Help!

[irThumper]

Thank you very much. I don't know exactly how he got the sore sadly. The pet store owner purchased him from a reptile show so god knows what exactly happened to him before he got to me. Your info was very helpful, thanks again

You're welcome, glad if I can help! I would see if the store owner will divulge who he purchased the frog from. If he's missing toes it sounds like he might have been kept in with other species, something that nips... lizards of some kind? So with that you don't know exactly what kind of disease or parasites he may be carrying. It's definitely advisable to get him fecal tested, and from the sounds of the sore/wound I'd do a skin swab and have him tested for various other issues as well. This can be done by a vet that does exotics (make sure they are experienced with frogs!) or can be mailed in to a lab. I know there's an addy for the lab that does the skin swabs on here somewhere but can't find it at the moment so hopefully someone else will chime in with that info!

Oh, and a place called Repti-Labs has been recommended here for fecal cultures, but there is contradictory info on their website and no one has returned my email questions as to correct price and address to send the samples to, so caveat emptor ("let the buyer beware").

[Lija]

Oh boy... Would you please post a pic of that sore? How old is a frog?

[elly]

I agree with irThumper in general, except if you can't find a vet specifically experienced with frogs, I think it would be okay to send the fecal test to a general exotic vet. It would be better to find someone experienced, of course, but an inexperienced vet can confer with more experienced ones online. That's what mine did.

[Toasterthefrog]

Unfortunately the little guy passed away the sore looked like it was getting better. Here's what the sore looked like

[irThumper]

So sorry to hear that I notice he had some lime green spots on him too... I've read on here before that those are generally a sign of some kind of bacterial infection. I wouldn't buy anything from that pet store again, the guy scammed this poor sick frog off on you. That's just not right!

[Lija]

So sorry for your loss

[Toasterthefrog]

I've bought from this pet store before, that's where I got my current dumpy frog named toaster. I believe it was the breeder at the reptile shows indescretion that caused the poor little guy to pass.