| Re: Frogs in trouble
I had a massive red leg outbreak last year in my pond after spending two days re-lining it. I didn't see any limbs missing but the frogs were lethargic in the early stages of this illness with little or no visible sores. Then the sores come which are usually around the legs or face, tho I've seen them all over the body. Quite large open sores, pinkish in colour.
In the advanced stages it seemed too painful for the frogs to move which is probably why they go thin. They either drown in the pond or die from septicemia. Awful
My only experience of frogs with limbs missing was a three frog mating embrace in march which must have been too big for a herons mouth. The frog in the middle had a limb missing at the knee and a puncture wound in it's side out of which loops of intestines were coming out.
I have pictures of that one. I'm sure I also have pictures of the red leg affected frogs I can dig some out if it helps |