Help!!

[mh530]

Okay.....

Size of tank: 10 gallon.
Temp: Mid 70s
Food: Small Crickets.
Vet: Don't have one
Size of frog: 1 1/2"
Number of frogs in tank: 3
Substrate: forest bark(small pieces)

I was wondering if it could have eaten the bark, but Every time they start to get one in their mouth they pull it out. I don't really want to have to go to the vet just for a frog. every time I have gone to one it seems the money in your pocket disappears! Also this frog is WC, if that has anything to do with it. I got him on may 30th of this year. Like I said I was afraid he would get the others sick so I put him In a diff container. Also just to say, I would have a bigger tank for them but I don't have enough room. He is even more bloated now. I feel so bad for him! OH! Also he has pooped red....Is he bleeding inside? I feel so bad if its my fault....

[mh530]

I hope he gets better!!

[ViperJr]

I hope he gets better!!

What are you doing? A few minutes ago, you wrote "Nevermind, I just found dead. I flushed him". Now, you have apperently change the text to "I hope he gets better!!". What's going on?

[mh530]

sorry.....I wrote I flushed him....but I had't yet and I just walking in there to do so. so just went ahead and wrote that. Well guess what!!! I went to flush him and he was back up and acting just fine again. And when I found him belly up I swear he wasn't breathing. talk about weird. Anyway I am keeping him in a separate container just to make sure though.

[Badger]

...Vet time, as previously said.

[artes]

Remove the bark now. I would keep the sick one on newspaper/paper towels, and switch the others to dirt. If his stomach is bloated, soak him in a combination of pedialyte (unflavored) and honey in warm water a couple of times a day. It is likely impaction, but if its some form of bacterial infection the honey will help that. If its parasites, there's not much you can do unless you go to a vet and get it some medication, but the honey and pedialyte will help most problems, unless its too far gone (and unless its parasites, like I said earlier).

Do not keep a pet if you do not plan on getting it vet care, and dear lord don't flush a pet. At least bury it if you just let it die without getting it care. Would you want to be flushed by your Mom if you died?

[Rae]

Wow you keep 3 Greys in a 10 gallon? Rule of thumb... 10 gallons per frog atleast. You should really upgrade to a 30gallon verticle... 24inches high is recommended or higher. They need height and space to move or they can get very stressed.

And get rid of that subtrate... Coco Fiber I believe is what I use and is recommended.

[ViperJr]

I was wondering if it could have eaten the bark, but Every time they start to get one in their mouth they pull it out.

This seriously should have been an enormous warning bell for you. Bark pieces as a substrate for frogs are potentionally dangerous (since it can cause impaction). Now, if you even observered them almost swallowing it, you really should have changed it already.

I don't really want to have to go to the vet just for a frog.

Seriously? "Just for a frog"? You have a pet, which is your resonsibility just a much as a dog or a cat would be. With that attitude, I strongly suggest that you do not keep amphibians as pets.

Lastly, I hope the frogs survives. And like DonLisk, Dalton and Shanny said, it's really time to go to a vet.