White's Tree Frog constipated!

[KMAC]

I do think at this stage sugar is the best thing to get the prolapse to contract back, it should work eventually but surgically might be a lot quicker. I think I actually feel the same as the frog right now im on morphine due to a back injury from judo and my gut gets blocked and my treatment is lactulose (sugars) but it takes time for it to work but I get pain relief in couple of hours. So even though its not contracting straighr away I can only guess the sugar baths are providing some sort of relief?

[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 You shouldn't trust one book or a few that are geared to general public, most specific textbooks are outdated too, hopefully new Merck textbook will be issued soon.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