HELP PLEASE! My albino african clawed frog escaped
my albino african clawed frog escaped yesterday & when i finally found him he was covered in dog hair. im not sure how long he had been out of his tank. i immediately put him back in his tank & when i awoke this mornin he was swollen all over his body & what seem to be skin saggin on his belly. it doesnt look like it normally does when he sheds his skin. i have pictures & im tryin to figure out how to post them now. any advice will be greatly appreciated. thank you
Pictures of sick AACF
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Re: Pictures of sick AACF
I merged your threads together so the responses would be easier to track for you.
ACF bodies dehydrate very quickly outside of the tank and it is usually recommended for an escapee to be put in a shallow container right off the bat unless it has been out for just a moment.
The shredding is normal - the drop, floor, debris etc are very irritating to the frog's skin so they shade to remove them and heal.
Keep your eye on him. If he has any other struggles then lower the water level so that the frog is just barely submersed.
I do recommend a substrate change - the colored stones are easily bite size and could cause a significant amount of damage, pain and death because they are too large to be passed.
72 Gallon Bow - ACF and GF tank.
26 Gallon Bow - ACF tank.
20 Gallon Long - ACF tank.
"If there were an invisible cat in that chair, the chair would look empty. But the chair does look empty; therefore there is an invisible cat in it." C.S. Lewis, Four Loves, 1958
Re: Pictures of sick AACF
thank you for you're quick reply. is the bloating normal? he's usually not that puffy.
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