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SLS - Spindly leg syndrome
#1
Hello frogger’s (and frogette’s 8) ) I’m new b at posting :lol:

Got a question about spindly leg syndrome
If a parent has spindly leg syndrome, will that affect the breeding, mating and reproduction cycle :?:
if a parent has spindly leg syndrome will the off spring will affected too
even if one would use the best water and the best nutrition for the tad and including a U.V.A/U.V.B compact full spectrum fluorescent expose for 8 hours per day :?:

here is a picture
Notice the lower right toe pad is strait up instead of been flat like the other one?
[Image: IMG_80081.JPG]
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#2
Hi phillipe3838,
and welcome.
I'm a little confused by what you are calling SLS in the picture you posted.
If it is only the toe, is it possible it may have broken it at some point, and it healed crooked?
Most frogs with SLS rarely make it a few days after morphing, and usually parish due to their inability to hunt and feed. I have seen frogs with varing degrees of SLS, but the one you have pictured, I don't really see the SLS.
To answer your question about breeding the frog with SLS, it is hard to say whether or not it will be passed on to the offspring, since we don't really know what causes SLS in the first place.
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