White's Tree Frog constipated!

[Lija]

You are mistaken and it's different for human and for frogs, it's different for other exotic species too. You shouldn't trust one book or a few that are geared to general public, most specific textbooks are outdated too, hopefully new Merck textbook will be issued soon. Amphibian and in general exotic animal medicine is evolving very fast, and information that is available to us is not quite the same as to general public.

I'll address Protozoa a little - most of them are commensal and treatment is not needed.
And I'll explain the sugar usage too.
Sugar is used to create hypertonic environment for water in the tissue migrate through the skin. It is what can be advised to safely do at home. We suggest sugary water as more diluted concentration for milder cases, full strength for situations like here. however if OP uses water or lower strength sugary water for soaks, the water goes back into the tissues. And the situation is not getting better.

Salt is different, it is by no means is safe or used to treat parasites.


Ganondorf, I'm sorry for off topic. Let's focus on helping you now

[KMAC]

Yeah sorry dood and thanks for the great info Lija and dont worry I know treatments for 1 animal is different to others and that all animal medicine is evolving, changing and better practices coming in. Im a big believer forums are where you see it first. But the book I also suggest is used by a lot of professionals but ill also keep an eye out on what you mentioned

[Ganondorf]

Sorry for the very late reply.
I don't know what to say.

All this time the prolapse has been out, but today she suddenly (or he, unsure) started becoming active. Climbing on the cage, and on my fiancé's hand. Just checked on her and it looks like it went in. Completely.

It's been almost a month and suddenly it goes back in. Is that possible? I mean, suddenly going in after a few weeks?
She's a little red now, and I'm hoping it's because she was staying in one spot for a little while and not red leg.

Going to buy crickets and hope she eats.

[KMAC]

Thats great news bud. Some times these things take time. Now its just a case of trying to identify possible causes such as impaction caused by substrate, foods etc and making the necessary changes. Prevention is always the best way forward so look for any other environment changes etc that can be improved and then just try your best to provide those needs.

Thanks for letting us all know thats great news.

[Ganondorf]

Will do!

Right now damp paper towel is substrate, because I'm almost certain the actual substrate caused it.

We found a very, very soft fake moss floor that we will use if it doesn't catch on the frog's feet.
In this time I'm going to call around again to see if there isn't a frog doctor around (even if it's an hour away I can drive it.)

[elly]

Glad the prolapse went back in! Hopefully it'll heal right up inside.

[Ganondorf]

Ah yes, I couldn't be happier!

Deku happily (and hungrily) ate two crickets yesterday with no problem. I'm just hoping there'll be no impaction (since we're using paper towels and she hasn't ingested it), and there won't be another prolapse.