African Clawed Frog - possibly sick? first time owner - help!

[John]

I would change all of the water immediately and see if she improves. In the mean time hopefully Terry will chime in.

[FrbidenTmptation]

Update: this morning, her hind feet are nearly clamped shut. It also looks like there is increased skin shedding, more concentrated to her lower half.
Thanks for the suggestion, John. I will change all the water today as soon as I'm home from work, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
If anyone has any other information, I really appreciate it.

[Lacibeth]

Update: this morning, her hind feet are nearly clamped shut. It also looks like there is increased skin shedding, more concentrated to her lower half.
Thanks for the suggestion, John. I will change all the water today as soon as I'm home from work, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
If anyone has any other information, I really appreciate it.

If you don't have them, get some of the water quality dip strips on your way home and test the water before changing it. Those strips will give you an idea if you have a nitrogen (nitrate/nitrite) problem or if it's pH related which will help in determining what steps to take.

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[Jenste]

To be honest, the paper test strips are extremely inaccurate - I would recommend a liquid test kit.

Do you filter the tank? Have you changed anything with the decor/substrate or her diet?

What temperature is the tank usually at and how often do you do the water changes, how much do you take out, and what do you treat the water with? (ex, dechlorinator etc)

[FrbidenTmptation]

Thank you - I'll pick up a water testing kit as well to test the nitrite/nitrate/pH levels.
Her diet is the same - we've been doing the TetraMin floating sticks the whole time I've had her.
I usually do a complete water change monthly, and I do not treat the water; I use spring water. I've done this for the last 2 years with no issues thus far. Should I be doing something different here? I was unable to find anything definitive online about this.
The tank is at room temperature, which has been mostly between high 70s, low 80s in RI this summer. We've actually been having a cooler/rainy month so no excessive heat levels lately.
I do not have a filter. There have been no changes whatsoever to decor or anything else in the tank.

[Jenste]

Weekly water changes should be done and the tank should be filtered.

Tap water treated with a dechlorinator is usually better than spring water due to the filtration process and demineralization.

Leaving large amounts of time inbetween water changes means ammonia (frog waste) is left to build up in the water and ammonia is extremely harmful to them. As she has grown, the amount of waste she produces has grown but the volume of the water has not - meaning the ammonia is more concentrated now as she is an adult than when she was a small frog.

Bashing about and hitting the walls and lid indicate water problems - she is trying to escape an unhealthy environment.

I would also look into ReptoMin sticks vs the TetraMin floating sticks - - TetraMin sticks are designed for fish, not amphibians. They may be not meeting her dietary needs fully which may negatively affect her ability to fight off problems - her foot curling could be a result of poor diet mixed with stresses of dirty water.

Where abouts in RI are you from? I also live in RI - North Providence.

[FrbidenTmptation]

Thanks, Jenna - I'll switch to dechlorinated tap water and a filter.
I was wrong about the food name - it is the ReptoMin food sticks.
I'm in East Providence - we're nearly neighbors!