WhitesTF:ill or overweight?

[Crystal6]

Above is a picture of my frog July 22, 2010.

Below is a picture of him July 27, 2010.




The picture above strikes me as odd because he hadn't eaten a few days before this picture.


Is he overweight and I'm just being paranoid or could this have resulted from some illness and/or him swallowing dirt too often? (I'm guessing he just needs a diet but better safe then sorry...)

[Kurt]

He does look a little bit edemic. I would get it checked out.

[Crystal6]

He does look a little bit edemic. I would get it checked out.

"Edemic?" "Ecdemic" without a "c","endemic" without an "n" or a word I'm not familiar with?

Any advice until I can bring him to see a vet? I won't be able to make the trip until the end of August. (The disadvantage to being in the middle of nowhere...)

[John]

Kurt means he looks like he is retaining some water. Edema.

Unless the substrate is relatively new, I would say clean his terrarium out and build it from scratch - need to keep him clean.

[John]

By the way Crystal, I don't approve of your signature in the context of the web site. Can please change it?

[Crystal6]

Kurt means he looks like he is retaining some water. Edema.

Unless the substrate is relatively new, I would say clean his terrarium out and build it from scratch - need to keep him clean.

Ohhh. The dirt tends to stick to them when it's dry so I wet it down before I let them in. Is edema dangerous? (I could change the substrate to peat moss or paper towels.)

(Signature fixed, my bad.)

[Kurt]

Edema a lot of the time is caused by an infection. It is also caused by other things, all of which escape me at the moment. Like I said I would get it checked out by a vet.

[Crystal6]

Edema a lot of the time is caused by an infection. It is also caused by other things, all of which escape me at the moment. Like I said I would get it checked out by a vet.

Is it urgent or can it wait until the end of the month?

Also should I bring a fecal sample?

Edit: Also is it contagious? He has a room mate.

[CaptainMorgantown]

Hmmm...my golden tree frog has been looking a bit puffy like that. This makes me think that I should also ask I hope that your frog is okay!

[Kurt]

I would get it checked as soon as possible. Bringing a fecal sample won't matter in this situation, but it couldn't hurt. As far as it being contagious, I cannot say, just assume it is for now.

[Crystal6]

I would get it checked as soon as possible. Bringing a fecal sample won't matter in this situation, but it couldn't hurt. As far as it being contagious, I cannot say, just assume it is for now.

Got it. *frogs now separated and in their own ten gallons*

Now to start the long tedious process of making a vet appointment and getting there...

Good news is the frog ate today. My question now becomes: would giving it a bath help and if so how do I do it? I've read that soaking them in Spring Water is supposed to help but I've also read that you are supposed to put stuff in the spring water like salt?

This website (How to Treat a Bacterial Infection in a Red Eye Tree Frog | eHow.com) said that you're supposed to soak them in spring water for a few hours but I'm not really sure how you keep a frog in water for that long... (I can barely keep Retsu-Chi in water long enough to get a little bit of dirt off of him let alone keep a young sick one in for hours.)

[Kurt]

I would just book an appoinment, not sure spring water will do anything, besides cure dehydration.

[Crystal6]

I would just book an appoinment.

I'm definitely on it, it's just that it's a minimal 175 miles of driving there and then another 175 back. (Not counting the crazy inter-dimensional travels.)

I wish frogs were main stream so I could go to one sooner or so that I could find some medicine for my frog's problem online. But yeah I'm working on it.