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hi there!

i was recently given an albino woodhouse toad because it is ill. the little guy lists to the left side and looks a little bit bloated. his left arm is ever so slightly swolen than the other one. at the store i noticed that there was a little bit of shedded skin stuck around his left hand which i gently teased of with mists of water and my fingernails.

the little guy is alert and spunky, but all the times iv looked at him in the store there were loose pinhead crickets in his cage. i saw him eat with gusto last weekend.

i have him housed in a little tank (with coverd sides) placed in a larger tank heated to about 85 degrees. he has dirt, a fake plant for a hide, and a shallow water dish.

the guy there reccomended treatment using Furacyn, a general fish antibiotic commonly sold as Bifuran. i havnt used it yet, and im not going to try to feed him for a while.

i have had toads and frogs as pets for many, many years. i had a pac man frog for fourteen years, and iv had my whites for five years. one iv had for nine.

any input or suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
thanks!
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if wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets

Sounds like you are doing a great job. I would consider a fully enclosed hidebox though as the fake plant might not be enough for the toad to feel completely safe and out of view.

thanks! ill get a hide that will work for him. sometimes i make really simple paper or cardbord hides for my baby box turtles and change them out often.
do you have any comments about the Furacyn treatment?

he is smaller than a dime. even if he makes a complete recovery, id like to know what is making him lean to his left side. he can hold himself mostly upright when he feels like it. i hope his arm isnt fractured or anything.

here is the little bugger (Lister II to be exact)

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if wishes were fishes we'd all cast nets

I'm afraid I don't know anything about antibiotics. My first thought about the leftward listing was a fracture, but the good news is that if the stress of a fx hasn't killed him already he may heal up nicely with just the odd posture as a result.

don't know what they matter with him, but 85 is too high. i think 78ish would be better, if not cooler.
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