WTF has Red Leg

[Frogger00]

Update: bad news. Oliver refused food tonight, his legs got incredibly red when I picked him up to put him in his tetracycline bath, and he developed a few small sores, which I treated with Neosporin. His legs looked somewhat okay, but when I touched him they instantly flared up. He also was quite angry with me and proceeded to squeak and squawk at me. He didn't want to soak either, so it was a struggle to get him to stay in the bath for more than a few minutes. He is really not happy, he looks very scared about everything and extremely stressed. I will try the treatment for a few more days to let it start working, and I am also going to be contacting the pet store for details.

I will post a picture of the redness later tonight or tomorrow morning.


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[Crispy42]

I'm sorry to hear he's getting worse. It definitely sounds like time for a vet visit.

[irThumper]

I would not put him in any salt water. One thing you can do to help sooth his skin is a honey bath made with 100% organic RAW natural unprocessed honey (very important!) and 100% organic all natural unprocessed coconut water with no preservatives or other additives. Put 1/4 teaspoon (measuring spoon) of the honey and appx 1/2 tsp coconut water into 16 oz of warmed spring water with 8 drops of Reptisafe (for slime coat) added. Soak froggy for 20 mins while dripping the soaking solution over his back. Other than doing this once a day I would leave him absolutely alone and undisturbed except for feeding and cleaning. You can clean out his house while he soaks if you have someone to do the dripping for you. If you have any vets experienced with herps I'd take him there, if not I'd contact Dr. Frye.