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My african clawed frogs seem to have small white strands on there sides. Has anyone encountered this before?

Mhm. It's got a fungal infection. This happened to my Cuban Tree Frog. he healed from it but in the end he passed away due to another ailment.

Go to your local pharmacy. Get a bottle of mercuroclear. (it used to be called mercurochrome, but an ingredient was potentially harmful so it was removed and the name changed). Let your froggy soak in I believe a 3% solution of the mercuroclear. Do this once or twice a day until it starts to clear. There will be a funny colour, but don't be alarmed. It may even look like blood- it's just the medicine.

Also, I had never heard of anyone doing this, but I was so desperate for my frog that I tried this. I went to the store and got a bottle of Fungi-stop (mostly for fish)... It's a red and yellow label. I applied a drop onto the affected area twice a day... He healed very nicely with the combination. If worse comes to worse dab a little of the mercuroclear onto the area with a small paintbrush.

A little but of the fungi-stop in the water wouldn't hurt either.

As I said this is just my experience, and this was a large frog, so you may want to do a little more research into a cure.

Hope this helps, good luck.

I'd try Maroxy for fish at your local petstore first. But keep the number of the local vet that can take herps.