Lamisil treatment started,

[GrifTheGreat]

I started the Lamisil treatment on my C.cranwelli Grif. He wasn't actually a bad patient. He sat in the luke warm conditioned water/Lamisil solution and didn't get too grumpy about it. When I put him in his quarentine tank which is a Zoo Med 12x12x18 Naturalistic terrarium. He was pretty stressed for a bit until I put his red light on top and put a towel on one side blocking the light. He still hasn't eaten since I force fed him a cricket yesterday so I'm. Pretty stressed out about that. He appears thinner than usual but not really sunk in. The Lamisil treatment is going to stress me out more than Grif Lol! Id be at ease if I actually knew for a fact why he just stopped eating and what he is feeling. His temp is right he has water and his soil was kept moist. I have changed from Flukers coconut fiber to eco earth. I don't think that would have done this, but who knows.

[demeteraurion]

Good luck You should start to notice his color will be brighter/more vibrant! I hope he starts to eat, I have my frog in a box with some dubia roaches right now, hopefully he eats. Also if you are keeping him on eco earth, it must be changed or disinfected (in the oven) after each bath.

[GrifTheGreat]

I've got him on paper towels. I didn't want to use soil because it would feel like I was just working against the treatment by placing him back in moist soil. The eco earth wold be a better place for the fungus to thrive plus it would be more work to sterilize the soil to and more time consuming than cleaning the quarentime tank and replacing the towels. He has been calm so far. He still didn't eat last night. I'm really worried about him. When I took him out of the solution bath last night his belly felt slimy. Did yours feel the same?

[wesleybrouwer]

Why are you people doing this to you're frogs?
Do you know for a fact he has Chytrid?
I don't think so.

Because someone with a flipping frog descides to go for athletes feet treatment,
wich obviously did not do a damn thing at all since the frog still does it.
He noticed the backlegs being a little strange.
Can't it be a frog with a trauma or born with an abnormality?

The not eating part can be anything.
Impaction, temperature etc.
Doing a heavy lamisil treatment without knowing what is wrong,
does more damage then good.
I would stop doing this until a vet examined a smear of it's skin.
I don;t know if anything is written here on how to do this?
Otherwise i can try and put it here, but i think it's easier for a native speaker.

Let's put it this way, if you're frog got infected by Chytrid for that long,
he would be towards it's end now.
Just let him rest and put in some feeders.
He might just eat when left alone.
Force feeding and that kind of **** is the last thing you should do with a frog.
It will stress them out and make it even worse.
Stress can cause all kinds of things, worms, infections etc.

[demeteraurion]

Well this isn't the only forum I visit, and at another frog forum they have very different views about chytrid treatments. Just like you would treat any new frog you bring into your home as to not infect other ones, better safe than sorry. My frog is doing well still. You don't know every detail about my frog, thanks lol

[wesleybrouwer]

I never put medicine on a frog without knowing if it has something.
There is no such thing as preventive medication.
My vet told me, treating is acting on a disease you have diagnosed.
Without diagnosing what is wrong it is of no use to start medication.
Especially the heavier medication is something you must not use in season and out of season..

That is why you quarantaine newly aqcuired frogs.
You put them in a tank where you can easily obtain stool,
let it examin by a vet or someone experienced and act to that.
When something seems wrong and the stool is ok, you should swab to check for bacteria or fungi, but most of the times you will clearly see when a swab needs to be done.
If that's the case, better not buy the frog in the first place.

How do you think it would be when you get chemo therapy because you have a running nose.
First you see what is wrong, and you act to that.
How can you apply a medication to something you don't even know is there?

I will bet you, that 99% of the Chytrid "infections" isn't even examined by a trained person.
I'm sure that most of them aren't even treating Chytrid, simply because it was never there!
They are just applying athletes feet spray on a sensitive frogs skin,
no wonder it's acting weird.

[GrifTheGreat]

I'm not a vet and its hard to find someone who treats exotic pets. I live in Cincinnati and I got Grif from petsmart. They are pretty stupid too because no one knows hardly a damn thing about the pets they sell also the vet in petsmart doesn't treat exotic pets which seem pretty ignorant to me. They sell them yet don't treat them. How stupid is that. I have a vet appointment tomorrow for Grif so I won't continue the treatment tonight until I get answers. Hopefully its something simple and not life threatening, but with frogs who knows. I've been worried about him this whole time and stressed out. He hasn't eaten in a long time and doesn't even try. He also hasn't pooped for the same amount of time. I don't know what's going on he has never acted this way.

[wesleybrouwer]

Perfect.

I don't know in the US,
but around here, i can always send my samples to a specialized vet by mail.

I get the stool, put it in damp cottonwool, put it in a well closed film cannister and put it in the mail.
The mail delivers the next day, so i'll get the results within 2 days from collecting.
The vet can also tell what to use and in what dosage.
They might send it by mail or give a prescription so you can collect at a nearby vet.

If not pooping, it's difficult ofcourse.
Most of the times, letting them sit in some luke warm water for a minute or 5 will
help them.
At least, for me it works most of the times.