Female American Toad - amputated leg

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

What you're doing so far sounds pretty good, but in order for her to survive, she has to be taken to a vet. There are many exotic vets, and you can try to find some in your area. If you can't find one, these lists may be helpful, as even if they can't find you one, they are in contact with vets who may be able to help: http://www.herpvetconnection.com/ http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Reptile-Vets/ http://www.anapsid.org/vets/. Here are a few care-sheets on American toads: http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Frog...ding-And-Care/ http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatre.../#.VzHrmpXmrIU http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/natu...-fowlers-toad/ And for that last one, they have very similar care to the Fowler's toad as well.

I can answer a couple more of your questions as well. Toads (And almost any reptile and amphibian) are loners in nature, and prefer to be alone. (That being said, there are some exceptions, Fire-bellied toads seem to thrive best in a colony, and so do Green anoles, at least to my knowledge) What I would do, is by an appropriately sized enclosure, and make sure that the toad you already have will survive and then consider getting a second. If you do one day, make sure you quarantine them, for at least a period of a month, but you can do it longer. This makes sure that if the newcomer is sick, he/she doesn't spread illness on your original toad. It would be better for you to keep it than release back into the wild, because she (Or he) will have a handicap that will affect her when hunting, fleeing a predator, breeding, ect. (And I say breeding because she'll need her limb to swim correctly to find a place to lay her eggs in the breeding season) The tissue should heal correctly, it's just really a matter of making sure that it doesn't get infected, which is what seems to do the most damage to the animal. Put some Neosporin WITHOUT PAINKILLER on the wound, (I say without painkiller because painkillers are toxic to amphibians, so much so that people will use it when humanely euthanizing one) and make sure her environment stays clean. Until it heals, provide paper towels (Without dyes, you probably know the reason by now) for her substrate, provide many hides for her to go under (Logs, coconut hides, ect. She needs to hide so she doesn't get stressed, enough stress can kill her, and on top of that, she probably views humans as a giant predator, so she'll need a place to hide away from the "big scary monster") and provide a shallow soaking dish. (One where she can climb in and out of, and not drown) Major parts of her staple diet should be Canadian night-crawlers, (Found at Walmart and most fishing stores, they're the big lobe worms. Not the red-wigglers/compost worms, as most animals don't eat them as they secret a noxious yellow fluid that tastes bad to other animals) dusted crickets, and (as gross as this might sound) dubia roaches. Also, it may help if you upload photos on here so we can see how bad the injury really is. You'll have to use an external image hosting site though, as frog forum was hacked recently and the photo uploader doesn't work anymore. (Don't worry, we have mods working on the problem, at least to my knowledge. Here's a few links to some image hosting sites: http://imgur.com/ http://s76.photobucket.com/)


And if you need anything else care-wise, we're always here to help! I really hope your little one gets better soon!