Leg spasms...

[Jace]

The last day or so, I have noticed that one of my brown Fire Belly toads has leg spasms in his right rear leg. It occurs whether he is in the water on on land. I have never experienced this with any of mine before and wonder if I should be concerned? Should I remove and quarantine him?

[Paul Rust]

Do you dust the food. Sounds like the beginnings of calcium deficiency. How is your hand?

[Jace]

I dust both the crickets they get and the once a week mealworms they get. If I take him out and give him one-on-one dusted food, can I reverse the damage??

The hand is good, thanks, Paul. Almost have full mobility in my thumb again-two thumbs up...well, almost!

[Paul Rust]

I thought that you did dust. Might just be a temporary thing. In the mean time check all the basics. Temp, humidity, the usual stuff to double check. Do you use an actual calcium supplement like rep-cal? I hope someone else has an idea.

[Jace]

I use Rep-Cal Ultrafine powder with Vitamin D3 for all my amphibians and geckos. However, I "free feed" them within their set-up, so they may not be getting as much calcium as they need. I will double check everything and remove them from the tank to feed for the next bit just to ensure they are getting enough....

[Kurt]

Are they getting UVB?