Ran into an Issue, Any Help Appreciated

[nmcgowan]

I wish I could post with more positive news. I joined this forum a while back and up until now I've not had to post much because things were going smoothly with my Pacman frog.

Some information:

- He is around 5-6 years old and my fiancé and I had had him for around 5 of those 5-6 years (local pet store was not sure how old he was when we got him, they said he had been sitting in the store for about 6 months)

- We started him in a 5 gallon tank, we upgraded him to a ten gallon around a year ago

- He is about 3 inches in diameter and has been that size for a while so we are thinking it's a male. He has croaked when I've tried to move him in the past as well

- lighting/temp/humidity: white heat light during the day and red heat light at night, 12 hour light cycle. The tank never reaches over 85 degrees Fahrenheit. Humidity rarel reaches over 80%. We mist in there whenever we can

-Substrate and decorations: coco coir changed about every 2-3 weeks. Poo taken out as necessary. One water dish always filled with new water everyday, a couple fake hanging plants and a tiki head.

-Diet: He eats about 20-30 Large gutloaded crickets a week. Calcium supplements used every two to three feedings

The problem: today my fiancé and I decided to dig him out of his hole. He had been in there for about four days and I just wanted to check on him. Good thing I did. Our frog's back right leg appears to be fused. All other limbs are working properly and he does manage to hop around. He is still eating normally. I decided to run him a warm bath just so I could see the leg better as we was covered with dirt. It's very hard to describe this, I will try to link pictures soon. He cannot extend he leg at all. I tried rubbing it while he was in the bath and the skin refuses to budge it literally looks like it's been fused together. I noticed there were some raw red/pink spots on it as well and it is swollen.

We we will be taking him to our exotics vet tomorrow, the vet is very good and has 30 years experience and has seen our frog in the past for normal checkup. I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea as to why this is happening and if there's anything I can do for him at home currently. Like I said he does not appear to be lethargic and he is acting as normal as a pacman frog can I guess. Any help would be appreciated. I hope to be able to post pics but I don't want to bother him anymore than I already have. I'm away from home currently and if he has burrowed himself by the time I get back I won't bother him. I hope my description is enough.

UPDATE: I just returned home and he has dug himself a new burrow. I grabbed him 12 crickets in the way home and dusted them just in case and he has already eaten four of them on his own. He really doesn't appear to be "Ill" by any means. I don't want to dig him up and bother him again so no pics for now. If people need more of a description I can try my best. We will still be taking him to the vet tomorrow maybe I can get some pics then. In the meantime any advice is still appreciated.