Pacman flipping himself over - Please Help

[Thevacantface]

The cleaners are fine, just rinse very well. Some people will do a quick rinse of things and think just because they don't see suds anymore that all the cleaner is gone. I use the animal safe cleaners on my terrariums, I just give a couple extra rinses with hot water for good measure.

[monster]

Thanks and ya I rinse the **** out of it and then even do a last rinse with r/o water just to make sure even the last bit of water that went in was clean as whistle. I have been talking abit with him this week and besides the vitamins not to much seems to off. His temp was 80 I suggested maybe bringing it up to 82. I suggested the nightcrawlers and some Vitamins, told him maybe repashy because from what I hear its really good. Suggested some plants for cover and today for him being lethargic I recommended maybe a 1:10 ratio pedilyte bath to give him some energy. And I also suggested to take him out of the room hes in and put him in a low traffic area. Just wanted to throw out there some of the things I have suggested.

[Thevacantface]

I'm not seeing anything off on the parameters of the enclosure, and those are all the correct steps to go through to get the frog back to healthy. That's why I'm suggesting other things to look out for, since the basics are correct, you just have to systematically move through all possibilities. There are only a few things that can go wrong with these guys, not to say they are a simple pet, but their afflictions and the causes are easily traceable. Toxin, stress, climate, and parasite are the big ones, and each will present a bit differently in the symptoms.

[monster]

I was reading an article the other day that was saying that stress is one of the leading causes of death in captive frogs.

[xghostmakerx]

I posted information about the enclosure. What more information would be helpful?

[monster]

Hey, I think what the other person was asking was just if there is incents or scented candles burned around him a lot. If and when people clean around the enclosure what is being used and stuff. But if your son is 8 I don't think hes burning candles and stuff in his room. In the pictures on his right side it almost looks bumped out, is it? Or is it just the picture, and if it is when u feel it does it feel hard? If you look at the first 2 pics you can see what I mean. As for being swollen he doesn't look like he is to me, he just almost looks like there is something hard in his side. And when the other member asked if your applying the stuff to water per instructions is because to little is no good but then to much of it wouldn't be good either. Its like the saying I have seen used on here before, sometimes to much of something good can hurt you to.

[xghostmakerx]

when I was taking him out of the water I didn't notice any abnormalities with him and when I put him back in the cage he buried himself which is a lot more movement than he's been having. For the last couple of days he'd just site on top of the substrate when he wasn't flipping himself over.

As as far as the water goes, I've been putting 10 drops per gallon but was aways told that a few more drops wouldn't hurt

[Thevacantface]

Everything you are saying seems like it is on the money, I'm at a loss for what might be up with him. It does look like his right side is sticking out a bit more, just give it a gentle push, if you can feel something lumpy then he might be a little impacted, if not then he is fine digestively. You aren't using any wood finishing compounds, hobby glue, or solvents in the house are you? Is your wife using carpet cleaners or strong cleaners in that room or any adjacent room? I'm just running through any random possibility here.

Outside of those factors, the only thing I could think of would be the water source, the building materials in your house, or even the land it's built on. If any of those are questionable, symptoms will show up in a frog long before a human.

As for humidity control, I use a reptifogger, and mist if the dirt dries a bit. Just fair warning on the reptifogger though, if you use anything other than distilled water, it will quickly scale over.