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Has anyone ever experienced toads having cancer or a similar disease? I had a toad that had mysteriously broke his arm and it was sticking through the skin. He got an infection in the bone and despite medication and treatment he died. Well i work in a vet clinic and we did a necropsy on him today and his liver was covered in yellow nodules, very similar to liver cancer. I was just wondering if any one had ever had toads or knew of toads getting cancer. I lost one last year that had a tumor on her foot and it spread quikly and made her very sick. I believe she was old when i bought her, since she already had the tumor and was very large and used to being handled. Their syptoms are very similar, so I am just looking out for the future of my other toads.

Thanks
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~Crissy
3 Female African Clawed Frogs: Nemo, Casper, Pebbles
2 Male African Clawed Frogs: Amtrak, One-Eyed Jack
3 African Toads: Fiona, Shrek, Pickles
1 Pac Man Frog: Freddie
1 Ragdoll cat: Carman

I highly recommend your vet getting the Amphibian Medicine and Captive Husbandry book. There is a review of hepatic neoplasms on page 370. Unfortunately the literature is a little above my head for me to be able to translate it for you.
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Thanks for the info. It sounds like that book will help. I just have one question. Do you know of a plac or web site that I can get that book cheaper than $150? All the websites I've checked have the book for $150.

Thanks
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~Crissy
3 Female African Clawed Frogs: Nemo, Casper, Pebbles
2 Male African Clawed Frogs: Amtrak, One-Eyed Jack
3 African Toads: Fiona, Shrek, Pickles
1 Pac Man Frog: Freddie
1 Ragdoll cat: Carman

It is an expensive book, but you can get it for $125 at the link. It's definitely worth it.
click here for the link...

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"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully."
Governor George W. Bush, Jr.

"Sometimes I think the surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us."
Calvin and Hobbes (Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink', 1991)