Green Tree Frog Injured Nose

[Ella C]

Hi,
My 8-year-old GTF is a bit stupid. Her 90x45x60cm has a wire mesh lid which she keeps jumping at. She always does it. Anyway, today whilst I was cleaning it, she jumped at it again and now there's a scratch on her nose. It's very small but I'm worried about infections. Is there anything I can put on it or am I worrying about nothing? She seems fine, still being stupid (I think she's forgotten shes meant to be nocturnal.) Please help.
(Sorry about blurry photo)

[doublepost=1529194003,1529191577][/doublepost]Edit: I was just looking back through the photos I took this morning and it turns out that she's scratched it before jumping at the mesh this morning. Then again, seeing as how often she does it she still probably hurt it last night doing the same thing. Should I just let her be or do I need to put anything on it..? Any help would be appreciated.
[doublepost=1529212467][/doublepost]Can anyone help?

 

[Stompsy]

I wouldn't be putting anything on her unless it was advised by a vet who specialises in amphibians...

 

[pythoninfinite]

In any reptile and amphibian enclosure, I NEVER allow wire mesh to be used in any vents. It acts like a cheese grater on the noses of restless animals, and while mostly our animals are sedentary, at times they can become very active and restless for various reasons, and the damage can be done in only an hour or two. If you can, look at ways to otherwise ventilate your enclosure, or cover the underside with a soft, open weave cloth to prevent this from happening. It can be very distressing to come home from work and find your python or frog or water dragon with it's snout bloodied and damaged.

Jamie

 

[Ella C]

In any reptile and amphibian enclosure, I NEVER allow wire mesh to be used in any vents. It acts like a cheese grater on the noses of restless animals, and while mostly our animals are sedentary, at times they can become very active and restless for various reasons, and the damage can be done in only an hour or two. If you can, look at ways to otherwise ventilate your enclosure, or cover the underside with a soft, open weave cloth to prevent this from happening. It can be very distressing to come home from work and find your python or frog or water dragon with it's snout bloodied and damaged.
Jamie

What would you recommend to cover the mesh? However, she's had wire mesh lidding for 10 years and this is the first time she's injured herself on it. Not that I'm saying I shouldn't do anything about it, it's just odd.

I wouldn't be putting anything on her unless it was advised by a vet who specialises in amphibians...

Thank you! After a few days, it's already beginning to look better. I think you're right about not putting anything on it.

 

[Bluetongue1]

Frogs are able to absorb moisture (and dissolved oxygen) through their skin because it is very thin and lacks the normal water-proofing barriers that other terrestrial vertebrates have, which also exclude germs. This also makes frog skin somewhat more vulnerable to physical damage. So frogs are very good at healing skin injuries by themselves. For example, I know GTF’s actually produce an antibiotic in their skin. There thin skin also makes the use of antiseptic chemicals problematic. (So Stompsky’s advice about not using anything unless recommended by a vet is very well founded.)

Jamie’s suggestion sounds like it was aimed at preventing any future reoccurrence, given that your frog has demonstrate the capacity to injure itself on the existing mesh. For example, a piece of soft flyscreen or shade cloth stretched over the inside of the top would still allow air flow but not allow contact with the wire. If you use a lamp on top of the mesh, then a piece of metal flyscreen would do the same job.

In nature, GFP’s are active in daylight hours when the weather is wet and when the humidity is high enough.