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Hello,
I just have a few questions

What is redleg?

what does it look like?

how is it stopped?

thanks

I've had experience with this often fatal disease this past year, and it is not fun. Redleg is a bacterial disease that often results in the blood vessles on the legs, abdomen, or other areas bursting or breaking, resulting in the infamous red look we so often see on animals with red leg. It can result from over stressing of the amphibian, a cage that is not kept clean, and other stressors. It is often fatal and is not easily treated to a cure. Very few frogs or amphibians survive this. I had a pacman frog die from this, and his cage was cleaned every day, so I am not sure what happened. A lot of times, just before they die, they will bloat up and may have seizures. I did not want my pacman to go through this, so I ended up having him put to sleep.

hello,

redleg cannot be stopped, there is no known cure for true redleg. if your frog has it, it is fatal. humane euthanasian is better then a slow, painful death.

for a slide show on the progression of redleg see this website. i am warning you, it is GRAPHIC and not for the weak stomach.

www.xenopuszoo.50megs.com

rachel
In Depth Information on Common Aquatic Frogs

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4.3 African Clawed Frog
2.1 Calfornia Newt
0.1 Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
1.1 Tokay Gecko
0.1 Veiled Chameleon
0.1 Albino Argentine Horned Toad

The problem with red leg is that the death can result in hours once symptoms become apparent. This however is variable depending on the strain and/or species of bacteria infecting the amphibian. Survivial depends on getting effective antibiotics into the amphibian at theraputic levels. This can be difficult to do without access to a vet.

The most common causes of redleg (aeromonad and pseudomonad bacteria) are always present in the sort of enviroment we keep our frogs so if the cages are not kept clean and/or the frogs are stressed then there is a higher risk of infections and fatalities.

Ed

a product called Koizyme, contains a natural bacteria that "eats" the bacterias that cause redleg. you can order it here www.xenopus.com. i currently use this product with my Xenopus and when i kept Xenopus borealis and Silurana app. i used it with them as well. good stuff! prevention is always the best cure.

rachel
In Depth Information On Common Aquatic Frogs

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4.3 African Clawed Frog
2.1 Calfornia Newt
0.1 Leucistic Texas Ratsnake
1.1 Tokay Gecko
0.1 Veiled Chameleon
0.1 Albino Argentine Horned Toad