Frog ill?!:(

[Fbt123]

Thanks Ryan! Ill try the warm water soak, i dont have any honey at the moment. The male barks all the time and whenever he tries to mate with her she pulls away from him. I heard that if theyve grown up together, the female wont mate with the male for some reason. Ill tell u guys how its going after the first wam water treatment.

[Fbt123]

Well after leaving her in water water for a few minutes she did a, ahem, poo . Does this mean she isnt impacted then?

[Bombina Bob]

If she doesn't appear to be bloated or lethargic after the initial poop and you see the pebble. then yes If you think she has eggs, then lower the temperature in the tank and change the light cycles. before you do this, make sure that the toads are healthy enough to breed. Keep us posted!

[Fbt123]

Ok, thanks guys . Im not sure how i would lower the temp in the cage, its about 20 degrees celsius in there most of the time. Also, how would solid and air feel? That may sound like a dumb question but i cant tell between the two lol

[Bombina Bob]

Eventually as the light cycle changes, the temperature should go down slowly so it wont shock the toads.if this doesn't work, try placing an ice pack next to the tank. After about a week of this, make sure to bring the light cycles back to normal. Air in the toad would feel more squishy and the solids are more noticeable as if you can feel little lumps within. keep trying the honey bath and the Epsom salts treatment as Carlos suggested.

[Fbt123]

Ok then, its definitely more air like .

[Fbt123]

Whats wrong with her if it feels like air then?

[Fbt123]

Ok, i just squished her (gently of course) a few times. She is quite chubby as i didnt know until recently that wax worms were pretty much fat and i fed them a lot of those lol. Anyways, where her 'stomach' area is, its quite hard (nit lock rock). It is squishy but not like air. Can someone clarify what the air and solid would feel like please

[Mentat]

Sorry your frog is not doing well Tom . Only way to tell for sure if it's impacted with gravel, bloated, or with eggs is to have an x-ray done by a herp veterinary. You could try to gently feel the frog sides and try to tell if squishy (air), solid (impaction or eggs), ar maybe jelly like with waves as response (fluid = edema).

Please do make sure either the substrate is bare, fine sand, or peebles too big to swallow.

Try and get some honey for a bath. Place 80F dechlorinated tap to frog's chin level in a small critter keeper or a plastic bowl with holed up top and add a couple drops of honey. Place frog in and cover with towel for 20 min. Then replace bath with 80F dechlorinated tap rinse for another 20 minutes and return frog to enclosure.

If you have Epsom salts at home; then prepare a solution using ratio of 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts in 1 gallon of dechlorinated tap. Give bath using same procedure as if it was honey bath. If bloating is due to edema/fluid retention; that should help. Repeat treatments daily until frog poops or bloating goes down and let us know of any changes. Good luck !