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    Default Re: Not eating + eye infection

    That's really not nice to see
    Except a vet, I don't see any other possibilities.
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    Force feeding is best performed by two people. One to gently, but firmly hold the frog so that it cannot back away or escape and another to open the mouth and insert the food.

    Use a plastic spoon upside down and insert it between the upper and lower jaws on the side of the frog's mouth between the hinge of the jaws and the snout. Once the spoon is inserted apply gentle downward pressure and slide the spoon down towards the snout. This will stimulate the frog to open its mouth or bite. This is when you insert the food item so you will want to have it in the other hand that is not using the spoon. Once the food os in the frog's mouth they typically will do the rest.

    Switch to smaller crickets. Medium would be preferrable. Buy some Night Crawlers and cut off appropriately sized pieces starting from the tail of the worm and force feed those to him. Pieces should he about 1.5" long. They are far more nutritious than crickets.

    I hope you can get help for you frog fast because a Vet is the only thing that may save his life as of now.

    Good luck!


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    If you do not have another person to force feed with, back him into the corner of the hospital tank and gently do the same procedure that Grif instructed.

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    oh gosh, so sorry, that is really bad, very very bad and i don't want to be the one to say this, but.... at the stage as he is right now the chances of survival are minimal even if you do all you can, force feeding will help to sustain him for a little. melafix won't help here too. you need to run ( i mean it - RUN asap) to vet who is treating frogs and get meds - NaCL eye solution to reduce swelling and special eye antibiotics drops + systemic antibiotics, but honesty i don't think they will help (((( too advanced stage and too bad shape of the frog itself.

    I'm so so sorry.
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