Swollen Frog? Please Help!

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His entire body and legs look very big and swelled up and his throat sack is always inflated and hanging down...

How long has he been swollen? I would wash your hands good and take him out and carefully inspect him to see if he's just pumped up with air (from calling) or if he's retaining water.

[John]

It sounds like a fluid build-up problem, which is usually caused by organ damage or failure. Was the frog an adult when you got him/her? This could mean the frog is pretty old and reaching the natural end of its life - there is really no treatment for this in small animals.

It does not sound like an impaction to me. Of course, a photo would be very helpful.

A note on R/O water - I wouldn't use that unless you are using something to replace the electrolytes that are missing from it, otherwise you put a lot of stress on the frog's osmoregulation when he sits in that water. If you want to know more about water types then have a look at this: http://www.frogforum.net/vivarium-te...hing-else.html

By the way, which forum are you talking about?

[Meer]

Oh no I have been using horrible water for my frog!! Could that be contributing to what's wrong with him? Where could I get things like R/O-rite or Electro-rite mentioned in that other thread to treat the R/O water? I would really prefer that to treating my yucky tap water.

My frog was an adult when I got him, although I think he was not full grown, he got bigger the first few months or so that I had him. That would make him four years old at the youngest. I'm trying to prepare myself that this may be the natural end of his life. But it might not, I'm not giving up yet. I want to do everything I can for him.

I really don't want to mention the name of the forum I was on before or say what happened. I shouldn't even have brought it up. It just wasn't a good fit for me personally.

Anyway, I am just waiting until morning to see about going to a vet. (it's 1 AM now, yay for insomnia )

Edit: Here's a picture

[John]

Looks like a healthy female gray tree frog from this angle. Can you take one from the side or the front please? I wouldn't rush off to the vet just yet.

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I don't see anything wrong in the picture.

[Meer]

He is definitely male and there is definitely something wrong with him. He is very swollen and not eating for two weeks and is now very lethargic. I guess it's just not that obvious from that pic. Here is a second pic from the side.

I do NOT normally handle my frog but this was the best way to get a side pic and I had to move him to an ICU container anyway.

I'm afraid he may die before I can get him to a vet, but Saturday is the absolute soonest I could do it.

But if he does make it, about my water question, can R/O water treatment produces be found anywhere in the US? I've never heard of them before.

[John]

Is it getting cooler where you are? Recently we've had several people report Gray Tree Frogs no longer accepting food due to the cooldown. That could explain his appetite right now. As for his size, how do you know it's a male? Just because the throat is baggy like that doesn't mean it's a male - have you heard it call? Right now I'm going to guess the temperature is the issue and he's just well fed. He doesn't look bloated to me.