I think my frog broke her leg...

[aegillesp]

I haven't heard back yet on the poo sample. She poo'd in her water last night. It was very... "Grainy" looking as far as what was floating all over the water. I really think the vitamin and calcium additives in her water are helping. She puts up such a fight now when I try to hand feed her. I have these beetles I get with the crickets I order. Can I try to feed those to her?

[flybyferns]

I haven't heard back yet on the poo sample. She poo'd in her water last night. It was very... "Grainy" looking as far as what was floating all over the water. I really think the vitamin and calcium additives in her water are helping. She puts up such a fight now when I try to hand feed her. I have these beetles I get with the crickets I order. Can I try to feed those to her?

Sounds like she is doing better
Great to hear.
What beetles ?

[aegillesp]

Sorry Lynn, I got side tracked and didn't answer. They are black larvae beetles. I believe they turn into the worms that are supposed to eat my crickets poo. They have hard shells so I will assume no, I don't need her to have digestion problems.

So I figured an update would be great since Laputa is doing sooo good!

I haven't gotten a call back from the vet about the poo, so I will just assume no news is good news. Last week some time I think around saturday or sunday(?) I saw her eat her own cricket so I left her alone for a few days only to change her water but after that she just wouldn't eat, I left the crickets in there but the same amount stayed. I did continue to switch off her water from calcium to multi-vitamin additives, I really think they help her. I force fed her some reptiboost yesterday morning and I put 4 crickets in there before I went to bed at 1 am this morning, and all 4 were gone! I watched her eat 1 since I threw it infront of her, made me happy, she did a BIG poo too last night so I think her digestive system is good to go. She seems to be moving around OK so I put her in a slightly bigger hospital tank, she keeps laying on the floor usually half on her side or squished up between the corner and the water bowl I have in there. I made an appointment for next wednesday just to make sure her leg is healing perfectly, I don't see the bulge from her bone anymore when she walks and she seems to be able to keep her leg up, so maybe in a few weeks she'll be able to move into her new tank! I've been so anxious to get her into her new 18x18x24 tank with PLENTY of hiding spaces. Petsmart had a tropical 8 piece set on clearance from $40 down to $10.
Thats all the good news for now! Thank you everyone for all your help!

[Mentat]

Great news, hope Laputa fully recovers soon !

[aegillesp]

Just out of curiosity... My lil' Laputa must be getting better because this is the second night I've held her, just letting her sit on my fingers or palm and she keeps spitting water out her butt at me! I've never seen her do this in the 4 months I've had her... does she suck up water just so she can shoot it at me when I hold her/feed her?

[Mentat]

Just out of curiosity... My lil' Laputa must be getting better because this is the second night I've held her, just letting her sit on my fingers or palm and she keeps spitting water out her butt at me! ...

Would avoid "holding" frog unless last resource to feed her. Peeing in your hand is normally a fear/defense response and it will stress frog .

[aegillesp]

I know it's only been 2 days, but I'm super excited at how much better she is getting! She is eating 4-5 crickets A NIGHT now, all on her own and poo'ing everyday! She's much MUCH more active than she has been in the last 3 months! I have an appointment scheduled for Wednesday to make sure her leg is doing good, and hopefully she'll get a FULL clean bill of health and I can let her loose in her new 18x18x24" home. Althought, something odd that I've found is that she refuses to jump out of her hospital tank when I have the lid off... maybe she likes the hospital tank?