HELP! I think my juvenile American Bullfrog ate a rock!

[Gnag the nameless]

Once again, any help or advice would be appreciated. But more so how to tell if she actually ate a rock.

[demon amphibians]

I have american bullfrogs and when i had them in the gravel set up they swallowed rocks quite often nothing really big. i have actually seen them throw up all the contents in there stomach to get it out. American bullfrogs are very sturdy frogs and i would worry less seeing my american bullfrogs ingesting rocks then my other species. It may cause impacation that is always a danger but from my personal experience these frogs deal with ingesting such items much better then other species i have seen. I have never had impacation problems with my american bullfrogs but i have had problems with every other species i have, aside from my cane toads.

If your frog did eat a rock, the things you need to watch closely for is if your frog is eating, is it active, is it pooping. If it doesnt poop or it stops eating then you may need to start worring. A warm water soak is helpful. But if your frog is eating and pooping regularly then there really isnt a problem but I would advise against having a gravel setup.

[Gnag the nameless]

Thanks for the advice.

Yeah, American bullfrogs are some tough frogs. And I was thinking that she would just throw it up, if she even did eat it, which is unlikely due to her size.

Impaction has always been a threat I have been wary of. I'll look out for it.

As for how active she is, she's out and swimming right now. I'll check for eating and pooping.

A warm water soak is often suggested, and if I spot her not eating or pooping, she's gonna be getting one.

These are small pond rocks, not gravel. Like these:

In proportion, Gnag is about the size of the rock in the corner [3 inches whilst squatting]
to the rocks in her tank.

[Gnag the nameless]

Well, I saw her eat 2 crickets just now, and she was out and swimming about last night, as is normal, so I think all I saw was her eating one of the big , darker colored crickets as for the feces, I can't really see my frogs when they are hiding, but I'll keep an eye out for a poop

Even so, I still might give her a warm water bath just in case. I don't have any honey on hand, and also, how do I warm up the water? It's a stupid question, yes, but if I boil it it may become similar to distilled water. I'm going to use a small portion from my tank.

[SCF]

I wouldn't give her a bath unless you need to. She sounds fine.

Don't boil the water. Use dechlorinated luke warm tap water, additives (ie. honey or pedilyte), and get out the rubber ducky.

[Gnag the nameless]

Well, it's been nearly 2 full days since she supposedly ate a rock, and nothing out of the norm. As for the bath, I'm afraid I did give her a bath, and I did heat the de-chlorinated spinr water with a drop of honey in a pot on the stove. Not boil, though, just barely warm. However, [I feel like an absolute moron and idiot for what happened next, and I feel terrible for Gnag ] When I was putting her up back into the tank, she leapt from my gloved hands, hit the top of the tank, and fell in. I freaked out, thinking she'd but stunned or hurt, but she was as quick as a bullet. She leapt into her cave faster than you can blink. I've been watching her carefully, for fear of broken bones, but all seems fine. No limping, no abnormal behaviour. She even went out to swim a few hours later when I turned the light off as I usually do!

Anyways, after 2 days of concern, I did what I probably should've: Looked under the filter.

This may sound disgusting, and don't ask how I know this, but I know for a fact that big bullfrog poop is slowly sucked up by the filter, see. Not all in one chunk, it's too big.

I went home early from school, looked under the filter, and I found what I was hoping for:

Bullfrog poop

I know this is a disgusting topic, but I found at least 6 bullfrog droppings, most too small to be Bumpy's. And Gnag has been eating and swimming a lot, so I suppose she either:

-Didn't actually eat a rock and all I saw was her eating a cricket. I mean, most of the rocks in there are the size of her head if not bigger.

-Regurgitated the rock. According to other bullfrog owners, they will do that.

-Or I just saw the shadow of something or other, and am an absolute moron.

Either way, I'm more than glad she's fine. I'll admit it, I did shed a tear on the possibility of her dying