worst nightmare BROKEN BONE/SHARP POINT FROM SIDE

[roger5164]

like what Thevacantface said "
Provide a photo of the problem, easier to diagnose" but i actually think its something he/she ate,it doesn't move right??,its might be a piece of stick or something else,and can you tell me what substrate do you use???

[Thevacantface]

If it's the frog's left side, then it's the stomach. My guess, based on the link you provided is that the frog ate something that was sharp or hard that poked through the stomach and is now trying to migrate out through the skin. Meal worms and super worm both provide a high risk of this due to their hard somewhat sharp exoskeletons, as to fully mature crickets if the frog is very young.

[Hypnofrog]

If it pokes through is she capable of healing? I have neosporin (without numbing) ready to prevent infection and added a drop of honey to her bath when I changed the water. She left the water bowl sometime today and burrowed, she's puffed up from soaking so I can't see it anymore, still responsive. She left two half pea sized greyish poos in the waterdish (no food for a while, comes out clearer).
Here is an image of her from this afternoon. I will check again in a few hours.
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She had eaten a couple superworms over the week while waiting for new crickets, her substrate is cocofiber and before that it was papertowel, there was a spoon or two of cocofiber in one corner but she didn't use it. I haven't touched it again but it did feel fairly immovable other than shifting with her position a little.

[Bynny Ribbit]

How is she doing? As others have mentioned, it is likely to be a foreign body. It'd hard to say what it could possibly be, sometimes there are long strands of fiber in coconut husk, but they are very flexible, so I doubt they would have enough strength to stick out as you describe (though in the comparative thread you linked, it did turn out the frog had swallowed coconut fiber, so it is still likely). I'm sort of doubting the superworms as you say it's a sharp point, which sort of leaves us scratching our head for possibilities.

Has the point migrated at all since? How thick does the object look? How is her behavior? I'm struggling to think of ways to repair this as a vet is not a viable option and the only sure thing I can think of (removal) seems too risky to do, but it may be the only option if it persists. I'm simply not sure of the outcome and how to progress from that point, either. Perhaps someone with more experience can help. I'm terribly sorry this happened to your girl.

The only other thing I can think of is to try to feed her soft things (nightcrawlers) to try to pad the object and move it through, but there are a series of factors which can complicate this idea. If others want to weigh in on the feasibility of this, it would be much appreciated.

[Hypnofrog]

Thanks for the reply I'm still worried but she seems to be doing much better!

The object never punctured through and left no bruising, it must still be in there but has shifted or is being digested. She's no longer showing signs of discomfort or having noticeable trouble moving.
Due to her puffing up defensively and hiding I wasn't able to get another good look before the point had disappeared, she moved to the water dish on her own each day and I added a drop of honey once. She had another small greyish poo, maybe bits of the object are slowly passing through? She's been very active the last couple of days, digging two burrows hunting and soaking, I did feed her a small slightly soft dubia roach with plenty of CA powder and she chased the thing down (her first roach and much needed supplements), she will not take nightcrawlers even cut up but crunched the dubia thoroughly, actually chewed on it a little. I'll have small crickets available soon but will wait to see how she passes everything before offering anything else. Actually her eating the dubia gives me hope she might be opening up to new foods but she was also extremely hungry.

While changing her water I found a superworm pupa squeezed under the dish, I must have missed the worm when cleaning but if there was one there could have been another, they're soft bodied but have sharp pointed tails and chitinous legs, maybe that paired with a mouthful of coco fiber was enough to do it?


I don't know if this works for frogs but has anyone tried a soft bodied bug with s little mineral oil before? I did that for my leopard gecko once but I'm not about to experiment.


Again still really worried, this frog has had a truly terrible time and multiple problems and stresses throughout the last few months, but still she's showing signs of improvement so I think there's hope..
I've found someone who will trade me hundreds of new born crickets for some dubias so I won't run out or have to rely on the petstore again, long as she just pulls through!