help! hea dying! :'(

[Kyle4]

SO.... what do you suggest i do with a dead frog? he is only getting worse. im fearing he ate one of the smaller gravel rocks from the bottom.. im going to dump a whole much more big soft round rocks in there anyway... really sucks. he was my favorite. was bright green. i dont expect to see him alive tomorrow morning. or even later tonight... laying there with his arms and legs all stretched out. yes he's alive for now...

[MantisMan]

watever u do, KEEP HIM OUT OF THE WATER!!! i had one do this and it drowned because of the weight
u need to cover land area gravel with substrate
is he sitting with his arms under his chin and hunched over? if so it's not good! if he's laying straight pressed against the soil with elbows bent and to his side he should be ok, that's what mine look like when hibernating
wat is the daylight photoperiod and temperature like?

[Kyle4]

Nope.. as of this morning he is dead. No more movement at all. We (frogs and i) live in the basement. There's a heater in tgebwater set for about 73-76 degreees (auto) . And a regular lamp above for now. Though the other two are doing just fine.

[MantisMan]

oh
i think the water is too warm
there is NO need for a water heater, a 40-60 watt bulb over the tank is plenty, these guys can't be kept too hot or they can have problems
also it might not be your fault, most of these guys r wild caught and u dont know how old they r...

[Kyle4]

I can't afford a heat lamp right now. So I just have a regular bulb and lamp gacing down on then. Regular white house light. The other two seem to love it. He just... Died. :-\ I took a bunch of pebbels we have and completely covered the gravel until I can get soil and some plants... :-) so... What do I do with a dead frog? Toilet? =-O

[Faith]

All the ones that have passed around here, I bury. Granted some flush/toss out/etc. but I bury all animals I can

[adinco]

I would probably flush it. I use to flush fish that died as a kid. I would probably flush any of mine if they died.