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.