Metabolic Bone Disease?

[John]

MBD is very difficult to treat. You can supplement the diet but aside from that I don't think there's any way to "fix" deformed bones.

[Aimee]

Well that doesn't sound very promising

How would you recommend I supplement the diet? To recap, I feed them frozen bloodworms 4-5 times per week and brine shrimp or algae waffers about 2 times per week.

I am just starting my first worm farm with red wrigglers. I could try cutting these up, but have heard that many amphibians dislike the smell of chopped wrigglers.

If it turns out this little guy does, in fact, have MBD, I'd like to make sure his tankmates don't become afflicted with it as well.

[John]

I don't know how you'd supplement it aquatically :/. Is your local water hard?

[Aimee]

Yes, very. Very hard. Very alkaline.

On a happy note, he gorged himself on some bloodworms last night...

Haven't been able to locate a vet nearby that does herps so I'm still looking...apparently I live in dog/cat country.

[John]

If he's in hard water all the time, he's getting calcium from that. I doubt it's MBD.

[Tom Highum]

Hmm this might help
http://www.frogforum.net/general-dis...list-vets.html

[Aimee]

Just an update...

I found a vet that treats amphibians but it turns out the tests and x-rays are going to cost me (way) more than I can afford .

I have not seen him eat in several days. Even when I drop the food right infront of his face, he shows no interest. Additionally, I have witnessed the other frogs bullying him on more than one occasion. He is becoming quite thin...

Today I separated him from his larger tankmates so that I can keep a closer eye on him. I am a little worried about regulating the temp of the smaller container (the mother tank has a heater to keep the water at 76 degrees). I have put his container next to the warm side of my gecko tank in the hopes that it will keep his water from becoming too cool at night...

I am hoping that by separating him into a smaller container without the aggression of the other frogs, he'll be comfortable enough to be coaxed into eating. If I still can't get him to eat, I am really unsure of what I should do next.

It's just so strange that the problem occured after several months without issue. I am now starting to think that perhaps his disjointed knees are the result of aggression from the other frogs.

If anyone has any suggestions on what else I can do to help him (I'm relatively sure it's a him), I would welcome your feedback.

Regards,
Aimee