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    Default Sick and swollen Oriental fire bellied toad

    Hi all,

    New to the forum; here for advice on a sick pet.

    I have three Oriental fire-bellied toads and one is very sick. In fact I'm worried about two of them, one a lot more so. Both of these are compulsively swimming in circles and making unusual head movements - occasionally twisting just like a human with a sore neck.

    The one of most concern also does not float straight in the water and lists heavily on its side, with one eye below the surface.

    Worst of all, it's swollen up like a table tennis ball, but with very skinny limbs. Also, one eye is cloudy white with a small patch of brown discoloration just above the arch of that eye. Out of water it sits very flat and won't move unless furiously spinning around. The spinning looks very stressful and the swelling very distended and sore.

    I have fed the toad recently and have isolated it in a small tank; I don't know yet if it is defecating normally. After two nights in isolation, no defecation!

    All three toads have been living without any problems in the same environment for well over ten years. They eat young locusts pre-treated with supplements. As far as I can tell, one toad of the three shows no sign of illness, and only one has the compulsive twirling, swelling, and damaged eye at once. The eye has been cloudy for a few months and is not an urgent concern unless related to the terrible swelling and frantic tail-chasing which are both very painful looking and very hard to watch.

    The pictures show the poor thing in its isolation aquarium with regularly renewed shallow water and a rock to sit on. (It prefers to sit in the water.)

    NB: these three frogs have been with me since my teens (I'm nearing 30) and have never suffered any difficulty before; they have done just fine without special heating or lighting and, since moss and gravel have both caused problems before, I'll point out that the gravel in the aquarium is more pebble-like and cannot have been swallowed; while some ordinary living moss thrives in the tank, all toads have been individually hand fed with tweezers. I am worried its digestion is somehow blocked. The question is - what do I do about it? Is anything recommended before a visit to a vet?
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