Help!!! Something just happened to my frog, and I'm not sure if something is wrong or if he is dying :(

[Beebulz]

Just got back a little bit ago. Im glad I listened to you guys and not my boyfriend who was trying to tell me he was fine and was looking it up online that its a good thing to happen because it can get toxic things out of their bodies. No, the vet said this is not normal and it always indicates something is wrong.

Luckily Blob pooped this morning so I could take a sample in. No parasites were found, which was good news. The vet didnt feel any lumps or intestinal obstruction. She did see some blushing on his tummy which I would have never noticed, she said that can be a sign of infection. So in the end she started him on antibiotics today for 7 days, and wants me to keep an eye on things. If it happens again the next step would be x-rays and blood work.

The fun for me is trying to give a frog a syringe of antibiotics everyday (although he was quite cooperative in the vet office)

[Lija]

You are so very very lucky! You not just got a vet nearby who sees frogs, by what you are saying she is very knowledgeable vet! Not many if such are around unfortunately.

please keep us updating and ill keep my fingers crossed for fast recovery.

[Beebulz]

I did get very lucky finding someone so knowledable about frogs. I think there are only two vets that will care for frogs within my driving distance. The one I went to was an hour away, the other one close to that one.

By the way, I dont know if anyone will see this to help them. I live in Maryland, near the DC metro area and had to travel to Northern Virginia in Fairfax to get to this vet so I would like to put their information on here in case anyone else on here ever needs a frog vet in the same area.

Pender Exotics
4001 Legato Road
Fairfax, VA
Phone 703 654 3100

[LisaGarcia]

Thank you for the Vet info! I have been looking for a vet near us and have not been able to find one. The vet I USED to go for my dogs does it but I left there for a reason (I won't spend money somewhere when they are concerned about the breed of dog I have) I happen to work in Fairfax so this will be great!

I am glad you were able to get your little guy in and that he will be ok!

[Beebulz]

Thank you for the Vet info! I have been looking for a vet near us and have not been able to find one. The vet I USED to go for my dogs does it but I left there for a reason (I won't spend money somewhere when they are concerned about the breed of dog I have) I happen to work in Fairfax so this will be great!

I am glad you were able to get your little guy in and that he will be ok!

I'm glad I could help. The vets and techs there are so great and they helped me a lot over the phone when I couldn't make it into the office. They are 24 hours too so if there is an emergency you can call. They have a regular vet office too, I highly recommend them if you are nearby. Dr. Torres is their frog vet.

[Beebulz]

Ok, last update. Blob just took his last dose of antibiotic this evening, yay! Here he is, happy (or maybe not so happy since he just was bothered from his burrowed spot) and healthy again!



Again, I really want to thank everyone here, you have helped Blob and I so much while he was getting better. I don't know if he would have survived without the knowledge and help from the people on this forum.

[LilyPad]

I'm so glad you took him in! Thanks for taking the steps to make sure he gets help. Lija is right, you are very lucky with the vet. I had an amphib vet here who was reluctant to help me with frogs (last time I took one in, he told me that he wasn't going to make it and sent me home with no further advice...that was a year ago and I managed to bring that frog back to good health) and now that vet no longer treats amphibs at all. Wouldn't even give me ssd cream the last time I called to get some!

[Beebulz]

Thats terrible! I wonder why so many vets are reluctant to provide care for amphibians, you see so many out there that work with reptiles and other exotics.

[GrifTheGreat]

Thats terrible! I wonder why so many vets are reluctant to provide care for amphibians, you see so many out there that work with reptiles and other exotics.

They don't like to treat amphibians most of the time. Amphibian medical care is still in its early stages. There is still much that is not known about them.

[DVirginiana]

They don't like to treat amphibians most of the time. Amphibian medical care is still in its early stages. There is still much that is not known about them.

I'd rather a vet just say they don't know how to treat amphibians than try to treat an animal they know nothing about without letting you know they aren't qualified to do exotics; seen some real horror stories about situations like that. I had a really great vet in my home town who would help out with reptiles since there was no other local option, but he made it clear that he wasn't an exotics vet, so you knew what you were dealing with.

[Beebulz]

So Blob is less than happy about all of this. I have never really handled him much before this because pacman frogs are burrowers and I usually leave him alone other than to clean his tank. Will he get used to being held? He is so wiggly and pees everywhere, but I can't avoid picking him up because I need to give him medicine. I feel so bad stressing him out