Help!!

[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.

[wesleybrouwer]

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?

Pedialyte is just a commercial thing, easy to make it you're own.
It's just a mixture of Natriumchloride (salt) and glucose (sugar) in the right dose.

This saline/glucose solution should be 0,9%.
You can make this by getting 1 L of warm water and put in 9 grams of Natriumchloride (just table salt is fine, as long as it doesn't contain iodine)
and 9 grams of glucose (or sugar if glucose isn't readily available).
Mix it in good, and let it settle to reach room temperature.
Put in you're frog for about 10-15 minutes.

It will do the same thing, only at a fraction of the costs.



For the flushing part, not only is it cruel to the animal,
it is a contamination risk as well.
Chytrid for example is disastrous and could be potentially transfered to you're surroundings this way.

[Shanny]

If you don't have honey, u can always sprinkle a little sugar into his water dish. I did this for my retf when he had a prolapse and it really helped him thru the night until I could take him into the vet the next day.
I didn't have a vet set up either, I just did a quick search online for vets that dealt with exotics and luckily I found one that was a 5 minute drive down the road I know what u mean, I felt funny bringing my frog in to the vet, but was very happy that I did. I was broke at the time also, but I only ended up paying $54.00 for them to fix his prolapse and put a stitch in his butt haha.. Which he ended up pulling out before the week was up. But now he is as good as ever!!

And like everyone else has said, u really should find a bigger tank for your friends. I've been doing searches on craigslist.org and I find really nice and cheap tanks or fish aquariums that people are selling all the time. I have two semi-adult red eye tree frogs in a 29 gal tank right now and it works out well, it used to be a fish tank before I converted it. But I have been wanting to get one with doors on front, its just more convenient.
Since you have three tho, u should have at least a 30 gal.

And u should definitely get rid of that substrate! I use moss and haven't had any problems with it.
When I keep a sick frog or my babies, I just got a week ago, separate from my adults, I use moist paper towel on the bottom... This way u can monitor pretty much whatever goes on and make sure they are safe from whatever might have caused the problem when they were living in the tank.

Well I really hope he gets better, but I do think it would be very smart to go see a vet before its too late.

[Whistly]

What water are you using if you are using tap water then that could be your problem as it contains heavy metals which can kill frogs.

[Shanny]

Yes the water could be an issue. Are you changing it everyday? Spring water is usually best.
Also, if your frogs are wild caught, this can cause a lot of problems as well. I always make sure I get captive bread frogs.
Wild caught animals could already have issues that don't appear until later, so u would never suspect anything was wrong when u get them.

[ViperJr]

Yes the water could be an issue. Are you changing it everyday? Spring water is usually best.
Also, if your frogs are wild caught, this can cause a lot of problems as well. I always make sure I get captive bread frogs.
Wild caught animals could already have issues that don't appear until later, so u would never suspect anything was wrong when u get them.

Actually, according to some studies/experiments by tgampper , spring bottled isn't always the best. According to him, treated tap water is usually better. However, I can't find the thread right now, since I'm at a lesson right now, so don't quote me on that one... But I'm pretty sure that's what he said. Anyway, I'll try to find the thread later on.
However, I do agree that untreated tap water is potentiality dangerous and should always be avoided.

[Shanny]

That great to know ViperJr... Although I use both treated tap water and Sping water at times. I mostly use the treated tap in my vivarium, because obviously it's a never ending supply. I do have spring water in my baby RETF's soaking dish tho.