cricket bite + quite lethargic

[tryme]

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Brulidine is the UKs equivilent i will see if i can get some. failing that i think i can get some neosporin off ebay

[DVirginiana]

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Brulidine is the UKs equivilent i will see if i can get some. failing that i think i can get some neosporin off ebay

The important thing is to make sure there are no painkillers or fungicides added to whatever you buy. A lot of Neosporin-like products add these in, but they are harmful to frogs.

[tryme]

ok thats fine. i have cleaned him and his enclosure. he is on paper towel for the time being.

the wound looks like it is healing over now. he still seems a bit lethergic. im buying him another heat mat today to distribute the heat over the whole enclosure rather than warm end cool end.

the one i have at the moment isnt sufficient to heat the whole tank (to reach the required ambient air temp).

thank you for all the input guys, i will keep you update.

[tryme]

the cricket bite is looking a lot better now but he seems quite lethergic still. his eyes are closed 75-80% of the time and he is not moving much.

i havent offered him any food yet as didnt want to stress him further.

should i try to offer food? he seems to be drinking etc as he goes in his bowl and ive seen him "gulping" down water.

[Lija]

you should offer him food if he is tong trained, otherwise monitor is he eating and take food out if not eaten. I would soak him in unflavored pedialyte/water mix at this point too.

[Locascio]

That frog isint looking good it looks to me to be more than a cricket bite ... and another thing frogs DONT drink water from there mouths i suggest you give the frog to someone who can take care of it... kuz to me it seems like you have no idea what your doing and after reading all thees posts its looking bad for that poor frog ....

[Lija]

Locasio, of course it is more then cricket bite, it is infected. you should should stop that. thyme is seeking for advice and help that is what he should be getting, not pointing fingers, no need to be so rude. yes frogs don't drink like we do, they absorb water though their skin, not everybody know that, that is what the forum is for to ask questions and seek information.
I'm sure s/he can take care of the frog and is trying to help him now, s/he wrote that the wound is looking better now, we all started somewhere and had probably stupidest questions then, so relax and if you can help please do so.

[tryme]

Sorry but I'm only trying to do my best. He is sitting in his bowl a lot more now with eyes open more.

Hopefully a good sign.

[DVirginiana]

How long has it been since the frog has eaten? Does it look like it is losing weight? If it's been over a week, you may want to do an 'aggravated' feeding. If he won't take prey on his own, you can rub the prey over the frogs lips and chin for a few minutes. Usually they will get annoyed and bite it. This is less stressful than actually force-feeding.
Post some more pictures of the bite area and the whole frog please.

When you say he is 'gulping' water do you mean he is sitting in his water dish and opening his mouth over and over? If this is something you've only seen him do once, he may have just been shedding in the water dish. They gulp air to puff up and loosen the skin.

Sitting with the eyes closed all the time isn't a good sign. You can try feeling VERY gently around the bite area. Do you feel any hard knots or swelling? Without a picture this is just a guess, but sometimes a wound can heal up and leave a sort of encysted infection under the skin. I've seen this in other animals (especially cats) that receive bite wounds that don't get immediately cleaned out. This can either lead to another infection in the same area (the pus trying to escape and reopening the wound), or the infection going through the body.

Is there an exotics vet you can get to? If the infection is spreading beyond just the bite this may be beyond what you can treat at home. With infections, the sooner you can get them treated the better.