Sick whites tree frog! plz help

[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?

[DonLisk]

You could make it easier for her to get the crickets by sinking a glass cereal bowl down into the substrate an dropping the crickets in the bowl only a few at a time. Any that escape will fall back into the bowl later on. The glass is slippery to the crickets so they can not get traction to jump back out. I actually use a small glass desert bowl.

The calcium baths can continue forever actually since its one way to get all the calcium back into your frog.

I would just let her be comfortable with her home and really make no changes unless its needed for heat, humidity, or things to keep her off the substrate. Remember change is stress in a frogs life.

If she is going for a cricket, give it to her too.

[nannas1mom]

So how long should I put her in a calcium bath each time? Or should I replace her swimming water with the calcium bath?

I will try the glass bowl idea and I will help her get a hold of a cricket in the meantime. THANKS.

[DonLisk]

I would say a ten minute bath each time. How often are you doing the baths? My thought would be daily until you feel shes up to par and healthy again.

The calcium bath is replacing the missing calcium that she really needs. I would go for at least two weeks minimum.