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    Default Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    I just got home from work and looked into my Red-Eyed Leaf Frog's tank and saw one of them had a clear/yellow, veiny sack hanging from its rear. Could anyone help me out with what might be wrong and where to go from here? This is not their permanent habitat, just a temporary one as I am finishing their actual tank.


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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    It is really hard to tell by the photo if this is a prolapse but if it is it needs urgent attention.

    Here is a link to some help on the subject and if it is it really needs to be put back in whether by you or a vet.
    Gray Treefrog Prolapse

    Keep us posted on the progress. maybe someone can chime in with more help.
    1.0.1 Red Eyed Leaf/ Frog - Agalychnis callidryas
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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Ouch !!!
    Your frog has a prolapse. It needs to be moved ,asap, to hospital tank. This occurs when the frog’s intestines are coming out of the the lower portion of the intestinal tract called the cloaca. Sort of like hemmoroids in a human. Impaction or parasites could be a factor. So, a fecal sample should be brought to a herp vet if this re-occurs. This is a large prolapse. Put the frog in a bath of honey bath made with spring water or dechlorinated water. *****(½ tesp of honey to 1 cup of water) ***** I am not sure of this ratio of honey to water ??? It could be ½ tesp to less than 1 cup of water. Hopefully someone will help right away. A ½ tesp honey :1 C ( warm not hot ) dechlorinated water will not hurt your frog!! Fill a small / very shallow container with a lid (w/ air holes) just to the bottom of the frog’s chin and leave the frog alone and quite for at least ½ to 45 min. If this does not help it retract back in, your frog will need to see a herp vet and have it done manually.

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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Looks like a severe prolapse alright.

    It's best to contact a vet to help you out.
    You need to figure what is the underlying cause to this.
    May be anything from digestion problems to internal parasites,
    ruling out the parasites will be one of the first steps.

    Most of the times a prolapse is caused by digestive problems (hard parts or stones etc.) and clears itself within a day or 2.
    Best thing to do is take it out of the viv and place it in a clean temporarily enclosure, sterile as possible.
    You may wan't to soak you're frog in a saline solution, 1 Liter of luke water mixed with 6,6 grams of iodine free salt, you may mix in a teaspoon or 2 of honey.
    Let you're frog bath for around 15-20 minutes and put it in the sterile environment and give it some rest.

    If the prolapse is still present after a day or 3, you might wan't to visit a vet.
    The intestine needs to be massaged back into the body, wich may be tougher then it seems.
    Frogs are verry delicate, internal damage or damage on the intestine can be done rather quick.
    In some cases it may be necessary to give it a stitch to stay inside, or in severe cases part needs to be amputated under anesthesia.

    Hopefully this helped you out a bit.
    I understand the temptation to just push it back in,
    but consider it's a verry delicate matter,
    if you damage anything the frog will be worse off.

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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Lynn beat me to it

    Like she said, let some feces be examined to rule out worms or things like that.
    Will prove difficult with this severe case of prolapse,
    hopefully you can find a fresh piece of waste quick.
    It needs to be fresh, still moist, if you wan't to be able to let it examine.

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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Wesley
    Iodine free salt is going to be hard to find at 9:30 pm est - here. ( east coast us )
    Don't you agree ; if it is not on hand that the honey is better than nothing.
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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Quote Originally Posted by flybyferns View Post
    Wesley
    Iodine free salt is going to be hard to find at 9:30 pm est - here. ( east coast us )
    Don't you agree ; if it is not on hand that the honey is better than nothing.
    Hm, most of the table salt doesn't contain iodine, at least, over here we need to buy Iodised salt if we like to have the iodine in it.
    Since i'm not sure how it is over in the US i mention it, same with people that happen to buy iodised salt
    If it isn't on the package, it isn't in there

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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Thank you everyone so very much!! I will post again tomorrow with the progress, hopefully all will go well. Thanks so much again!!!! Off to get supplies...

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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    She is in a honey/water solution and waiting to see if it goes in on its own. Thank again for all of the help!

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    Default Re: Need help ASAP for Red Eye Tree Frog!

    Hopy this help

    I suggest you can use hyperosmotic saline (2-5%) to the reduce the prolapse. However, for the rest of the replacing tissue steps, better do it by the vet.
    (P.S. quoted from Amphibian medicine and captive husbandry P.281, this is very good book, a bible for all frog keepers)

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