Sick White's - not mine

[reptileszz]

Hi Carole! Although it's nice you are helping a friend with a sick frog, you are taking a risk by bringing it into your reptile room. Under no circumstances should you share anything with your animals and make sure hands are well washed before and after handling frog and it's enclosure.

There are too many guesses in your post to narrow down possible causes but will try. Well water is good if you have a current analysis that includes heavy metals which could cause TOS. Without that; need to treat with Seachem Prime or similar. If frog crickets were not gut loaded and neither were supplements used; have more possibilities to include malnourishment and or MBD.

Frog should go to a vet; barring that, then a hospital tank set-up is needed. Would give it a bath in 10% Pedyalite with 90% 80F distilled water for 20 minutes. Following that, offer gut loaded crickets dusted in Fluker's Repta Boost powder. If frog eats; then it's on the way to recovery. If it doesn't; then try again the next day. Please post a pic of frog to see how it looks; if too skinny and weak might need to force feed Repta Boost according to instructions. If you get a fecal sample would be great to have it analyzed and see if there are any pathogens in the frog. Good luck !

Thank you. Real quick. Whee does anyone find unflavored pedialyte?

[Mentat]

I get a similar electrolyte product called Parent's Choice at Walmart; it's at the baby section for $3.50/1 liter bottle.

[reptileszz]

Hi all, I brought the frog home late last night and he is in a critter keeper on moist paper towels. He LOOKS fantastic. I had minor surgery yesterday myself so didn't do much with him when I got him here. His owner looked high and low for unflavored pedialyte packets to no avail yesterday. Does everyone buy the bottles and then throw away the bulk of it? We only need a little at a time but the stuff doesnt stay in the fridge long. Seems like a waste. Had been hoping for packets. I think we might just be dealing with an environmental problem here (temperature perhaps). I did mist him with dechlorinated water and of course the paper towels are soaked with treated water. Maybe a combo of bad temps and bad water are contributing. My guess is that he was fine in the summer when it was consistantly warm, now the house is much cooler and the light is going on and off and the temps are fluctuating wildly. A guess but... anyway, going to soak him in treated water with a little honey today cause it cant hurt. Then going to leave him alone and get some crickets on the way home. I only have mealworms and roaches here. Might offer him a roach right now.

OH he did poop at work in the travel container yesterday. I examined it there and it was mostly eco earth, one cricket leg and some mucous. I think first off he shouldnt be kept on eco earth if he is eating that much of it when going for crickets????

Thank you so much.
Carole