Please Help!!!! Swollen leg!!

[Purrdoc]

Hang in there. It is unfortunate that there aren't more vets that are willing to treat herps. I'm in Southern California, and it amazes me how far people travel to come see us with their exotic pets. I'm glad you were able to find someone and make the trip- it sounds like it was worth it. It would be really nice if you might be able to give him some updates over the phone, just to let him know how she is doing- better, worse, or the same. Just leave a message that you are calling with an update so he knows the progress. So much of what we do is uncharted territory and we lose our patients to follow up, so it is nice to know what works and doesn't work.

Good luck and keep us posted.

[DisguisedMadness]

Hang in there. It is unfortunate that there aren't more vets that are willing to treat herps. I'm in Southern California, and it amazes me how far people travel to come see us with their exotic pets. I'm glad you were able to find someone and make the trip- it sounds like it was worth it. It would be really nice if you might be able to give him some updates over the phone, just to let him know how she is doing- better, worse, or the same. Just leave a message that you are calling with an update so he knows the progress. So much of what we do is uncharted territory and we lose our patients to follow up, so it is nice to know what works and doesn't work.

Good luck and keep us posted.

Oh I definitely will!! I told him that when I can afford to, I'm gonna bring her back for a followup and checkup. I just gave her the first dose of oral meds for the worms and she didn't like that at all!! She kept acting as though she wanted to throw it back up (it didn't come tho, thank god) We also put silvadine on her leg to promote healing of that leg.. I'm gonna take pics next time I administer it to check progress. I need to force feed her the crickets, but I'm not sure how she would do it and I'm scared of accidentally choking her.

[GrifTheGreat]

Oh I definitely will!! I told him that when I can afford to, I'm gonna bring her back for a followup and checkup. I just gave her the first dose of oral meds for the worms and she didn't like that at all!! She kept acting as though she wanted to throw it back up (it didn't come tho, thank god) We also put silvadine on her leg to promote healing of that leg.. I'm gonna take pics next time I administer it to check progress. I need to force feed her the crickets, but I'm not sure how she would do it and I'm scared of accidentally choking her.

In order to force feed your frog you'll need to use a credit card or little shopper card. You'll use the card to gentley open her mouth. Have the cricket ready in the other hand. When her mouth opens quickly and carefully place the cricket in her mouth and she will do the rest. This may take a couple tries but don't get discouraged. Preferably this should be done with 2 people one to watch and keep the frog still and the other to feed. This isn't as difficult as it sounds. It is stressful for the frog as well just be very patient.

[Purrdoc]

I know what you mean about not liking the medications. I thought cats were dramatic until I gave my frog doxycycline. Frogs do NOT like raspberry!! Talk about a drama queen!! I thought I had killed him the way he carried on! It was almost comical how he kept wiping his mouth, sticking his tongue out, making all kinds of nasty motions to register his displeasure. I really felt bad for the little guy!

[DisguisedMadness]

I know what you mean about not liking the medications. I thought cats were dramatic until I gave my frog doxycycline. Frogs do NOT like raspberry!! Talk about a drama queen!! I thought I had killed him the way he carried on! It was almost comical how he kept wiping his mouth, sticking his tongue out, making all kinds of nasty motions to register his displeasure. I really felt bad for the little guy!

LOL That's what she did... She kept looking like she was going to throw up.

[DisguisedMadness]

In order to force feed your frog you'll need to use a credit card or little shopper card. You'll use the card to gentley open her mouth. Have the cricket ready in the other hand. When her mouth opens quickly and carefully place the cricket in her mouth and she will do the rest. This may take a couple tries but don't get discouraged. Preferably this should be done with 2 people one to watch and keep the frog still and the other to feed. This isn't as difficult as it sounds. It is stressful for the frog as well just be very patient.

We used a guitar pick instead of a credit card.. It worked though.. Took 10 tries as she had already had her mouth opened earlier for meds. But she kept the crickets down!!

[GrifTheGreat]

We used a guitar pick instead of a credit card.. It worked though.. Took 10 tries as she had already had her mouth opened earlier for meds. But she kept the crickets down!!

That's good. Becareful with the pick. That might fit right in her mouth. Has softer edges than a credit card though. You can try chunks of night crawlers as well. They're more nutritious. Also make sure you dust the food items just as you would if she were eating normally. Shell need the vitamins and calcium to help with he recovery. Hope all goes well.

[DisguisedMadness]

That's good. Becareful with the pick. That might fit right in her mouth. Has softer edges than a credit card though. You can try chunks of night crawlers as well. They're more nutritious. Also make sure you dust the food items just as you would if she were eating normally. Shell need the vitamins and calcium to help with he recovery. Hope all goes well.

I just had to look up what nightcrawlers were.. -.- These frogs are my first experience with exotic pets, and I've had them for a long time. I've never been able to afford to do the stuff I'm able to do now.. I've been looking into getting them roaches and mealworms too.

[DisguisedMadness]

These are some pics of both frogs.. Frogette is the green one and as you can see, she's very thin and frail compared to Frogger.

Also this is what her leg looks like now.


I'm really hoping to see improvment in the next month...

[GrifTheGreat]

I do wish you the best of luck. I had to save one of my Pacmans from dying. She got sick an quit eating it took me over 2 months to nurse her back to health. Now she's just fine and eats good. Not as aggressively as she did when she was a baby but she eats large meals and is good for a day or 2. Always wash your hand really well before handling your frogs. The oils and residues on our hands are bad for them. They are both very cute frogs.