Troubled Pacman

[akjelland]

I've had this frog for approx. 1.5 months and he has this weird skin problem. Hoping you guys have seen it before. I took Frogdor to the Vet about 3 weeks ago because I noticed a swelling on his abdomen. Doc thought it might be parasites so he cut it open but was unable to find anything. He's been on antibiotics for almost 3 weeks now and I haven't seen much improvement-in fact he seems to be developing new lumps. I'm wondering if anybody has seen this before and could offer any advise. He is currently housed in a 10g aquarium, coconut fiber substrate which I change every 2 weeks, has a soaking dish that I change daily, a hide and a few fake plants, a heat lamp that I only turn on at night if it's cold. Temp sits at 75-80 Humidity 70-80%. He hasn't eaten for me at all so I started force feeding him a nightcrawler once a week after starting the antibiotics. Any advice would be much appreciated. (Large wound is from his surgery- this pic was taken last week)

[GrifTheGreat]

What antibiotics?
Also are you housing him in a hospital setup?

Are you applying antibiotic ointment to the wound?

[akjelland]

Antibiotic is Amikacin which I apply topically once a day. He's not in a hospital setup- Dr said he would be fine in his tank as is. No ointment on the wound- its almost healed up now.

[Lija]

Well im strongly suggesting to change your vet asap. place your frog in hospital set up and stop using amikacin. Both things gotta be done asap. What form of amikacin are you using? Where are you applying topically? Do you know dosage?

Next - find vet who knows what s/he is doing. While looking get flamazin (silver sulfadiazine) cream, use that for the wound (if it is still there).
i dont see lumps, except the opened one, depending on a location and feel of them it might be lots of different things. Can you describe more? Im assuming hystopathology was never done? Do you know what did came out when vet open the lump?

[GrifTheGreat]

Amikacin is fine, but works best as an injection not a topical application. The cream that Lija mentioned is excellent for topical application. You could also ask if the Vet feels Zosyn as an injection would work because I feel it would.

[akjelland]

The dose is approx 0.37mg once daily. I've been applying it to his lower back. So the big lump that he cut into had been there for a couple days before I became concerned. It was firm but didn't appear red or painful. I took him out to clean the tank and I noticed that it had ruptured? I pressed on it with a moist q-tip and a small amount of white fluid came out. The Dr said that he found a little more of the same fluid but nothing else. The wound is almost healed but it's still a firm lump but no more discharge. The other lumps are on his back legs. They are small with a dark center. Those come and go but recently one has become larger and more white. I've stopped the antibiotics. What do I need for a hospital tank? Just moist paper towels in a critter cage? And no they didn't do histopath.