Milk frog has rectal prolapse everyday

[xxlegislationxx]

Hi there,

So one of my milk frogs, I got him as a sub-adult around April or May 2016 and did not check him carefully. I am quite sure he has metabolic bone disease due to the shop's bad upbringing. Probably the poor guy didn't have enough calcium.

After everytime he eats, he poops and sometimes can't seem to digest the cricket as he poops the whole cricket out and then gets rectal prolapse for half a day or so. The rectal prolapse eventually does turn back inside his body.

Is there anyway to cure the rectal prolapse??? I know about the sugar baths which I have done before but it only cures him temporarily...

He's much smaller than my other frogs and hasn't grown at all since I got him (he's 1.5 inches whereas my other frogs are 3 inches). I've separated him since last week from the others to monitor him and he didn't eat for many days a few weeks ago.

I don't think any vets in Hong Kong can see frogs as its really not a common pet in HK.

[elly]

I'm sorry, that's a bad situation. All I can suggest is to keep treating the prolapses as they happen and maybe give him soft foods for a while: nightcrawlers or wax worms if you can find them. Keep in mind that wax worms aren't terribly nutritious and dusting them with vitamins is probably necessary. Also there's the danger of the frog refusing to eat other foods. But soft feeders for a while might help the frog to heal if possible.

[LilyPad]

I would try to find a vet if you can. They can put a stitch in to prevent it from continuing to prolapse. Like Elly said, keep up with small soft feeders for right now.

[xxlegislationxx]

I would try to find a vet if you can. They can put a stitch in to prevent it from continuing to prolapse. Like Elly said, keep up with small soft feeders for right now.

Ok thank you both. Yes I thought about the stitching thing which I read online, I will see if any vets can do that.

As for soft foods, I will get that next time I pass by the pet store. Unfortunately not nutritious but I've been monitoring my frog and seems everytime he poops he gets rectal prolapse and looks uncomfy.

[Lija]

Unfortunately there is not much you could do at home other then softer foods, if you use crickets use smaller ones and less amounts at a time. You also should check a frog for parasites ( fecal) if there is a vet who can do that

[LilyPad]

Poor baby Good luck.

[tgampper]

Sorry to hear about your frog. There is a treatment you can try that may fix the prolapse. You can use either method:

Method 1: place frog in a sterile tank, add 1/2 teaspoon of sugar to 1/2 cup of spring water at room temperature and mix well. The frog should remain undisturbed for 2 hours.

Method 2: instead of sugar water, use Pedialite and follow above instructions.

This really works, however in case it doesn't, the frog needs to see a vet ASAP.