WTF not adjusting...very worried

[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

[Kurt]

Stick with what the vet prescribed. I am not a vet so I cannot over turn his decision.

Where are you located?

[Tom Highum]

http://www.frogforum.net/general-dis...list-vets.html that might help you some they are specialist vet that are vouched for by hobbiests

[mom2twinsplus2]

Thanks for the link to the specialists in my area. They vet that I went to was actually listed there so I guess he was OK. I also saw a couple of others relatively nearby including one at the clinic that the people at PetSmart and Petco both recommend though I don't see the name of the specific vet they recommend.

I have been putting the cream on Sticky and feeding the carnivore diet now since Friday. She looks really good, I think...her legs really don't look red at all most of the time now and she looks a bit plumper. She is still not eating at all though and she still has not pooped at all. I don't really know what is going on at all....if she doesn't eat or poop she surely will die soon...I am not sure if I should keep feeding her or not. I think I will call back the vet I took her to already tomorrow and see what they have to say and I think I may start calling the other vets on the list to find out of any of them give more reasonably priced x-rays.

Another weird thing...when I got to force feed her...she really doesn't like it at all...but she has not once pee'd on me....I am thinking that is weird cause the day we got here she sure squirted us when she was freaked about getting moved to her new cage. I am wondering if the fact that she hasn't is a warning sign of something or anyother...

Anyhow...I think there are more phone calls to be made tomorrow for sure...

Thank you everyone for all the help!

eta....I am in Germantown, a suburb of Memphis

Alison