scar? on my D. tinc patricia... infection?

hhimmel · #1 (**permalink**) 02-13-2008, 10:17 PM

I noticed the scar on the left shoulder (if looking from behind) of my D. tinc patricia the other day. He/she didn't previously have this mark. I am wondering if it is a scar or maybe an infection, or a wound? any insights would be helpful. It was born last may, so it is about 9-10 months old. There is another D. tinc with the same b-day in the tank that I am pretty sure is a male, and its larger. two pictures should be attached. one from a month or two ago with no mark, and one from yesterday with a mark on the left shoulder. the older picture isn't the best angle but if there was a mark it should have been visible.
thanks,
Hal

Rainfrog · #2 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 05:26 AM

is the spot getting bigger or the frog getting thin?

hhimmel · #3 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 04:41 PM

she seemed to be doing fine and is eating and mobile just as before. However on saturday, I saw her up in a the axis of a brom. shedding (and eating it/pulling it towards her mouth). I came back about 20 minutes later and she looked as emaciated as I have ever seen a frog. I got real nervous and made some calls. But then I misted them and noticed she was active. So I gave the frogs some fruit flies and she was scarfing them down, and she looks pretty much like normal now. I don't know. Could it just be a contact pressure scar? any Ideas on the sudden thinning and plumping up.
Hal

Rainfrog · #4 (**permalink**) 02-28-2008, 05:03 AM

Alot of people are suprrised when frogs shed. I didnt know about it until I joined this forum. Is the spot still there or did it go with the shed? she may have stopped eating prior to the shed and got a little thin. if she is eating and active, the spot does not spread and no other frogs get sick I think you are ok. keep us informed.