Updated frog 1st aid guide!

[Herpvet]

Thank you Bruce for looking at this. I am pretty much on my own out here. All the methods I suggest are for emergency treatments that I have had success with. The vet recommendation at the beginning is a great idea, I will do that. I will also clarify the preparations that I used. As for MS-222, the method I talk about is for euthanasia and the animal has passed before the injection is complete. Do you feel it should be bufferred for this purpose and if so how would you prepare it? Again, thank you very much for the help.

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Hi Paul,

Difficult to be sure of painful effect, of course, but erring on the side of caution I would buffer it (equal amount of sodium bicarbonate to that of MS 222 usually ok, although some places say twice as much sodium bicarb as MS 222).

Sorry to be so pedantic - I know it's easy (I've done it myself) to forget that other countries (or even people in your country) may routinely think of a different preparation to the one you usually use. (I'd make some mutterings about "American" English at this point but probably best not ).

Hope this helps,

Bruce.