Quote Originally Posted by Heatheranne View Post
As for the belly...he sounds impacted. The honey soaks are the safe home remedy. He likely won't be hungry until the situation is resolved.

This is tough, because he is likely malnourished and has nutritional and electrolyte deficiencies, yet if is impacted, will not eat.

The treatment in an otherwise healthy frog with good nutritional status is to do the soaks with honey and to avoid feeding until the impaction clears. This is so we do not add to the impaction. The honey is a natural emollient which when absorbed helps to pass the obstruction. We provide soaks for hydration and to help draw in water to soften the impaction if it is stool. We give pedialyte soaks to provide dextrose (sugar) and electrolytes as needed, as noted in my previous post.

So, we need to clear his obstruction, if that is the cause.

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I guess I kinda knew the calcium powder-in-water thing wouldn't work... it's why they sell liquid calcium!

I gave Mr Blobby another honey bath this morning to try clear the impaction, and after two days without it, the twitching started... I had to pull him out because he flipped onto his back its so sad to watch. I'm going to try give him another one, because this impaction needs to go ASAP so we can start on other stuff.

I'm at a loss as for what to do about calcium in the meantime. He really needs it obviously, but he won't and can't eat dusted feeders, and New Zealand is useless because we don't have liquid supplements. I can try look on eBay and pay a fortune for overnight shipping I guess.. but then my parents will get angry at me for spending so much money on a pet. Ugh. What a disaster.