this isn't necessarily indication that she hasn't moved at all (unless you stayed up at night to observe her). If feces is appearing in the cage, and crickets are disappearing, that's really the most important thing.

    Are you planning to keep this frog long term or release it after the wound has cleaned over?

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