African Dwarf in accident, looking for advice...

[Chesh]

I must say Tony has given great advice.

I do have a question though - - when you found him in the filter, was he mostly dried up? If this is the case then I urge you to skip feeding for about a week or so. Their organs are primarily made up of water, so when they dry up they start going into organ failure. Their skin absorbs the moisture back faster than the muscles and organs. Feeding too soon before they are properly healed can kill the frog as he will not be able to digest the food and it will rot in their system. It is also a good idea to keep the water shallow so that they can work up their muscle strength again with out the extra stress of swimming to the surface.

The best diet is pelleted Reptomin turtle/HBH frog and tadpole bites/Zoomed frog/tadpole food. They are found in the reptile and fish sections.

He wasn't dried up at all, though he was above the water line. I assume he climbed out of the water because the suction/flow/noise was terrifying and dangerous for him. He was clinging to the inner wall of the filter basket. Though out of the water, it was still WET in there. However, his skin looks like it's trying to flake off now. He only just shed his skin a day or so ago, and his color is fine now. But I can see where the skin above the frog is kind of white and hazy. It really looks like it'll be coming off soon. He's in the 10 gallon tank and does not seem to be having any trouble getting to the surface for air, he's swimming fine today. I guess I'll not feed him again today, and he can skip tomorrow - just in case. We'll go from there. . .thank you!

[rodsboys]

Any updates on your little guy?