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#1781075
PasadenaPondGuy
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Help! Tadpole with bloodshot eye. 
I have a tadpole with an eye that is red from what looks like blood pooling up in it. He seems to be okay otherwise. He recently grew hind legs and moves around fine but one of his eyes looks bad. Has anyone seen this before or know what might be wrong with him? Is it possible he is diseased and it might spread to the other tadpoles?
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07/02/08 09:44pm
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#1790136
Anilver
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Message To: PasadenaPondGuy In reference to Message Id: 1781075
Help! Tadpole with bloodshot eye.
are you using tap water or is their anything harmful in the water?
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07/10/08 04:56pm
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PasadenaPondGuy
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Message To: Anilver In reference to Message Id: 1790136
Help! Tadpole with bloodshot eye.
I use water from my outdoor pond to make sure no chlorine gets in there. I had two other tadpoles in with him who have shown no ill effects. One of them has fully morphed into a frog. The bloodshot eyes occurred shortly after I bought him at a petstore that might have had too many in the tank. The tadpole got blood shot eyes and both of his hind legs bloated. It was some sort of infection. I isolated him from the others and treated the water with tetracycline to help fight the infection. His eyes are better and one of his legs returned to normal. Unfortunately he lost the other leg at his knee. I’m continuing to use tetracycline to hopefully keep the rest of his leg from getting infected. We’ll see how it works. Best case scenario is that he grows into a three legged bullfrog. I’m afraid he’s eventually going to die from a bacterial infection due to the loss of his leg. He seems like a fighter though. He moves around pretty well and is still pretty responsive. If anybody has any advice please respond.
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07/10/08 10:37pm
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Chaney444
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Message To: PasadenaPondGuy In reference to Message Id: 1781075
Help! Tadpole with bloodshot eye.
This is a message from Chaney444’s Father. From what I have seen from owning a bunch of amphibians, mutations can be fairly common. It is possible that this is a disease or an injury, but could just be a mutation. I have seen frogs born with no eyes at all (amphibious 3 clawed frogs). If you are concerned about disease you could separate this one from the rest, but since it has lived long enough to grow it’s hind legs, I doubt it is from illness. Hope this helps. 
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07/22/08 05:53pm
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