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Hi, all.

This morning, I noticed that one of my two D. azureus froglets was missing two of its front left toes. I'm not sure how this happened exactly, but I suspect the other one bit them off.

Does this sound like a reasonable guess? If so, I should probably separate them. It probably also implies a same-sex pair, doesn't it? Will the toes regenerate?

I'm keeping them, for the time being, in a medium-sized critter keeper, with a moist paper-towel substrate, pothos clippings, and a small hidebox.

Thanks for your advice; I feel absolutely awful for letting this happen to my frog.

-John

Nothing in there implies you have a same sex pair. If they were the same sex they would be fighting since they aren't sexually mature. most likely it had poor blood flow to the toes or a similar physical ailment. Dendros don't bite they just lick up bugs so I doubt the other one did.

Thanks for your quick response.

Do you have any suggestions on what to do now? If this is, indeed, a physical ailment, what steps can I take to treat it, especially in an animal this small?

-John

although it is not common, I have witnessed biting in dendrobates......Alanis tincs to be precise, but no removal of digits.......anyway, I doubt that this is case here.....a more likely possibility is that the toes were bitten off during the tadpole stage, unless of course they were raised individually

there isn't much you can do at this stage.....does the wound site look like it is open to infection? If not, I wouldn't bother doing anything......

Rich

PS/ these animals do mot possess a regenerative capacity

>>Thanks for your quick response.
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>>Do you have any suggestions on what to do now? If this is, indeed, a physical ailment, what steps can I take to treat it, especially in an animal this small?
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>>-John

Thanks for your response.

I'm sure the frog had all of its toes when I bought it. I took it back to the store for observation. I'll keep you all posted on its status.

-John

Don't over react lots of animals loose toes and have no problem it fell off because it had no blood flow this really can't be prevented.