Help! Frog may be impacted

[Ra]

It will take a long time for the frog to start losing weight from not eating let alone starve to death. Giving the frogs digestive system a break from food to work on moving all that chitin wont hurt. You should put a wet glove on a massage the impaction a bit throughout the day each day to help maybe dislodge it.
Have you been keeping the frog in a bare bottom or paper towel lined bottom with shallow water? My frogs always seem to have an easier time pooping when they are kept in water, and sometimes when I switch them to bare bottom water set ups to wash all my moss they poop within the hour.
Plus, if you use a bare bottom water set up, you will be able to see whats in any of the poop that may show up. Im betting you are going to find lots and lots of mealworm husks.

[lovenokia]

When the soaking the frog, I mix the honey and water n the bowl, then put SME paper towel then I let my frog in there for 20 or so minutes. After the soaking is done then I shall put the fog back into the terranium.

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[GrifTheGreat]

Try to get the Repta-aid. That is really the best thing to give your frog right now. It will help pass the impaction and give the frog nutrients. You don't want him to get too weak or it will be harder for him to push the impaction out. Don't do too many of the honey soaks. They are really only meant to be used once a week or so. Rotate between regular lukewarm soaks and honey soaks.

[lovenokia]

Okay, will try to get repta boost. And just use lukewarm water with honey soaks.
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[lovenokia]

Okay, I just got the repta boost, had a busy day.

[lovenokia]

put from in one scoop of repta boost, frog shaking sometimes and trying to climb out.

[GrifTheGreat]

put from in one scoop of repta boost, frog shaking sometimes and trying to climb out.

He is probably a little scared and stressed. Does it feel like the lump has moved back towards the vent yet?

Remember after the bath with Repta-aid, prepare a second bath of lukewarm de-chlorinated water to rinse it off of him.

[lovenokia]

okay, is the impaction looking any better? the hump seems to be going more towards the but right now from what i am able to see.

[lovenokia]

update pics below

[lovenokia]

Well, frog is still impacted , no poop and I still see the big lump, I am getting a little worried now. Though it seems that the impaction may have moved be closer to the butt, I don't think it moved much yet.

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[GrifTheGreat]

Well, frog is still impacted , no poop and I still see the big lump, I am getting a little worried now. Though it seems that the impaction may have moved be closer to the butt, I don't think it moved much yet.

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Sometimes it takes a while Keep up with the soaks and be patient. If he doesn't pass the impact in the next 2 or 3 days you may have to seek out a Herp Vet and see if you can get some liquid laxatives to help pass the blockage. You can try force feeding him a dose if the Repta-Aid(Repta-Boost). A lot of the time it will help pass an impaction.

[lovenokia]

GOOD NEWS! Turns out my frog ingested large amounts of the cocofiber, and the hump of the side of my frog has shrunk tremendously. Currently I am seeing coco fiber coming out of the butt at this moment. The soakings helped a lot. I think from now on I will only feed on paper towels and do away with feeding on the substrate.

[lovenokia]

pic update

[lovenokia]

I know how this happened now, when I was feeding crickets to my frog, sometimes he/she would miss and it looked like it was chewing something after it missed. I didn't think that it was eating the substrate the entire time! Well for all you new froggers like myself, i recommend to feed in paper towels if you are gonna be using crickets.

[lovenokia]

My frog still has some ways to poop, felt the side of his/her tummy and it is still firm, just the lump is a lot smaller now.

[lovenokia]

Well, something caused the impaction, I saw coco fiber coming out, the lump is smaller now but still isn't cleared out. Maybe it was the mealworms, I won't doubt it.

[GrifTheGreat]

Well, something caused the impaction, I saw coco fiber coming out, the lump is smaller now but still isn't cleared out. Maybe it was the mealworms, I won't doubt it.

It could have been a few thing, but its hard to tell. Hopefully its just slightly constipated. Full blown impaction is bad and usually is very difficult to pass because its usually caused by something that cannot be digested such as stones, bark, eat.

[connor111699]

I hope they'll be ok!

[lovenokia]

It could have been a few thing, but its hard to tell. Hopefully its just slightly constipated. Full blown impaction is bad and usually is very difficult to pass because its usually caused by something that cannot be digested such as stones, bark, eat.

okay, hopefully I can avoid this next time.

[GrifTheGreat]

okay, hopefully I can avoid this next time.

Tong feeding is best, but you can just drop chunks of worm in front of him when you can feed him after the impaction passes. This way he isn't missing so much.