Help with Ornate spine issue

[Marisa]

I will probably take it to get put down at the vet, but I can't imagine how a vet would save this frog....you can't cut off the two portions of bone that are now so overgrown they are pushing out?

He is having a hard time moving around with those, unless they are gone I am not sure how he will move fast enough to catch food etc.

[Kurt]

All I am saying, is don't give up hope until a vet sees it. Who knows? Maybe it can be saved.

[SethD]

It looks like he has a crooked hips. Part of the enlarging hip bone appears to be the additional "bump" that is showing up now. Deformities like this occur from time to time in tadpoles but breeders usually cull them if they are noticed. Normally the tadpole will have a visibly crooked tail near the base and when they morph they will also have a crooked back or hips. Sometimes the froglets will do ok and just look a little odd but most of the time they will fail to thrive and die eventually. I doubt there is much you can do and in this case from what you describe and what I can see I would agree with your assessment that the frog should probably be put down.

[Marisa]

Thanks for everyones ideas and thoughts. This frog was dead this morning when I checked on it. Considering he never got larger then a water bottle cap, I think it was just not meant to be.

[John]

Sorry for your loss Marisa .

[Kurt]

So sorry.

[Jace]

Very sorry to hear.