Help urgent!!!

[Mentat]

Well Jack; this is certainly a perplexing event. Agree with Colleen/Jerrod and only way to know is conducting a necropsy. Have heard of "Sudden Death Syndrome" but that dry bath dish is still a mystery.

By any chance; have anything different happened in the frogs room last few days? Think in terms of deodorizers, carpet cleaners, painting; anything that involves chemicals or fumes. Also, check your dechlorinator to make sure it's dates are good.

[Truffs1178]

Nope nothing. His water bowl is still moist today so I am still amazed how it dried up so quickly. He can't have been dehydrated because his soil was moist and he had a soak a few days earlier. He will be missed. R.I.P. Citrus.

[Mentat]

some species of frogs will eat themselves to death. Pacs and African bullfrogs are notorious for that. I have actually seen one do it. Impaction is one risk of this the other is if a pac eats a mouse that is to big the mouse will rot in the frogs stomach before it can digest it. The bacteria from this is pretty much poison and will kill your frog, and fast. This can happen with snakes as well. The symptoms are that of impaction your frog will bloat up like a balloon. Impaction in some cases may be treated with warm water soaks. But if you have a rot situation there is nothing that can be done. Your frog may throw it up. But that is only a matter of luck and your frog may still die. Now this risk is not only with mice it is just the most common. Insects that are also to large can do this.

Just read above quote from Demon in another thread and wondering if that is what happened to Citrus? You did mentioned had given frog a rat 2 weeks before. Maybe that started an internal bacterial infection that caused it's demise?

[GrifTheGreat]

This is true when it comes to large prey, but they will stop eating once full. This is why you must offer properly sized easily ingested food items. If your first thought is that the food item is too big then listen to that instinct and offer a smaller item. It comes down to common sense.

[Truffs1178]

I just found this image of Citrus when I first got him and thought I would share it to show how small he was. Back then I thought mealworms were a great diet for frogs, lol. I don't remember him being so small, the mealworm was almost the same length as him.