Quote Originally Posted by reptileszz View Post
Hi all, I had been trying and trying to get Al the albino clawed frog to eat and he was eating maybe one piece of chopped earthworm every other day while Norm eats a ton and is 3 times as big.

This morning I found Al dead. He had been having some redness in various parts of him over the last couple of days and it was not "evenly distributed" anymore like it had been. I had attributed this redness to his albinism and that I could see the veins. I did take a couple of pics of him (dead) and wonder if I could post them here so someone could give me some insight as to what happened. I dont want to just post pictures of a dead frog as I dont want to be rude or disturbing to anyone. I could post a link to them if I put them somewhere else I guess.

Thank you.
Carole

PS The other normal frog seems just fine and is growing like a weed.
Hmm that sucks. I'm not sure what lead to the death, would need more information. A water quality test kit would like you know if there are bad conditions. The water conditions may be poor and the other frog just may be 'tougher' and carrying on.

Albino veins are usually very red and pronounced but red leg as Jeneste said, is very deady -- and contagious. It's a bacterial infection from bad conditions and compromises the frogs immune system enough to where a opportunistic bacterial infection sets in.

Pictures would not hurt, if it is actually red leg it may be good to know for sure, for the sake of your other frog.