WTF Skin Infection

[Bynny Ribbit]

I have no idea what those bumps could be, but I hope the cream works, whatever they are. Maybe there's some skin irritation from the cream? I had a frog treated for protozoa and he reacted badly to the medicine for a little while, being lethargic, but he perked up. Maybe your frog will improve in the long run.

Both the vet and I are scratching our heads over the mystery bumps, especially since her demeanor has been mostly unaffected. I think the issue with the cream before was I was using too much of it and dabbing it on every little bump I saw since it was the only thing I had to treat her issue at the time. Now that she's had the injection, I'm only using it on any open or worrisome spots. The good news is the little red dots are either gone or smaller, so I'm pretty sure they're little froggy scabs! I keep seeing more open sores where there were once bumps, so I'm optimistic it's a sign of healing. I'm also hoping that not every single bump breaks open because that would be a lot of little wounds to keep clean.

I also got a poop out of Moochy, bottled it up, and tossed it in the fridge. I might call later to see if they might want to pursue a fecal test to really narrow it down.

I'm feeling pretty good about her prognosis, I just hope it's something that can be truly fixed so she can live with Fatty again.

[Bynny Ribbit]

Not much to say about Moochy at the moment. She's taken to hiding more, but her skin hasn't improved since the initial shot she received. She's still looking better than earlier, but not by much. I gave her another strong saline soak on the off chance it might help since I initially did one last week and it may have been what got the ones near her face to heal. I'm also still not sure when she last shed so I'm hoping the soak encourages that.

Otherwise, still a healthy girl. Still wants to eat, still active.

[Bynny Ribbit]

I actually have some positive results to bring back for Moochy's skin condition. Her left eye, on the other hand, has had the cloudiness strike back with a vengeance along with a mystery dot (the reason she was likely hiding more). I have been putting the eye drops I previously received in it in hopes it will help alleviate it until her next appointment, which will unfortunately be Thursday due to scheduling conflicts with the vet I'm taking her to.

I may have wrongfully attributed Moochy's progress to the injection she received last Wednesday (or maybe it and the soak worked in conjunction a little bit?). I just did a 2nd saline soak on March 4th since she seemed to be doing worse and I'm really pleased with what it has accomplished in such a short time frame.



The image on March 1st was two days after her first soak (I realized this after I made the graphic, my bad). You can see she was smoother than previous pictures and that a few of the tan nodules turned into open sores. Considering how the ones on her face started off like this, scabbed, and healed, I believe this is a good sign of progress. I didn't pursue another soak after this and only administered the silver sulfadiazine on the open sores to promote good healing. Her skin worsened over the next few days and I wasn't able to get her into the vet, so I turned again to the strong saline dip which I found here. Although it clarifies it is for use on aquatic and land-based frogs, I decided to chance it and I'm glad I did. I used pictures of her back legs because I feel the progress is nicely apparent there; I circled two different problem spots which have obviously improved in a 24 hour period. Other areas are a bit more difficult to notice because of her color changing.



Moochy was definitely uncomfortable on the 4th and barely wanted to open her cloudy eye (and all those bumps!). Fast forward to the day after and it seems to bother her a little less (I was applying her eye drops along with the saline soak). Although the picture on the right isn't perfect, the skin was smoother with a portion of the nodules seeming to recede. I didn't circle them, but there were two tan nodules to the left of her left eye in the March 4th image. Next day, both of those nodules had turned to the open sores along with a hidden one inbetween them!

Moochy still has a long way to go to good health again, but these results made me pursue another soak today. I haven't noticed any negative effects on her. In fact, she did a short little call for me not too long after her soak, which really put me in a good mood.

Thanks for keeping up with Moochy's progress!

[Bynny Ribbit]

Hello again! Moochy's condition has been slowly, but surely, improving. My vet was supportive of her saline soaks and recommended doing the ceftazidime injections along with the soaks more consistently. What's nice about the injections is I only had to buy the bottle of ceftazidime once and all injections after the first one haven't cost me anything else (not sure if this is the same for every vet clinic). She just had one last Thursday, then on Monday, and she'll have another on Thursday. The vet recommended calling on Saturday with progress.

I think this is the best she's looked in a while save for her poor pimple face.

[elly]

Thank you for documenting this, I hope to learn something. And I hope Moochy feels better. I'd never heard of frogs getting lipid buildup before.

[Bynny Ribbit]

Thank you for documenting this, I hope to learn something. And I hope Moochy feels better. I'd never heard of frogs getting lipid buildup before.

No problem! I'm actually super thankful I stumbled upon the Frog Forum months ago when I first got my Pacman frog, it's been a great resource and I'm glad I can contribute so others may benefit in the future. Yeah, they can get a lipid build-up in their lenses, though the biggest cause I've read is a very fatty diet fed long term (which Moochy hasn't had at all). My vet mentioned it can also be due to metabolism changes, and I've read online that it sometimes happens to older frogs.

Thanks for your concern, I hope she feels better soon, too.

[Lija]

Glad Moochy is better and you have good vet nearby! I must say for 9y frog he looks great!
Yes, lipid build ups are very common in overweight frogs, or older frogs. Very often these build ups are the cause of death, very much similar to overweight humans, dogs, etc