Need some help....Impaction

[Pluke]

The bump on it's left side is food. Especially if it ate a big dubia you'll definitely feel a lump on the left side. It's right side is poop. I'd just do the honey soak once every other day, you could probably do it every day but I wouldn't, that's just me. You can do a normal lukewarm water soak every day. Once the frog poops though you don't have to worry about soaking.

I give my frogs a normal non-honey lukewarm water soak every 2 weeks if I don't see them poop, just because I have one frog that only poops if I give him a bath. He always goes too.

[DeeDub]

Ok, off to bathe her in honey....lol

[DeeDub]

Just got done with the first soak. She passed a little bit of turd, but not really worth mentioning. She is trying though. I think she will pass it with this second soak. I just put the warm water in her dish and put her back in her cage. Ill repeat tonight.

[ejh805]

Just got done with the first soak. She passed a little bit of turd, but not really worth mentioning. She is trying though. I think she will pass it with this second soak. I just put the warm water in her dish and put her back in her cage. Ill repeat tonight.

Best of luck!
Don't forget to try the massage technique that Grif posted. I've done something similar before, and within a minute or so my frog was passing something massive.

[Maharg]

I asked how warm the water was because from experience I have found this critical. I went into further detail in another post, I will try to link it later but data on my phone is running low.
Somewhat briefly, I believe frogs naturally regulate their bowels in nature by hopping into warm puddles since obviously nobody is there to do it for them. small puddles they would jump into in nature (small cause they could drown in large bodies of water) move in temperature almost exactly on time with the air temperature. As we all know water equalizes to the same temperature as air. Warm tropical days are easily 90+ degrees and so is the water. I spent two weeks in Costa Rica last year and every day was above 100. A 95 degree bath isn't dangerous and it's not even all that much warmer than a swimming pool. Bare in mind most tanks are kept at 80 to 85 degrees during the day anyway.
With my frogs a "lukewarm" 85 degree bath has proved pointless. I make the water quite warm and they always poop almost instantly. They can easily hop out if they choose, but they always end up staying in for hours. Til the water drops back down to normal tank temperature.
Don't be afraid to make a 95 degree bath. It's always proved successful for me.

[DeeDub]

Thanks. I started Luke warm and pretty shallow. I slowly added warmer water (100ish) until the waterline was mid body. I'm gu shy with hot water and frogs. When I was a kid I was cleaning a water dish and stuck a little grass frog in the sink where the water was running. Where it was just warm when I felt it, taking the frog from its 75-80 degree water straight into the warmer water shocked his system so bad that he died a few minutes later (I know, the water was chlorinated, shouldn't put the frog in the sink...etc, gimme a break, I was 10 or 11)

[GrifTheGreat]

I asked how warm the water was because from experience I have found this critical. I went into further detail in another post, I will try to link it later but data on my phone is running low.
Somewhat briefly, I believe frogs naturally regulate their bowels in nature by hopping into warm puddles since obviously nobody is there to do it for them. small puddles they would jump into in nature (small cause they could drown in large bodies of water) move in temperature almost exactly on time with the air temperature. As we all know water equalizes to the same temperature as air. Warm tropical days are easily 90+ degrees and so is the water. I spent two weeks in Costa Rica last year and every day was above 100. A 95 degree bath isn't dangerous and it's not even all that much warmer than a swimming pool. Bare in mind most tanks are kept at 80 to 85 degrees during the day anyway.
With my frogs a "lukewarm" 85 degree bath has proved pointless. I make the water quite warm and they always poop almost instantly. They can easily hop out if they choose, but they always end up staying in for hours. Til the water drops back down to normal tank temperature.
Don't be afraid to make a 95 degree bath. It's always proved successful for me.

Recommended temp is 78° to 80° and yes a sudden rise in their body temp is very bad for them. Their body doesnt work
instantly in the wild and puddle temp is most likely near 80° not 100° or even 90°. A gradule temp change is what is best which is partially the reason for two soaks involved in the first place. Do not expose the frog to those high water temps. What would posses you to place the frog in 100° water? Are you trying to cause it to go into shock? Water is ressistant to heat and natural water sources even in the sun seldom reach high temps such as 85° to 90 otherwise they would be near useless for animals to cool off in.

Luke warm or tepid water is only around 75° to 78°. It should feel warm to the touch and cool slightly. Use better judgement before you harm the frog. They never seek high temps like that so wouldnt be exposed to any water source that is that warm.

[Maharg]

Temperature is measured in the shade. Also, if you are keeping your tank at 80 to 85 as most do, replacing the water with 78 degree water is giving them a relatively cold bath.

Also, frogs dig to cool off. Water for hydration and performing bowel movements.