Moving my injured clawed frog?

[Gemma]

How big is the container you've got him in? I know it's shallow until he gets better. If a normal gravel vacuum is going to create too much disturbance then you could use airline/airhose tubing and make sure not to touch him with it. You could always siphon the replacement water back into his container with it as well to minimise disturbance. It might take a while though.

[mintyfresh]

It's a long tupperware container, just a few inches shy of the length and width of a ten-gallon tank. I don't actually have a gravel vacuum...I have airline tubing, but it's for a bubbler. Is there any way I could use it to siphon the water out?

[Gemma]

Airline for a bubbler is fine. Just fill it with water from the tap, put your thumbs over both ends of the tube to trap all the water inside, and then bring it to your container and hold one end in the container and one end in a bucket that's lower than the container. When you then release your thumbs from both ends, the water will start flowing into the bucket.

[mintyfresh]

Thank you so much, that worked perfectly! There was almost no disturbance and he seemed quite content with the situation.

And on a related note, is it odd I find that siphoning effect awesome?

[mintyfresh]

Also, his legs are looking rather thin and emaciated...is this because of the fact that he hasn't eaten in a while, or is there another reason?

[Gemma]

How long has he gone without food? Could you post a picture?