Got my RETF's - Is one RETF Bloated?

[Andry]

Thank you! Yes, I do believe now that I have seen the other one do the same thing that it looks like it is normal. Thank you for your reply. The other one sat his rump in the water for about an hour and changed from dark green to light green and then went to the glass to sleep some more and he looks bloated now too with his blue showing while sleeping, so all looks normal. Maybe they just absorb a lot of water and become plump that way. Pretty interesting to watch all this. I'm having so much fun watching and observing.

Here are more pics and video of the process....

Here he is now dark green since he woke up...


soaking his rump and turned very light green after about an hour of soaking:


Videos:
http://andry.smugmug.com/Animals/RET...70_iCVJh-M.jpg
http://andry.smugmug.com/Animals/RET...13_WHzvM-M.jpg
Tried to hand feed him:
http://andry.smugmug.com/Animals/RET...21_nyape-M.jpg
http://andry.smugmug.com/Animals/RET...93_S8rNV-M.jpg
http://andry.smugmug.com/Animals/RET...26_vVdG7-M.jpg

[missclick]

my dumpy also changes colors, its just a natural thing (probably related to how much moisture they have in their skin im guessing?) and also likes to sit in that fashion in the water. I might suggest making lower walls on the water dish because they like to grab onto the edge of the bowl.

[Andry]

Ok, great! Thanks for that info. I do have a bowl just like that one with shorter walls. I will change it out.

Oh, and I wasn't too worried about the changing of colors, I have read that they change colors based on temperature and stuff. I was more worried about the bloating, but now that I see both have done this, then I can see it's something normal.

Thank you all, I am a worried/nervous first time mother. But now I feel much more comfortable and am soooo happy that they are actually being active and not sleeping without waking like some others have said theirs have done when they are first brought home.

[Kurt]

They look normal and well fed. No worries. Have they been dewormed yet?

[Andry]

No, I haven't dewormed. I thought that was something I had to do if they looked ill or if I was adding them to another frog habitat. I didn't know I had to do that regardless. Wouldn't it stress them out more to be taking them to a vet when I just got them? Or is there something I can do at home to deworm them myself?

[Skulldroog]

The coloring is normal. Mine does the same thing, usually sleeps all the time except when hunting for crickets, and is dark green.

Nothing unusual here. They look healthy.

[Kurt]

Deworming all wild caught frogs is a good idea. It's also a good idea to do this with captive bred animals as well. It hopefully will prevent a problem a little bit down the road. You will need to see a vet to have this done. Don't worry about stressing them out by taking them to the vet, a little bit of stress won't kill them and deworming them will kill off parasites that can.