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Old 07-25-15, 08:29 PM   #1
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Injured pickerel frog

Hi. I haven't been on in a long time. Hope everyone's well. I found an injured pickerel frog - cut under chin, some skin loss, fairly deep. The frog was hopping as usual, and is still acting and moving normally. I have the frog in a tank, lights off, right now (evening). It has clean grass / sm. amt of water lining tank bottom plus water bowl and rock. I put Neosporin on the frogs' cuts (doesn't stick well on moist frog though). I can bring frog to Wildlife Rehab. (Tufts) tomorrow an hour away. Does anyone know - can frogs get stitches? Does anyone know anything about dealing with injured frogs in general?
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Old 07-29-15, 07:49 AM   #2
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Re: Injured pickerel frog

I knew that would be a tough one to answer. I brought the frog to Tufts wildlife rehab and they gave him stitches. They put him under firsrt. They will release him to the wild! The frog also had a broken toe so they are trying to figure out how to deal with that.
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Old 07-30-15, 10:13 AM   #3
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Re: Injured pickerel frog

Frogs usually heal up on their own just fine, frogs with serious injuries can usually not be helped (I've had a pet frog with a broken leg, the vet cut his leg off as he did not need to escape from anything being a pet anyway). As long as its not impaired in movement or bleeding heavily, you should just take them to a quiet place and let them go. Stress of being captured can often do more harm than good.
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