WTF not adjusting...very worried

[mom2twinsplus2]

Her breathing sounds fine and she seems active enough....I don't see her climbing all over her tank trying to escape teh way she did when we first brought her home but she is often in a different spot than where I saw her last. She doesn't bury in the bedding anymore either. Since you both seem to think she might have a chance (I really was kind of thinking she didn't ), I will give the vet a call today and see if I can get in to see the exotic vet today. I live in Memphis and from all the places I have called, there seems to be one guy who does all the exotics in Memphis...he saw my Guinea Pig and my Bearded Dragon. I guess he isn't really an expert in any particular exotic but since he is the only one in Memphis, I guess he sees quite a bit of everything??? Who knows...I wish we had real experts here. I used to live in LA and you could find a expert in anything there-LOL. I dont know how the vet will be able to get a stool sample since she hasn't eaten in weeks but I will let the vet worry about that.

Poor frog.

I think I will take her in a cricket keeper with some paper towel in the bottom. Would it be best to cover the sides somehow so she can't see out or is it better to just leave it?

Alison

[Kurt]

This time of year, my animals travel in a styroform box or cooler. They are put in smaller containers and those in turn are place in the cooler. I also put a bottle of warm water in there to help maintain temperture.
Keep the paper towels moist.

[Crystal6]

Would it be possible to force feed it? (I heard you can very gently and carefully pry open a frogs mouth as a last ditch effort if it is not eating due to illness. Though, your frog looks fairly fat right now compared with mine. It is probably not starving yet.)

[Kurt]

I would not force feed unless instructed to by a vet.

[mom2twinsplus2]

I would not force feed unless instructed to by a vet.

Yeah, not unless instructed by a vet and definitely not for fun...ugh, it is not an easy thing to do!

Sorry for not updating over the weekend...it has been a bit busy around here.

We took Sticky to the vet on Friday and really he didn't do much but just looked at the frog. He really didn't think she looked too bad except for the slight redness on her leg. The big issue, of course, is that she just isn't eating. He said that he couldn't do a fecal because it had been close to a month since she ate so he decided to just treat her for parasites and hope that we hit the issue. She is on Panacur for 3 days, then once a week for 3 week and he gave me a silver sulfodiazine (or is it sulfer silverdiazine....ack..just looked but I am confused...too lazy to go back upstairs again) cream to put on anywhere that looks red to me. I am also syringe feeding her 2.0 ccs (it looks like a lot) of carnivore diet everyday...I have done it now for 3 days and she is seriously looking dumpy..she hasn't pooped yet though which was me worried. I turned down the 120.00 x-ray.

He told me to take out her bedding so I did that...she is just on plain glass now with her water dish, a log going diagonally across the cage and a couple of fake plants...it looks kind of sorriful but I am keeping it really simple for now.

So far, she is still moderately active and looking good but the worms and the roaches that I have put in her cage are just sitting there. As soon as she eats one, I can discontinue the force feeding which would be great cause she REALLY doesn't like me poking her in the mouth with the syringe. Yesterday, I did pretty well but Saturday she spit most of it out-LOL.

This really ranks up there high on the list of things I never expected to do in my life...but I am just ridiculously attached to this frog now...I hope she starts eating soon. She is so freakin cute!

Oh, I did see her soaking in her water on her own a couple of times so I think that is a good sign, right?

I'll let you know how it all goes....

Alison

[Kurt]

He said that he couldn't do a fecal because it had been close to a month since she ate so he decided to just treat her for parasites and hope that we hit the issue. She is on Panacur for 3 days, then once a week for 3 week

That is a lot different than what my vet prescribed. Sunday I took the rococo toad in to have his left arm checked out, as he has been holding it out at a weird angle. Anyway, he pooped the night before, so I took the fecal sample to be tested. Under the microscope we saw an entire microscopic zoo, worms and protozoa.
So, he treated the toad with metronidazole and instructed me to treat a week later with fenbendazole (panacure). Then the following week treat again with metronidazole and a week after that fenbendazole again.

Oh, my vet only charges about $35-40 per x-ray. My vet bill yesterday was only $12.

[mom2twinsplus2]

Ugh, really? That is so not what I want to hear. I actually didn't care for this vet at all...he was one of those out of the room the second he get go type of vets that really piss me off. I found out that there are actually 3 vets in the area who specialist in Reptiles and Amphibians (which is sooo weird cause I looked for a vet for my Beardie for a while and everyone I asked recommended this guy who I went to so I figure he was all there was)...turns out both Petco and Petsmart go to a different vet who they like way better so next time I am absolutely going to try him instead. I paid 100 and change for my whole visit...it was 45 for the vet visit (which was less by a bunch than when I took my beardie in...not sure why that is), about 20-ish each for the carnivore diet and the sulfer silverdioxide cream and 15 ish for the panacur. It would have been 120.00 for an x-ray...and honestly, after 3 days now of force feeding, my frog has not pooped so I wonder if I am going to need that x-ray eventually...if someone else might do it for a heck of a lot less than 120.00, I really need to call around.

Do you think I should not be doing this line of treatment? I am already 3 days in on the panacur and I have been doing the topical cream daily...ack.

I am really attached now to this particular frog after all the force feedings especially...she is such a sweetie <grin>...poor girl. I wish she would just take a big dump, eat a few roaches and we could just move on from here-LOL.

Alison