Unwell African Clawed Frog

[liljackson]

i have a female albino african clawed frog who has recently developed red spots on her. her behaviour hasnt changed at all but the spots seem to be spreading and one is getting darker please help me i have no idea what to do and am getting worried.

[tgampper]

i have a female albino african clawed frog who has recently developed red spots on her. her behaviour hasnt changed at all but the spots seem to be spreading and one is getting darker please help me i have no idea what to do and am getting worried.

Where are the red spots, usually reddish spots is a sign of a bacterial infection?

[ross800m]

Sawyer didn't eat anything for around 3.5 weeks, so I went to my local "Pets at Home" where I bought my frogs from, to get the water tested. It was very high in ammonia, nitrates and nitrites and so I started doing water changes of 10-20% every 2nd day. After a couple of changes he started eating again!! The following night he started croaking and he has barely stopped since - its just SUCH a shame that he is now alone with all his little frog-hormones going!

I went back to get the water re-tested and it was better but still high in ammonia and nitrates, so I have been advised to use a tank-start type bacterial additive to boost the bacteria that breakdown the ammonia.

It seems this problem has come about through a bad combination of dead worms trapped (and unseen) under the gravel, the old filter stopping working and being replaced (without adequate bacteria to colonise the new one) and perhaps my poor deceased frog releasing ammonia before I got home to find her.

I would recommend getting your water tested if you have any problems at all, it's easy and is fairly easy to fix. If the water is OK, then move on to the other possiblities.

Thanks for everyones help, Sawyer is very happy now!