ACF Bloat on LEFT SIDE

[craig121]

Hello Elyse he does look typical of bloat vet would be best and if he's unfamiliar with emergency aspiration procedures I have a post further back explains best method to an unfamiliar Vet, not recommended @ this early stage but if you have to euthenise last resort! Small jar add clove oil enough until frogs sleeping then add vodka seem's mentioned but follow salt baths as below take to vet 1st priority




This is from Terry (tgampper) back in 2010 reposted by MOD Micheal is about as sound advice as you are going to get. They would treat this frog as described below and I do hope he recovers.

1) "Hard" bloated frog appears all of a sudden at the surface of the water. If this is the case, you will need to quarantine yor frog. This condition is usually caused by an internal bacterial infection and in nearly all cases it is fatal. There is some success using a product called Maracyn along with a salt bath. Maracyn is a gram-positive antibiotic found in stores that sell tropical fish supplies. Your vet will be able to advise you on a treatment plan.

2) "Soft, squishy bloat", sometimes known as the "Michelin man syndrome" or hydrops in older amphibian literature, is caused by an excessive amount of fluid accumulation in the body and limbs. Untreated, this can cause liver and kidney damage. Although, frogs can live a long period of time with this condition, it will eventually lead to death. This condition is not associated with any particular pathogen, but it does occur with poor husbandry conditions. Since aquatic frogs live in water, their skin acts as an way for fluids to enter and exit the body (osmosis). When this process is interrupted, the frog begins to swell. The two leading causes of this swelling is poor water conditions and poor diet. Repto-Min is a perfect diet for your clawed frogs. ACFs are both predator and scavenger, so they do not require live foods like other frogs. I have been keeping clawed frogs for over 30 years and only feed Repto-Min. The only other problem could be the water. Make sure you use a good water conditioner, I recommend Stress-Coat. Keep the water clean and siphon any uneaten particles or waste. I would talk to the vet again about draining the fluid, the frog will probably recover without the additional stress. Also, continue the salt bath, ACFs are very salt tolerant and this would reduce the bloat.

Treatment: The easiest way to treat the frog is to put him in a plastic container (like Rubbermaid) about 3 gallons in size. Put a gallon of conditioned water with about a half-teaspoon of epsom salts. Water temperature should be about 72 degrees. Dissolve the salt before putting the frog in. Don't put anything else in the container. Punch some small holes in the lid for ventilation. Leave the frog in the bath for 1 hour each day until the bloat is clear. Replace fresh water and salts each day. If the bloat isn't cleared within 10 days, then there isn't much more you can do. Don't feed live food. I suggest Tetra's Repto-Min frog pellets.

[Elyse]

Thanks for the aspiration procedures, craig121. I'll bring them to the vet with me in case they don't know.

Terry's Instructions was what I was following for treatment. They have helped at least a little. Her belly initially felt very taut and full, but after giving her the salt baths, clean water and using Maracyn Oxy for 5 days, it feels squisher (even through her belly still looks about as big).

Perhaps I didn't continue the salt baths long enough. I will start-up the salt baths again.

[craig121]

Hows things Elyse