Bloated ADF

[justin31love]

Hey, so I am a bit freaked out, my frog is not literally floating and doing backflips in the water, I am not sure if this is intentional, or if she(?) can't control it. Has anyone seen this before? thanks

[justin31love]

There also seems to be a thin string coming out of its butt. ugh this is so stressful. Any help would be appreciated if anyone has experienced anything like this.

[MadameGrenouille]

It did happen to me,I saw one of my frog, being in a zen position at the bottom of the tank, slowly falling on her back, lay on her back for a while then got back on her feet like nothing happend, I would call that a normal behavior. If your frog stay on her back and can't strenghten up then there is a problem, how is she acting right now?

[justin31love]

Thanks! well now she has climbed onto my heater and is using her leg to prop herself up, so that her nose is above the water.

[justin31love]

Sorry, but she was floating on her back for a while and so I got her with my net ( she didnt fight it or anything like she used to, which scares me) and put her in a small container that my betta came in, with clean, dechlorinated water. And now she is still floating, but vertically. I now realized that such a small container can cause more stress, so I put her back in the tank and she continues to float around, right side up this time.

[MadameGrenouille]

Sorry not to have get back to you earlier, I might be wrong, it's really hard to tell why a frog suddenly start acting funny but something might be wrong with your water, either the parameters or the temperature. If everything is fine on that side, maybe you can get her a tall plant so she can rest on it, she would be closer to the water to take a breath

[Jenste]

She is best in the smaller container with a ventilated lid. Only a small portion of water so that if she was to "stand" she wouldn't have to fully extend her legs to breath - this will save her any strain or wasted energy trying to get to the surface. These frogs will not purposely stay in a plant or seek out a new higher level on purpose, it is usually found by accident while swimming around.
Once they start losing the ability to right themselves in the water however it is usually not a good sign.