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Well, on the bi-weekly examination, one of my WTF's who I suspect to be female has some injuries on it/her. It is missing at least one toe on the rear left, has a wound on..hmm.. the top of its bottom? Down by where the hips are, and has another wound on another foot. I am not sure what to do except quarantine it/her until the injuries heal, but I'm not entirely sure what caused them in the first place. For that matter, I have read varying things on how to treat topical wounds- with hydrogen peroxide, with betadine, etc. I cannot afford to take my poor froggy to the vet right now, too many other stupid money emergencies this year so far. Please, help me help my poor froggy (Athos) to get better!

I have four WTF's of medium-small size in a 40g tank, though lately they have all taken to trying to hide in one hidey together, so i thought maybe they are having some sort of room dispute, so today i bought two more hideys.

I really don't think the frogs are causing the injuries to each other, even if fighting for space. Keep an eye on the wound, make sure you don't leave crickets in there during the day, because crickets can and will chew your frog up. It's gruesome what my vet told me crickets are able to do. If the hidey is on the bottom of your tank, than I wouldn't rule out crickets. Keep a close eye on your other frogs, maybe check them every week, to make sure no one else is showing these signs. Herps will just sit there and let the crix eat them, like they don't really notice it, and maybe they don't. Crix have four different mouth parts to help them eat! Don't start treating your frog until you can know for sure what is causing the wounds, it could stress her out more and could harm her more than do any good. Keep an eye out though, if its getting worse and there are no crix in the sick tank, than you probably will have to make a trip to the vets. good luck with your froggie!
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I think my frog owns a megaphone....

Yah, it sounds like cricket bites to me as well. I always make sure to keep a big chunk of apple or something in my frog tank for the crickets to feast on. They leave awful bites, my one girl Mia is badly scarred from a cricket.

I would not use hydrogen peroxide on my frog. That's likely to really dry it out. I don't know but it just seems like a bad idea to me. I've never treated crickets wounds with anything (cause I figure they don't get it in the wild), I just kept the wounds really clean and checked them often for infection. They took about a week to heal.

In regards to space . .the White's are generally not aggressive, however, you may want to look at a larger enclosure. Many consider the rule of thumb to be 20 gallons for one White's and an additional 10 gallons for every other one. I know that's only 50 gallons (just ten different), but with the White's bigger is better. They can really move around and get big. My four are turning into monsters (I have them housed in a 72 gallon and even that can seem small), two of them are almost scary large.

Anyways, good luck! If the wounds don't start to heal in a week you may need to fork out funds and see the vet. In the meantime, don't forget to leave something in the tank for the crickets to eat.

The best thing for wounds is antibiotic ointment; dab a tiny amount on the wound with a q-tip. It will stick to the frog even if it goes in the water and serves as a kind of poltice to keep dirt out of the wound until it closes. I have used it on my WTF with no ill effects, just use a SMALL amount and you should have no problems.