American green tree frog appears bloated and has light green spots

[Krististclair]

I have an American green tree frog that I got recently that just seems to be out of sorts. He suddenly developed a bunch of light green spots on his back and he seems bloated. He isn't eating and I have been trying to get him to poop so I can send out a sample to a vet out in Minnesota(the joy of no amphibian vets even vaguely close to me...)and he hasn't defacated all day nor has he eaten in quite a while. I need to figure something out so I can get to treating him...I have offered crickets, wax worms and even a small red earth worm cut in half and he still has refused it. I just bought the zilla caloric appetite inducer and it came the other day but I am leery about using it. Anyone have any tips?????

[elly]

I'm not sure how to get him to eat, aside from force feeding which is stressful. You may just have to try the appetite inducer. Even then it may take a while for him to digest and poop. I know that's a pain.

[Krististclair]

Should I dilute the appetite inducer before I use it? And if so, should I use water treated with reptisafe or can I use just regular water? I do live in town and have town water. Not sure if treated, distilled, spring or tap water is used...I just want to get SOMETHING in his belly...I'm in the process of putting paper towels in the bottom of the tank in hopes of catching some poop randomly. So maybe that can make some sort of difference....

[jasonm96]

Sounds maybe like edema, if bloated. Too much vitamin d3 in the diet can cause this or bad water quality. Would recommend using UVB (5%) instead of dietary d3 or cutting supplements down, possibly putting to much on at each feeding? Would look into your water qualitiy. Make sure temps are good as well, mid 70fs is good, too cold and may be looking big due to it being constipated.

[Krististclair]

Ok so, he's on just paper towels right now and I am able to really watch him. :/ he keeps opening his mouth occasionally like he is sucking in air and he's just in general super bloated...is there a way to tell the difference between edema, blockage, and renal failure at least by looking at him? I'm one of the unfortunate ones that doesn't have an amphibian vet for at least 3 or 4 hours or more...I am going to be contacting Dr. Frye as soon as possible as well...I'm just really worried. I haven't had him long and he's already having health issues...I feel like a terrible person...he sits in one spot for hours it seems...I left for work earlier today and came back to find him in the same exact spot and same exact position. He had his front foot on the corner of the tank and was looking out. :/ I'm just at a loss here! If he was a fish I would be golden...that's my specialty...

[Krististclair]

I treat my water with reptisafe using the 20 drops per gallon, however I add like 2 to 3 extra drops because my water is chorinated(just remembered that)and I learned that lesson when I first moved here. I only added my normal amount of aquasafe to my fish tank and lost half my tank as a result. �� I give them reptical dusted crickets once to twice a week(I could possibly be dusting them too much. I was never really shown how much you put on so I kinda dunk them back first into some of it and their back usually is covered with it.), it could be he's cold with how cold it has been up here. We have hit -40 at times recently. I live in northern ny up near the Canadian border so it gets a smidge cold lol. But I also use the recommended heat lamp for him as well. Could I be gutloading my crickets too much? I feed them a mixture of the zilla cricket and insect food and tropical fish flakes. I was told by a few people in a amphibian Facebook group that apparently that is a common choice. His soaking water gets changed daily to every other day at the very least. More often if I see feces in it. Its part of my daughter's chores. What can I do to help boost the temp and also to help with the edema or constipation? I have him in the medium size vertical exo terra tank. I don't want to let him suffer...the sheer irony of all of this is when I can finally go back to college I actually want to become a small and exotic animal veterinarian...

[Krististclair]

Also, how do I attach pictures to my replies? I want to post a few pics of him for you so you might be able to help better but it isn't letting me for some reason.