R.I.P. lucio

[elly]

Bryce, can you recommend a good frog-safe cleaner? Vinegar? I'm paranoid about not washing the bowl out well enough after using something in it.


I thought red leg was caused by a fungus, not a bacteria because I'd gotten it confused with chytrid, but you're right. It is hard to separate redness caused by bacteria from other causes though and if something's fungal or viral it might not always be treatable with medication for bacteria. That's why I keep recommending people get their frogs checked out even if they think they know it's red leg. Of course that's not always possible so it might be worth it to give fish antibiotics a try.

[daybr4ke]

I know vinegar is used for glass when cleaning tanks, it may and appropriate for the dish as well. ZooMed makes a cleaner called wipe out that works pretty well. I sometimes use watered down alcohol to disinfect mine, with very good rinsing. I'll look more into it to see about finding some alternatives.

[Whitestree frog]

what about no substrate because that would make it a glass cage? maybe paper towels to soak up pee but just disinfected and drying the cage every once in a while because its hard to dump out all the substrate and fill it back up after completely cleaning it. I did change it to see if that was what was wrong, but it was extremely hard and i hurt myself and i definitely don't want to do that again.

[elly]

Paper towels could work. Only problem is you'd have to change them a lot since they grow bacteria easily. Some people use reptile carpets that are sold in pet stores. They can be removed and cleaned off. You'd need to make sure they weren't the kind with the loops though. Those have been known to trap frog feet.

[Whitestree frog]

that sounds like a really good idea thank you so much