Whites Tree Frog - Looking very poorly

[irThumper]

Dry paper toweling will tend to stick to the frogs and pull up. Plus it will get wet anyway when they exit the water dish, so might as well dampen it a bit to begin with. I use a squeezable condiment bottle to dampen paper towels. Try to find a clear one that is food grade and BPA free.

[fusss]

I have literally only cleaned out the tank recently so next time I will consider using paper towells.

I cannot find a good UK alternative to pedialyte. The UK version is Dioralyte but is only available in blackcurrent flavoured dissolvable sachets so no good Any other suggestion what may work for this?

He has not touched food for a couple of days again and still remains sitting on the floor constantly a very dark colour.

On a more positive note, I picked him up last night to inspect his belly and check for redness etc, and he jumped really far from my hands back in the tank to near the top which must be a good sign!

He did however struggle to hold on for some reason and after about 20 seconds fell from near the top luckily into the water bowl to break his fall. He seemed ok from the fall but concerned that he didn't have the strength maybe to cling on

[Herpvet]

I have literally only cleaned out the tank recently so next time I will consider using paper towells.

I cannot find a good UK alternative to pedialyte. The UK version is Dioralyte but is only available in blackcurrent flavoured dissolvable sachets so no good Any other suggestion what may work for this?

He has not touched food for a couple of days again and still remains sitting on the floor constantly a very dark colour.

On a more positive note, I picked him up last night to inspect his belly and check for redness etc, and he jumped really far from my hands back in the tank to near the top which must be a good sign!

He did however struggle to hold on for some reason and after about 20 seconds fell from near the top luckily into the water bowl to break his fall. He seemed ok from the fall but concerned that he didn't have the strength maybe to cling on

Hello,

Dioralyte does come in unflavoured sachets as well, so could be used.

Having said that, human salts are probably not ideal, and just as a general thing as well I would strongly recommend getting him to a vet. It sounds like your frog needs proper evaluation and possible investigations so that appropriate treatment can be given. That will give him the best chance.

[Sunshine]

You can make your own pedialyte since you can't find any there. Here is an old post from another member, Wesley Brouwer:

"Pedialyte is just a commercial thing, easy to make it you're own.
It's just a mixture of Natriumchloride (salt) and glucose (sugar) in the right dose.

This saline/glucose solution should be 0,9%.
You can make this by getting 1 L of warm water and put in 9 grams of Natriumchloride (just table salt is fine, as long as it doesn't contain iodine wich will be written on it when it contains iodine)
and 9 grams of glucose (or sugar if glucose isn't readily available).
Mix it in good, and let it settle to reach room temperature.
Put in you're frog for about 10-15 minutes.

It will do the same thing, only at a fraction of the costs."

I would make the homemade pedialyte as soon as possible and soak him.

You might need to take him to the vet. I don't want to suggest force feeding if it is MBD. When was the last time he ate?