Ill Leopard frog; PLEASE help!

[Heatheranne]

Hi Lovino,

A quarantine or hospital tank can be either a tank or tub. Be sure to have plenty of vent/air holes.

Use non-printed paper towels as flooring and change them every day. Have a smooth edges water dish and fill it with dechlorinated water. Rinse the bowl in very hot water daily, allow to cool, and add new dechlorinated water daily.

Mist the tank twice a day with spring water or dechlorinated water.

You can apply Original Neosporin to the wounds daily with a Qtip. Avoid the types with pain killers - they are toxic to frogs. Use a new Qtip each day.

Diluted 50% Silver sulfadiazine cream works much better. It is a prescribed medication though. It can treat both bacteria and fungus.

Continue to offer food daily. Continue to use calcium with vitamin D3 and multivitamin amphibian powdered supplements. Ca/D3 every other day and MVI once daily, not on the same day as the calcium/D3. Lightly dust the crickets with the shake-and-bake method.

The goal is to keep his housing as clean as possible to avoid further infection.

He should stay in the hospital tank until completely healed. If he's not fond of the tub, a ten gallon tank with a screened lid works nicely. Cover the back and 2 sides of the tank with a nice background to help him feel safe and less stressed.

Stress can weaken their immune systems, so try and minimize the noise and handling to the minimum needed to care for him.

If the wounds do not start improving or if they worsen, he'll need vet prescribed treatment. If you are in the USA there is a vet here who will send medications via mail. You have to send an email stating the situation with photos. He does not charge a vet fee, just meds and shipping. If you'd like his contact information, please let me know.

The salt soaks... Only use aquarium salt. Use a very small amount. Frogs absorb up to 4 times more than fish. They are like sponges. Fish have scales. Quite a bit different. Only do the soak once for now. Too high of salt level can cause electrolyte imbalance, kidney problems and shock. It is better to do a few spaced dilute soaks than it is a heavy soak.

My best recommendation is to get some SSD cream from the vet. I would actually email the vet I mentioned and seek his opinion. It's free advice. Whether you choose to buy anything is up to you. You can mention to him your funds are limited and he may have other options. Your frog may need systemic antibiotics. SSD cream is only a topical treatment.

It has been my experience here with others seeking help that they wait to long for treatment and it becomes too late. Best to at least have a vet assess him. Then go from there.

The frequent shedding is a sign of illness.

I will check back tomorrow. Hope he does well overnight for you.

[Lovino]

I would love to talk to the vet! Im just concerned about how long it will take to deliver meds, and applying it to my squirmy frog. I also dont have Ca powder, I get new crickets once or twice a week, and i get a few Ca dusted at the store. I'll keep an eye out for a 10 gallon at thrift stores, they always have them. lastly he seems to be recovering from the illness. Hes eating now! I was first alerted of his illness when he let crickets crawl on him.

[Lovino]

Ok I picked up a 10 gallon with a screen lid for 5 bucks at the thrift store (such a great price! ) and I picked up original neosporin, well store brand, but I checked the active ingredients, and I picked up Ca powder, I plan on giving him so calcium crickets as soon I finish posting.

I cant seem to find the multivitamin, is there something I can do to replace it? Like fruits or veggies, or wild caught bugs?

[LilyPad]

You can gutload (feed) the crickets with fruits and vegetables, I would recommend doing that anyway. You cannot feed your frog fruits or veggies though. You could do wild caught insects, but I'd probably stick to the crickets until you've got him healing. You could try some worms too, my friend had a leopard frog and it chowed worms. You can find a vitamin dust online if you can't find it in a store nearby. I have never had an issue finding one though, I seem to find them at even the smallest pet stores.

[Lovino]

I live in the middle of nowhere ^^; I can travel to either one of two walmart, or to the petsmart. I went to a walmart today, which has a limited selection; the petsmart is the other direction, I'll go there soon and try to pick some up when I go to get more crickets. Its a bit of a travel, like I said I live in the country side.

But, We often have fruit at our house, what fruits should I use? also Im starting an earthworm farm for my frogs.

As for Sage the sick frog, he seems well, he ate 3 calcium covered crickets, and he is favoring his injured palm. I coated his palm with neosporin. I think im going to place a cup in there for him to hide in, would that be a good idea?

[LilyPad]

A hide for an injured frog is always a good idea. Feeling protected will help reduce his stress which will help him heal. I'm sorry, I'm so close to the city and have probably 5 pet stores in a 10 minute drive, I forget that not everyone has that convenience! I have always used whatever fruits and veggies I have, they eat just about any of them. I usually always keep an orange wedge in with them, that helps to hydrate them as well as give your frogs vit c Eating is good, hopefully he starts healing now.

[Lovino]

Omg, I dont know why I didnt think of this, Do I need to gutload them with fruits and veggies if I use Fluker's Orange Cube Complete Cricket Diet? I was recommended that by the amphibian/reptile keeper at the pet store the first week I had them, so i got it and I have been using it with my crickets since then.

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