ADF kicking erratically

[Random-storykeeper]

I went to feed my ADFs and I saw one of them kicking back one leg constantly. It’s head looked a bit more round and I saw something come out of its mouth and go back in. Is this normal shedding behaviour?

 

[Lucy]

I welcome to FishLore!

Looks like he's trying to shake off a shed but when he goes after his mouth with his flipprs it looks like he's trying to bring something up.

They don't have tongues and their little legs hardly reach their mouth so if he has swallowed a shed or something and is trying to spit it out, he could be having difficulty.

How is he doing?

 

[Random-storykeeper]

It was pretty late when I caught this and I was just about to go to sleep, but shortly before that, I could see the frog spitting out the shed and a larger part of it coming off the frog’s body. It was like the frog was trying to eat the shed while shedding. I guess that’s why I’ve never seen my frogs’ sheds before.

So far, all the frogs I see this morning are doing fine. But I can’t find one of them in the tank at the moment. I think it may be hiding.

 

[Lucy]

Glad he's ok. All that thrashing they do sometimes to shed can put scary.
.Have you found it? They can squish into the smallest places or out of the tank in any gap.

 

[Random-storykeeper]

Oh yes, I saw all three of my frogs this night when I went to feed them again. I think that one frog was eating his shed as it was coming off. I didn’t realize they were so excited to eat their shed that they would do it while in the process!