hurt frog in wild

[ribit]

That is sad. I don't know what the best thing to do is, but I would probably keep it until it is healed.

Yes, I will keep it until it is fully healed. Its just that i would hate to keep it locked up so long. Who knows how long it could take for half of his mouth to heal. Poor little toad.

[Mentat]

Hello and welcome to FF Ribit! Try and get some plain Neosporin topical cream. You can apply it directly to external frog wounds to help prevent infections. Not sure if you can use inside the mouth; maybe others will pitch in. Good luck !

[ribit]

Thanks for the welcome! The toad is doing much better! I moved it to a bigger 10gallen cage, with rocks, a rock to sit on, and a tray of water. It is starting to make little noises. I still have to hand feed it in order for it to swallow the worms though. It will sit there in the cage and hop around, but it keeps its mouth open at all times. I havent seen it close its mouth once. If it doesnt get bettter I guess i wouldn`t mind supplying it a home. At one time I used to have Firebelly toads, and they were a lot of fun! I will do more research about the non medicated Neosporin. I wouldn`t want it to swallow the Neosporin though. Thanks for all of the help!!! I`ll keep you posted.

[Mentat]

Hope frog does not have a broken jaw. From your Firebelly Toad days, please remember to de-chlorinate the water. Also, dusting worms with Calcium every other feeding would be of help now. Good luck !

[flybyferns]

Hi ribit,
Be sure the Neosporin ( or any topical antibiotic) is WITHOUT pain reliever !

Good luck with him
There is a vet you could email:
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...-prepared.html
Dr Frye's fee is for the medication he prescribes - only
He may have a better solution for broken skin near the mouth and eye.
http://www.frogforum.net/tree-frogs/...-supplies.html

It is very kind of you to do this !

BRAVO ! and welcome to Frog Forum

[ribit]

I have been washing out the toads water dish two times a day. I just got done feeding it a worm. If it has a broken jaw then I guess i will just make it my toady pet, and hand feed it. I was wondering how many worms to feed it a day? I might start feeding it some crickets as well. I will look at the vets web sight for sure! Do you guys want me to post some pics of the toads mouth? Thanks!!!

[Lija]

Ribit, welcome to FF, that is very nice of you what you did, he would die otherwise, but it is not out of the woods yet

yes please post pics of the mouth. i would do following as of now. get broad spectrum antibiotics from a vet, you'll need to drop a few drops on frogs's back oce a day most likely depending on what kind of a/b you'll get + zinc ointment for outside of his mouth. I wouldn't worry too much about worms now, but if you can hand feed him and he doesn't seem to be too stressed out then do that, but don't overdo it, at this point I'd feed reptiboost and do unflavoured pedyalite bath ( 1 part of pedyalite, 6-8 parts of water), repeated every day.
make sure he is in hospital set up, all 4 sides of the tank covered with wet papertowels if possible, substrate wet papertowels as well, you need to change all that every day. put a hide of some sorts in there, plastic plant may be, anything to minimaze stress. make sure no direct light is shining at a toad.