Possible ACF bloat

[xxianxx]

I have an ACF who has been bloated three times due to intestinal blockages from eating too much, she is an exceptionally greedy frog and she will eat herself to death if given half a chance , i now have to hand feed her and her tank mates to control the amount she eats. I reread your original post and saw that your frog may have eaten squid, do you often feed it squid? if so how digestible is it? and how big was the piece? both food type and size of item may cause blockages, the bloating may be a blockage in the digestive tract rather than an osmotic fluid build up . I have successfully treated my frog by placing her in a bucket of cold salty water and leaving her in their for an hour, you might need to repeat this process a couple of times if it is a blockage. Please dont take offense at the advice offered in this forum, people are only offering suggestions to help you not insult your style of animal care.

[AlexLbk]

I have an ACF who has been bloated three times due to intestinal blockages from eating too much, she is an exceptionally greedy frog and she will eat herself to death if given half a chance , i now have to hand feed her and her tank mates to control the amount she eats. I reread your original post and saw that your frog may have eaten squid, do you often feed it squid? if so how digestible is it? and how big was the piece? both food type and size of item may cause blockages, the bloating may be a blockage in the digestive tract rather than an osmotic fluid build up . I have successfully treated my frog by placing her in a bucket of cold salty water and leaving her in their for an hour, you might need to repeat this process a couple of times if it is a blockage. Please dont take offense at the advice offered in this forum, people are only offering suggestions to help you not insult your style of animal care.

The squid was not for him. He eats anything, stingrays are a bit more selective, being wild caught and just being stingrays. I have been largely unsuccessful of getting them to eat any type of prepared food - they just ignore it, and since at least part of the diet is full thiaminase, I'm forced to inject things with vitamins B1 and E. Overall - a huge pain in the neck. As far as the piece of the squid it wasn't huge, but big enough only for my female to eat, she had a few a went for a walk, this is when he grabbed it. It's quite possible it's stuck now as it's very hard food to digest. The good news is that vitamin E is laxative in humans, so it might help him to expel it. Controlling the feed is hard if not impossible since I have to drop seafood in the tank - stingrays are poisonous.
I take no offense at advise, but I do want to know the reasons why things happen and understand them before treatment. Lots of people treat animals the same way doctors treat humans. Oh you're sniffling? - Let me give you an antibiotic. No analysis, no tests - no science. This is exactly the reason why new antibiotics need to be developed all the time: they are overused and bacteria develop resistance. Same thing with animals, but to a larger degree since most people don't even talk to a vet before dumping a bunch of meds into the tank. My experience is largely with fish, not frogs, so I'm reading (went through the amphibian pharmacy reference last night) and is definitely interested in other people's experiences with similar issues.