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Okay, this one's feeling a bit urgent on my end.

The problem is this:
One of my frogs has had a couple little bumps by his hind legs (on his little saist-ish area above where his legs are attached) for maybe a week now. I never thought much of it since they seem to be prone to little changes in their looks now and again. Well, just yesterday I also notices a little canker-sore looking thing on his hind leg. I was a bit worried, but other than the minor spot (maybe 1 cm in width) there didn't look to be any other problems. Just the same, though, I figured I'd err on the side of caution and soak him in a Melafix solution for awhile and see if he didn't heal up a bit overnight.

Well, there my troubles began. Today the wound looks worse, though it looks like it's begun to heal. The big problem is this: his leg looks like it has a huge blister on it that covers half of it's upper length. I tried another Melafix bath with something else I bought from the petstore (part of a little turtle-wafer looking thing) and left him in it for awhile. One of the little lumps on his lower back/waist oozed out some rather thick and creamy (sorry) pus, which I cleaned up. I also took a thin, sterile needle and tapped at the bubble in his leg, and a thinner, watery liquid slowly oozed out. There still looks to be another bubble closer to his waist that I'm nervous about touching since it doesn't look like it could pop comfortably.

I think I got alot of the infectious area cleaned, but it was a long and rather nauseating process, and the poor frog looks like he saw a ghost afterwards; he sat still on his rock in his tank for awhile in an awkward position until he snatched up a cricket. I clean the tank often (in fact, this is a new tank), so it should be a safe environment for him... Still...

...any other help/ideas/solutions?

Last time when I took my frog to a vet, only one of the vets in town would help, and he obviously didn't know what he was doing. I paid $45 for him to less than the internet provided me with, so I'm almost positive that going to the vet wouldn't be at all helpful.

If anyone can add anything, or direct me to a good site, I'd be very appreciative.

Well, I gave him a bath, and some more white stuff came out of his leg. I coaxed it out with my finders and got alot out; that wound seems to finally be drained of that crud.

He doesn't look bad, though. He's not any less active of hungry. Looking at their old tank, I noticed the spot where he generally rested was the spot which inevitably got the dirtiest. I also found out my thermometer seems to be broken, so I'm almost wondering if the conditions lead way to some sort of infection. Since he seems to be improving daily, I'll just keep an eye on him for now, but I would like any input that anyone can throw my way.

I wouldn't worry too much about it...you seem to be doing all you can do. If he is eating, the temps are 85-90 in the day, around 70 at night, with adequate humidity, i don't think it will be a problem. One of my whites in my group had a hideous blister-ish thing on its leg, it has had it for over a year now, with no problems. If what you are doing does not help and it seems to get worse, i would soak him more and keep the temps up in his cage. Sorry I could not be much help. Good luck with your frog!