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    Default I think my little green tree frogs leg is broken. What do I do?

    I have had my little guy since September 18 2014. He was the second frog of the three to be purchased. He is a bit of a daredevil and tries to jump onto the ceiling of the terrarium and almost always fails; but for the past 3 days he hasn't moved from this one spot on the glass. He is usually very active both in the night and the morning. I have not seen him eat. I don't see any new fecal matter from him and the way he holds his leg is kind of limp. He has also stopped chirping. I have looked into vets around my location and the majority of them do not handle amphibians. There is the one the pet store uses but they do not care for green tree frogs. I am unsure as to what my next step should be. I'm worried for the little guy. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

    *Edit the terrarium has been changed up a little bit I will post a newer picture also his name is Wesley Wyndam Pryce*

    *Second edit. It is his left leg.*
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    Default Re: I think my little green tree frogs leg is broken. What do I do?

    Welcome to FF! Sorry to hear your little guy may be injured He looks healthy, otherwise, and is very beautiful! Were these pics taken after you noticed the possible injury or before?
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    I took these roughly half an hour ago. He is not holding his leg as close to his body as usual and He would never ever sit still in my hand before. Hence why my new album has very few images of him. He never leaves that terrarium *except for cleaning* He is way too fast and jumpy for that. Makes me sad seeing him not up to his usual antics.

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    Default Re: I think my little green tree frogs leg is broken. What do I do?

    Welcome to the forums, sorry the frog is not well

    I'm not an expert on tree frog ID, but it doesn't look like AGTF to me... Or may be he just changed his color because he is not well.. Anyone has any input?

    anyhow. It doesn't look broken, but something is def. going on. Poor guy. I'd start with with testing for parasites. If he doesn't poop, I'd test poop from the other guys, whatever one has everybody in a same tank will have. The vet don't need to be amphibian specialist, you can ask to send a sample to a lab, but if vet is ok with reptiles he can test it himself.
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    Default Re: I think my little green tree frogs leg is broken. What do I do?

    He has never been green. He has always been this colour, he also does not change colour often; if ever. I think he's not pooping because he isn't eating due to him staying in that one spot. Not jumping around like normal.

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