Quote Originally Posted by Heatheranne View Post
I used to wrap my babies up in a moist dechlorinated watered paper towel like this...

If he starts to wiggle, just very gently put your finger on his head. He will likely relax in the paper towel though. Be sure it's at room temp so you don't chill or heat him. Bc he is so weak I doubt he will fight you.

A friend here on e told me she used a clean guitar pick to open her frogs mouth. I used my thoroughly washed (with plain dawn dish soap), thoroughly rinsed , and dried pointer finger nail and very, very carefully slid it in just enough for the syringe to follow. Lynn's idea is great and is less stressful. At this point you have to do what's best for him. Another good food for him is blenderized earth worm or night crawler. Kinda gross, but healthy for them. Put a small amt of dechlorinated water in with the worm when blending or mushing. You can add some crickets and calcium or vita's too. Just a smidge though.

I used to soak Twigs right in his paper towel for hydration. After he ate I'd set the tail of the paper towel he was in into his fresh dechlor water before applying his topical medications. Once he got used to it, he seemed to relax like it felt good. A regular soak is ok too. I would not recommend not holding the paper towel as I did for this photos. Twigs is extremely mellow and used to his paper towels. I would just gently hold it in for about 5 to 15 minutes. Up to you. This is only needed if he looks dehydrated or isn't peeing much. It is important to have good hydration with Baytril so he may filter and excrete is in his urine.


Both the Metro/Flagyl (same med, different names for it) and Baytril I used were applied topically as liquid drops.

My Metro was a liquid solution of 500mg per 100ml premixed in which I applied 3 drops daily to his back. My Baytril was a premix by them in which I applied 2 drops daily to his back. Wait at least 10 to 15 minutes between medications to allow absorption. If the Baytril seems to hurt him, let me know.

Be super careful between handling him and your other frogs. It may be a good idea to wear latex-free, powder-free gloves when caring for your sick baby. Do your healthy frogs' care first. And wash thoroughly after handling your sick one.

How is he doing today?

Please pardon the gaps in my responses, as I am working night shift this weekend and I'm a bit off kilter.
That is a great idea by wrapping them in paper towels for feeding . I wouldn't feel comfortable doing this with Yoshi cause he's still only very small compared to our fully grown female. I would be more than happy to do this with her if she ever gets sick so thanks for the tip

He is in his QT viv at the minute and he's looking quite well. He still has very little energy but he was up and walking around last night , he hasn't done this in a while

I very very very rarely handle the frogs, it scares me to pick them cause they're so so delicate. I don't mind with Yoshi at the moment cause I know he's sick but as soon as he's better he wont be handle. The same applies to all the others. I should invest in latex gloves for the future though

Thanks for your help I really appreciate it
I'll have a few pictures later on in the week of his progress