Sick whites tree frog! plz help

[Bolisnide]

Maybe the vet can at the very least weigh her and prescribe the calcium drops. The repti Aid that grif mentioned should be used if you can find it and get to the petstore. I too wish I could help more...

[nannas1mom]

UPDATE:
Dory and I just went to the vet. He was very nice and had already done a fair bit of research when we got there- he'd also contacted a friend that IS a herp vet to ask advice AND the vet that DOES treat frogs at that clinic happened to walk in just as we were leaving and took a look at her. She was quite sickly when I got there, and he radiographed her to make sure she didn't have any foreign bodies in her intestines (they were clean, with no fractures either). He gave he sub-q calcium (on the recommendation of the herp expert) and gave her metronidazole (an antibiotic) orally, and recommended I continue with the Lamasil treatment. The other vet also said since she was dehydrated we could either run her fluids or just keep soaking her in a warm bath until she re hydrated. (I chose to do the latter). Interestingly enough she perked up a LOT after the calcium, not sure if it was the stress of the injection or what- but she was actually repositioning herself into her little froggy stance. So that's good. And she's holding her head up on her own now too. I sterilized her environment (I'm throwing out her wood hutch- didn't think I could get that clean) and she's now back in there. I put 3 dusted crickets in there with her and left her alone for a little while to calm down- don't want to stress her with love. Oh and she pooped on the way home. She at least she's not obstructed.

ALSO, I saw this weird crawly bug- kinda centapedey in with her new crickets- the ones I bought after she was sick, but they came from the same place... So it's possible the old batch had them too... never seen that before.


PS- I would have totally driven an hour to the herp vet- but that vet doesn't have weekend hours and today is Sunday I would never let a car ride stop me from trying to save an animal's life.

THANKS SO MUCH!!! For all your advice, I will keep you updated on her progress and hopefully she will only continue to improve. I'm going to hold off force feeding her for a few hours- hoping the treatment the vet gave her will make her eat on her own.

[GrifTheGreat]

I'm so happy for you and Dori I really hope she makes a full recovery and am glad your vet did the research. Having someone who treats amphibians there makes it that much better. I know you would have driven that long. Anyone who goes through the trouble to do whatever they can to help their frog really loves it. I think I missed the part about the no weekend hours I wasn't making accusations I'm sorry. Post a pic of the centipede like insect maybe we can tell you what it is.

Hoping for a speedy recovery for Dori

[DonLisk]

So good to hear that the vet was well versed and had resources for helping you and Dori.

[nannas1mom]

Okay so she's in her water bowl (I put her there) and she's in a froggy stance- not floppy, and her head is up. She moves if stimulated, but she's still not interested in food. I'm about to call it and night and go to sleep early. How long until you guys think she will eat? Should I force feed her a cricket in the am if she hasn't eaten by am? Did I mention THANKS?? lol. You guys are great. I really hope she makes it.

[nannas1mom]

Praise Jesus!!! (or what ever your own higher power may be)!!! Dory just ate a cricket!!! I took her out of her water, and showed her there were crickets, and she lunged towards each of them in slow motion- very unsuccessfully so I caught one and held it in front of her and when she opened her mouth I put it in. Then she used her hands to smoosh it in her mouth and then swallowed that damn bug! I can't believe she's actually getting better. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

[nannas1mom]

More questions:

So Dory stayed in her water dish most of the night and then at some point moved herself behind the bowl to sleep. Her color looks much better, except she's developed these bright green (same color as she normally is) splotches on her back and part of her hind legs. She attempted to catch another cricket this am- but still can't do it on her own- I was afraid to put it in her mouth for her again since I'm not sure how much she really should be eating in a 24 hour period. Usually I just buy a dozen or so crickets and she eats them over a week or so. So I don't really know exactly how many she should eat in a 24 hour period. I'm soaking her now in a 2.3 percent calcium soln and she's SO much more active. The text book just said "continuous" so the vet and I weren't really sure how long that meant.

Any other care thoughts?