Well thank you for your advice, This is really my first time attempting to have nay kind of amphibians what so ever. Now when it came down to getting my cretin frogs that I have in my tank right now I talked to the pet shop before I put them all together. They told me that the fire bellys were fine to put in the tank with my others. In fact, they had their Fire bellys, Bullfrogs, Dwarfs, and water neut (or i think that's what it was) all in the same tank. I have not had anything die in my tank and Ive had it set up for about a month and half now.

I didn't think that the toad could be sick sick, I was just thinking that maybe the kids hurt him when they were playing with him. I have separated him now, and am going to do a full Clean out of my tank (Been needing to do that any ways). This post was really just to attend to my concern regarding his front legs.

The frogs that I have in the tank I caught in the pond when they were polliwogs, so I just assumed that if they were going to react negatively to the Fire Bellys it would have happened by now.

Quote Originally Posted by Kurt View Post
Hi welcome aboard.

First let me say I wouldn't mix multple species in the same enclosure for several reasons. One is toxicity, many amphibians produce skin toxins to protect themselves while at the same time they have porus skin that will easliy absorb toxins. So, housing frogs like fire-bellies or pickerel frogs with other frogs is a recipe for disaster, as they are both seriously toxic. Another reason is animals coming from different locations will be carriers of different pathogens for which they may be imune to, but another frog from somewhere else may not have the same immunity to those pathogens.

Second, the toad you speak sounds very sick to me and by placing him/her into the same enclosure as your other frogs, you may have put them all at risk of catching whatever the toad has. Always quarantine new animals for a minimum of 30 days before introducing them to an established population. To do otherwise is to risk one's animals.

Third, and this has nothing to do with the situation at hand, but to do with forum policy, could you please post your country and location in your profile. It helps us to help you that much better. Thanks.