Cody ate plastic decor

[Ra]

Unfortunately any advice I could possibly give in this situation IS after the fact. I wouldnt know what to do if my frog ate plastic decor. But I can say without a doubt that my frog would never eat plastic decor. Prevention is the best medicine after all.

SO for all the frog keepers out there who have something valuable to learn from this whole scenario, heres my advice.

Feed your frog with forceps and on a smooth bare surface, such as an empty plastic container or terrarium. That will ensure beyond a doubt that they never consume any inedibles.

[GrifTheGreat]

Ra have you ever taken a frog to a herp vet? Most guess more than stating what is actually wrong with the animal. Also most would rather just put an animal down without a second thought of how to save the animal. It just depends on where you go and whether the Vet will actually attempt to save the frog. After all they do a procedure and it kills the frog then it kind of falls back on them. That's why most won't even attempt to save them. So I believe Jess' statement above is quite true. I have a Herp Vet that I can take mine to if needs be, but a lot of Herp Vets are also still learning so they'll research how to help the animal while they're seeing it in office. Mine even does this, but I've only needed to take one of mine in and just get meds for another. I believe MeTres did the best he could in this situation and there us no need for any further advice here.

What's done is done and it should be left at that.

[Lija]

so sorry for your loss MeTres, RIP Cody.

as for other things - I can tell that people on this forum helped me way more then any vet by far! there is nothing like hands on experience and advice from breeders and keepers who know what they are talking about. there are just a few vets who are specializing in herps, and out of them only small percentage know anything about frogs. I know that for a fact but that is in US, same in Canada, I don't think there are any board certified herp vets, so the best case scenario you will be dealing with general practice vets who may have been to a few exotic animal conferences and read a few book about exotics, but with animal this small and having such a small possibilities to do anything surgically I doubt vet would help anyway here.
advice on feeding outside the cage - well this may work for some, but in some instances - they will better starve then go there, why to get them more stresses then they need to be, in my particular case - if I feed mine in separate container he would be starve to death, only 1 out of 4 frogs is ok with tong feeding and that is under condition he is in his cage.

so my advice is - love your frogs, do your research - find ALL that you can on your particular frog, ask for advice no matter how stupid the question may sound, listen to what people have to say and do your very best for your little "baby" - provide the best conditions he can possibly have, and be prepare to pay as much as you need for all that stuff, including visit to a vet when you know it'll help.