Help Request: Western Chorus Frog bloated red vocal sac

[Xantraun]

Thanks for chiming in!

Finally found a specialty fish store that has a few of the anti-fungal solutions I've read about. I picked up Melafix & Methylene Blue which are two treatments I've seen pop up across the forums. The site you linked to recommends Malachite Green which seems to be pretty widely used for this sort of case but the only solution I could find had equal parts Malachite Green & Sodium Chloride. I didn't buy it because my brain said "Chloride ...must be Chlorine. That's bad!" but after getting back to a computer and looking it up I now realize that's just salt. Grr... so frustrated. Seems like the Methylene Blue and Malachite Green are used in the same way, do you think I should go back out and get the Malachite Green instead? Stuck at the office another couple hours and then planning to head home and try this stuff out unless someone thinks the Methylene Blue is a bad idea.

So stressed about this.

[Xantraun]

So after having found the supplies to try and treat the lil' guy at home, I was having a really hard time digging up a consistent method of treatment. Dosing on some forums was saying to apply a drop of the Methylene Blue right on the affected area, some were saying dilute a drop in two gallons of water. In all my frustrations and trying to dig in to legitimate write-ups on herp treatments, I stumbled across a site that had a listing of herpetologists by zip code. Found one within a half hour's drive that let me bring him in for $45 and gave me an hour of his time to chat about things.

He said it's definitely not a fungal or bacterial infection but more likely an injury from a fall in the tank or an abscess behind the tongue. We couldn't get a safe look inside but his instructions were to keep doing what I'm doing. Sterile hospital environment to monitor excrement, keep up the Pedialyte soaks, and if possible try to get a cricket in its mouth and see if it can manage to swallow.

The swelling in its throat is nearly gone now and it cooperated enough for me to work a tiny cricket in to its mouth. Didn't reject it right away so here's hoping it actually went down. Going to keep doing what I'm doing and listen to the vet. Sometimes it's best not to treat anything at all and let it work things out on it's own.