Calcium Lack Paralysis or Back Injury???

[Heatheranne]

Please keep in mind, we only wish to help .

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6. Water: all water should be chlorine, chloramine, and heavy metal neutralized. It depends on the water you use. If your water has these chemicals or heavy metals, it should be dechlorinated and neutralized with a amphibian safe solution. This should be for all water bowls and for moistening substrates. Never use soaps or chemicals. You can use very hot water for rinsing bowls and then rinse again in dechlorinated water.
The only time you should use bleach is when decontaminating infected tanks or equipment and it must be thoroughly reversed with dechlorinator. And only 10% bleach, rinse, then soak in at least 4x the amount of usual dechlorinator.

Water bowls should be rinsed and new water added daily. Ponds should have a filter and water changes should be weekly.

7. Temps: mid to upper 70's at night. Day time should have a basking spot of around 80-82'F. The frogs will bask to aid in metabolism and digestion.

8. Humidity: 50-70%. Never over 80's for any extended period of time as this species has a tendency towards respiratory infections.

9. Exercise: this is a tough topic. With this little sweetie, it's going to be very difficult to encourage activity in his condition. We don't want to stress him either. He will move around as he is able. The best thing to do is to change his habits and hope he improves. A wider soak dish might encourage some movement, but be sure the water is no deeper than his chin when sitting and be careful.

10. Handling and stress: handling causes stress. Stress weakens their immune system. This allows for opportunistic infections. Minimize handling and keep his home in a nice quiet area.

11. Prolapses: it would be a good idea to have his feces tested for parasites and eggs. My first guess as to why he is having prolapses is the difficultly digestion the super worms. Another common cause is intestinal parasites. The test is fairly inexpensive and easy. Just send a fresh feces sample in a new baggie to Dr. Frye' office with a paper staying the rest you'd like done. You can either send a check or pay over the phone it's around $20. We'd be happy to share his info if you'd like it?

I'm sure I have missed something. I'll swing back later to check for responses.

Lija, Mentat, Der Chipmunk, and others have given you good info.

Please don't feel criticized or offended. We are here to help. The frog's previous owner was misled. We can teach the proper care .

Hey, this fella has a slim chance. Let's give him that. He is just a sweet victim of fault. Sometimes our adoptive frog parents have not been given the right guidance either. We have to remember the frogs are why we are all here .