Results 1 to 20 of 69

Thread: Frog is ignoring food

Threaded View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #33
    Moderator GrifTheGreat's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2011
    Nationality
    [United States]
    Location
    Cincinnati, Ohio
    Posts
    9,697
    Picture Albums: Member Photo Albums

    Default Re: Frog is ignoring food

    Quote Originally Posted by daltar08 View Post
    Ok new UPDATE: took him to the vet this morning to see if all the barium tracer left his body, the answer is yes, also his weight is up 4 grams from a week ago, however he still seems uninterested in food, in addition, he made a bowel movement on the way to the vet which contained chitin meaning he is eating something lol, seems to be getting better, any suggestions, hes going to need vitamins soon and im not sure how to give them him, can vitamins be absorbed through the skin?
    Calcium can and so can vitamins, but the vitamins will irritate his skin. You may need to force feed him. You can buy liquid calcium to add to his water. The chitin was probably constipating him and left over from his last meal.
    Last edited by GrifTheGreat; November 28th, 2012 at 06:21 PM.


Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Pacman frog food
    By DorkiTimmy in forum Pacman Frogs
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: October 14th, 2012, 01:38 PM
  2. Xenopus frog food
    By Angus in forum Aquatic Clawed Frogs
    Replies: 24
    Last Post: October 13th, 2011, 06:36 AM
  3. Frog food/identification
    By pianomonkey97 in forum Food, Feeders, Live, Frozen, Culturing, etc
    Replies: 9
    Last Post: August 21st, 2010, 02:44 PM
  4. Frog food tips please.
    By leethefrogman in forum Food, Feeders, Live, Frozen, Culturing, etc
    Replies: 11
    Last Post: February 11th, 2010, 10:05 PM
  5. Food... I worry about the frog
    By Wambli in forum Frogs
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: August 5th, 2009, 01:54 PM

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •