Need help caring for dying frog.

[Heatheranne]

Psychotic, you've done a wonderful job! The best thing to do was soak her to detoxify her from the presuming my high levels of ammonia.

I'm so glad you got a hold of Dr. Frye so quickly! Her eating is a great relief . I will be praying for her to heal up and pull through! I'm so glad you took her in. She's beautiful!

(I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner. I had surgery this week.)

[Psychotic]

She will be at my house for quite a while. Probably will never go back.

The thing is he has a basement and I don't. We rescued a bunch of green frogs from a cistern on my property this past fall/winter. The ground was already frozen and we had snow so we took them and set them up in his basement (I didn't have room in my house). I go over to his house once a week and clean their tanks and change the water. He feeds them. He buys crickets and I give him roaches. They are well cared for and will be released back into my pond very soon once the weather warms up for a little while. So far it only warms up a little for a day or so and then goes back to freezing and snow. Not enough for the ground to thaw or anything.

Lilly, along with Kermit and the baby are the pet bullfrogs. I didn't clean their tanks as they are supposed to be his pets. He is supposed to take care of them. Lilly was housed in the same tank as the other two. However only Lilly appeared to be sick when I went over to visit Monday. That may be because she spends about 98% of her time in the water. The others spend way more time on land. They aren't as shy and do not hide like Lilly.
The week before, she didn't look any different than she normally did. She may have been bloated though. After the bloat went down in my care you can see how skinny she really is.

When I found her sick on Monday, I made my boyfriend help me clean their tank. Totally scrub it out. I told him to keep an eye on the other frogs. So far they haven't gone down hill like Lilly and still eat. I believe he knows he was wrong in not taking better care of them. He seems to be worried about her and is happy she didn't die.

As long as he is working 12 hour night shifts (10pm -10am) I'm probably going to have to take care of his pets too.

[Psychotic]

Psychotic, you've done a wonderful job! The best thing to do was soak her to detoxify her from the presuming my high levels of ammonia.

I'm so glad you got a hold of Dr. Frye so quickly! Her eating is a great relief . I will be praying for her to heal up and pull through! I'm so glad you took her in. She's beautiful!

(I'm sorry I didn't reply sooner. I had surgery this week.)

She is doing so much better. The red spots on her face are gone. The skin is pink with little slightly darker pink spots where the sores were. I don't know if it will scar. But it's barely noticeable. The spots on her legs are nearly gone too. She just has a couple of spots on her hips that are still red.

She is still swimming around and after having a meal I guess she has more energy. She has even been hopping a little bit.

I can't believe how fast she seems to be recovering.

Picture from this morning!

[Heatheranne]

She looks much better .

[Sasha]

She looks good! She's lucky to have you. Your boyfriend has some MAJOR apologizing to do!

[Gnag the nameless]

Great to see little Lilly is recovering fast

Bullfrogs are tough frogs, and amazing hunters too. She'll be fine in no time

[Psychotic]

Thought I should update. Lilly pooped a couple of days after she ate. I was worried about her not being able to. So I gave her a warm water soak and she pooped a tiny bit. The next day I gave her another warm water soak and she pooped a lot more. I fed her some more crickets and she pooped again (no warm water needed). So I'm happy to report her plumbing is in working order!

I haven't been able to get earthworms yet. All the local stores have not started getting them in yet.
There is a reptile expo here tomorrow. I've never been to it so I don't know how good it will be or what will be there. But I have my fingers crossed for some different types of feeders. My local pet stores only carry mealworms, superworms, and crickets. I breed dubia's but I don't have any small enough for Lilly right now. I have big adults and tons of teeny tiny babies. They seem to grow so slow!

[Heatheranne]

Glad to hear all is passing through properly.

Sometimes Walmart sells earthworms. Just be sure there are no dyes or scents added, like some for fishing.

Why does it always seem like there's itty bitties and adults? Lol!

[Psychotic]

That's the only kind I can get are the ones from bait shops, gas stations, and sporting goods stores. I haven't checked Walmart yet. But I have got them there before. Just no one in WV seems to sell them in Winter. At least no one close by. When I say close by I mean within an hour or two driving distance. I live in the middle of nowhere.

[Heatheranne]

That makes it tough.

[deeishealthy]

Yay for poop!!! (Things I never thought I'd say for $200, Alex)

[Gnag the nameless]

Just curious: How is little Lilly doing?

[Psychotic]

She's doing really good! All the spots are gone. The skin where they were are a lighter color than her normal skin color. She eats a lot and always seems hungry. She was always a shy frog. But I guess the one on one care has made her feel safe and calm. Every time I walk past her tank she hops towards me and puts her hand and face against the plastic. She's like, "Is it food time yet?".

[Heatheranne]

She's doing really good! All the spots are gone. The skin where they were are a lighter color than her normal skin color. She eats a lot and always seems hungry. She was always a shy frog. But I guess the one on one care has made her feel safe and calm. Every time I walk past her tank she hops towards me and puts her hand and face against the plastic. She's like, "Is it food time yet?".

This is wonderful to hear!!! Awe, she knows your her Mum and healer . You've done such a great job! Congrats! This is the rewarding part where all of your hard work has not only saved her but brought you closer to her and how amazing they can be . Now you can enjoy watching her grow and be happy and healthy .

[CJ PELCHER]

I love success stories... and honestly..you deserve so much credit for everything you put in.. KUDOS to you!!! VERY PROUD OF YOU!!!

[Psychotic]

Tonight is the first warm night we have had this year. I went out looking for toads. They should be coming out this month. Anyway, I didn't see any toads. But I did see hundreds of earth worms! I caught a few small ones and chopped them up for Lilly. She went into a feeding frenzy. She just ate 3 good sized roaches last night. I guess worms must taste good. She kept trying to eat her own hand too!

[Heatheranne]

Ha ha! Silly frog .

[Mentat]

Great success story Ashley, congratulations and good luck !