Eye problem

[sofazilia]

Does anyone have any idea on what's going on with this frog eye?

[daybr4ke]

It looks like some sort of eye Infection. Your best bet may be to take this frog to an exotic animal/reptile vet, but I'll look into it and see if I can learn anything. Hopefully someone with firsthand experience comes along to help.

Edit: After some checking I found a bit of info: if this is a bacterial infection I found recommendations of Maracyn 2 or Maracyn +, but if is a fungal infection that won't do any good, and I can't tell from that picture if there is a fuzzy growth on the eye, or if those are just lumps possibly filled with liquid on the eye. I'm sorry I can't be of more help. More pictures may be helpful in identifying the problem. I would recommend against treatment before knowing exactly what is wrong. Good luck!
Also, here.is where I found the recommendation for Maracyn, for further reading.
http://www.frogforum.net/showthread....-eye-infection

[sofazilia]

Hi, thanks for your help.
I tried diet for a few weeks thinking it was a diet disorder problem.

Unfortunately, it's getting worse...


I'm gonna try "Aureomycine" which is an ophtalmic antibiotic.

[daybr4ke]

I looked up aureomycine, it appears to be a tetracycline derivative, the first tetracycline discovered, but after googling "aureomyacin frogs" I didn't find any references to it's use on frogs, apart from some old studies about the development of tadpoles. I don't know if it would be safe for them or not. I have used another tetracycline, API's T.C. Tetracycline on frogs before. That stuff can be a bit rough on the frog from what I've seen. Is the aureomycine in cream, powder or another form?

[sofazilia]

It's a cream.
We use this cream on babies so i thought it wasn't too rough...

[daybr4ke]

Honestly, I don't know. The Tetracycline I used was in powder form, intended for fish. The use of human medicines and other products is mostly based on example, records of someone using it on a frog. I couldn't find any records of it being used on a frog. You could try checking with John Clare, frog forum's administrator to see if it's safe. I'm not saying it isn't safe, just that I don't know it is safe. I'll do some googling to see if I can find any more information.