This kind of situation, while rare, does happen. Moss balls are quite dense, are a form of algae (not a true moss) and if you look closely to how the strands intertwine, any animal that crawls on it has the potential to get stuck.
Unfortunately, if your frogs feet were injured in this ordeal there is nothing that can be done for that. If the injury isn't too severe the feet may heal on their own but may not look quite right again. As long as it doesn't prevent the frog from swimming the frog should be ok as long as none of the others pick on him. I would be more concerned about any open injuries such as strands of moss that may have tightened enough around a toe to amputate it (much the same way a human hair can wrap around a baby's toe and cut off circulation and into the skin). If there are any toes missing I would be concerned about infection while it is healing, so keeping the water very clean would be important.
Dawn
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> This morning I noticed my "silly" little african dwarf frog holding onto the side of a moss ball in their tank. After I got home from work 8 hours later, I noticed he's still on the moss ball, but was now on what appeared to be the opposite side. I lifted the lid of my aquarium to do some cleaning and everyone in the tank darted away except for him, which I thought was odd.
> Then I saw it... His front little feet were stuck IN the moss ball. Like, he clawed his little feet deep into the moss ball, got them tangled and couldn't get free. He was apparently like that for EIGHT HOURS unable to get air. I knew they could stay underwater for a while, but 8 hours? I scooped him (and the moss ball attached to him) up towards the surface and carefully tore at the moss ball until his little feet were free. He's alive, though I'm not sure how. His front feet didn't seem in the best condition, it almost looked like he had them balled into little fists. I've never heard of this before--I thought moss balls were safe.
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> Anyone have experience with this?
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> If he did in fact hurt his feet, any ideas on what I could do?
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