hurt frog in wild

[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.

[ribit]

I will put paper towls on the side of her cage. Were can you purchase the Zinc ointment, and the reptiboost? I will put a plastic plant in there to. She just has enough sunshine on her, not to much, and not to little. She has been moving around more, and going in and out of her water bowl.

[Sunshine]

It sounds like you can only get the zinc ointment from a vet? You should be able to get the reptaboost from any pet store (Petsmart, Petco). I am glad she is eating for you and moving around. Can you get her to a vet to look at her mouth?

[ribit]

I will go get her some reptaboost as soon as possible.Probabaly on Saturday. i just stuck a fake plant in her cage as well. Im not sure that there are any vets in my area that now a lot about toads though. is there anything that I could put on her mouth that I could get from the Petco or petsmart, or is there any natrual remadies I could put on her mouth?

[Lija]

you can email or call Dr Frye for meds, but if you can go to any vet and ask to any broad spectrum a/b in liquid form they should be able to sell. systemic ones would be your best bet as you need to treat a lot of wounds superficial and it seems internal too. vet would have flamazine or similar too.
you can also use topical a/b creams from human pharmacy, anything without painkillers, polysporin or anything generic, just read everything on the label if not sure ask - it has to contain absolutely NO painkillers. that would work too, but not as well and fast as systemic, since you can't really get to every single place damaged. and you can combine that with melafix treatment, that stuff is available from any pet store, petsmart will have it for sure, it is in fish section in blue tallish bottles. you prepare water as per directions on a bottle and soak the toad for 20 min and then wet paper towels that he sits on with that stuff too, you can use it to spray once in a while during a day as well.do that every day changing paper towels every day as well.
you need to change that gravel that you have to plain moist paper towels. the cleaner it sits the better outcome.

[ribit]

She seems to be getting better so I think I will stick with getting melafix for her mouth, and reptaboost for her to perk up. I`ll lay down some moist paper towls for her to sit on also. She is starting to close her mouth, that is a very good sign! I came up with a unique name, and am now calling her Princess Yallita! I do know a vet wery well, she mainly majors in dogs, cats, and goats though. I will ask her if she carries any broad spectrum a/b liquid, or Zinc ointment. I am so happy that she is getting well again!

[Mentat]

...and you can combine that with melafix treatment, that stuff is available from any pet store, petsmart will have it for sure, it is in fish section in blue tallish bottles. you prepare water as per directions on a bottle and soak the toad for 20 min and then wet paper towels that he sits on with that stuff too, you can use it to spray once in a while during a day as well.do that every day changing paper towels every day as well...

Thanks Lija, did not know you can use Melafix on frogs!
For Ribit: Make sure you read bottle instructions. There is a regular version (blue Bottle Lija mentioned) and a professional version that is 10 times stronger. It has a bactericide action although takes longer to work than regular antibiotics. For fish the recommended treatment is 10-14 days; would use for that period or until frog is well.