Frog is ignoring food

[GrifTheGreat]

alright he is currently at the vets, after weigh in (291g) they brought him back for an Xray, at which the vet noted that there appears to be a small amount of excess air in his intestines, so he proceeded to give him a tracer orally, and in a few hours they will take another Xray and see whats going on with the tracer, they also noted that his gums were inflamed which would hint at an infection of sorts. i also provided them with a substrate sample.

I'm glad you decided to take him in. Keep us posted on his condition.

[daltar08]

the tracer made it into the small intestines and i have recieved my frog back, his gums were inflamed and i am supposed to clean them daily, they also gave me some food to liquify and force feed although i do not know how easy that is going to be, he is also much paler than when i brought him in, no doubt from the stress, i may or may not bring him back in tommorow to see if the tracer made it out of his system, what are your thoughts?

[Lija]

if that vet is experienced with frogs as you said you should do exactly as you were told, although i would expect antibiotics to be prescribes if they say it is an infection, hm....

FF pixie is a very interesting experience may I say

[daltar08]

He gave an antiseptic to apply to the inflamed area of the gums

[daltar08]

another update, his color has returned, still has energy, looks like he hasnt lost any weight, but still refusing food

[GrifTheGreat]

another update, his color has returned, still has energy, looks like he hasnt lost any weight, but still refusing food

He probably doesn't feel well from the infection. Keep trying and force feed if necessary, but only as a last resort.

[daltar08]

how long should i wait before starting to force feed, its been 4 days

[daltar08]

Here is the xray today, 24 hours after the barium tracer was given orally, as you can see the dye is all in one area, going again tommorow to see if it moves