Froglet rescued in bucket of water

[charlamanda]

BTW...you can scroll up to see a pic of Baby only a week or so ago for a comparison of how thin it's gotten and the reason for my concern.

[IgbyKibbits]

I don't have any advice, but wanted to say how touching it is to hear you fighting so hard to keep these little guys alive. Cheers to you!

[charlamanda]

Thanks. I am a sucker for anything alive..people, bugs,frogs, deer...etc.All but 4 of my 25 pet are rescues and last week I found a praying mantus in walmart I took home and let go in the woods. It is a thankless life so it is very nice to hear someone appreciatating my efforts.

[charlamanda]

Last pm I tried yet again to feed baby and friend, but still no luck! They are slightly larger, probably due to the increased humidity in the terrarium. They are still moving some, but i've noticed not climbing much.....could this be to much energy expended? We'll, I have kept seperated the 3 very small crickets they can eat, so I don't have to try to seperate them out of 50+ crickets, and I will try again tonight and every night until I get the fruit flies. If anyone has any suggestions that may help PLEASE let me know, I really don't think these guys have much time left.

[IgbyKibbits]

These guys are obviously a LOT smaller than Kibbits when he was sick (he was a 1-year old WTF), but, one thing we did (and something I think kept him alive for as long as he did without eating), was make a VERY mild pedialyte dilution in his soaking pond. The pond was about a 1/4 cup of treated frog water. To that, as instructed by the vet, we put in 0.1 ml of clear pedialyte. (You can find it in the baby aisle at the grocery store). The pedialyte provides electrolytes, and can help to encourage eating, and help with potential dehydration. Given their size and fragility, I would guess that you need to dilute it much more than that, but that's the only advice I can think of to help them get through the night.

Hope that helps!

[charlamanda]

Many thanks. I actually have pedialyte for my rabbit that was sick, it's not clear though, but at this point I don't think it's going to be a problem. If these guys don't get something soon......we'll hopefully I will get the fruit flies I ordered today or at least by Tuesday and in the mean time they will be getting a bath in pedialyte. Thank you again it was a great idea and good advice.

[charlamanda]

Thanks again for the Pedialyte info. How is Kibbits? Did he survive his illness and did the pedialyte work well? I gave them their bath last pm before dinner. They perked up considerably after which I put them in with the 3 small crickets and 3 small wax worms and hoped for the best, but still nothing. This time, however, they watched the crickets with some interest. They moved over to them and turned as they went by, but still didn't eat them. After about 2 hours sitting, almost motionless, in the dinner container I took a syringe and placed several drops of the solution on them that remained like a giant bubble. Since they won't stay in the bath I figured it best to try to get the solution on them any way I could. I also left a container with the solution in their "house" hoping they will go in it and at the very least as it evaporates they will absorb some. When I went to get them out of the dinner container they gave me a run for my money. They ran up the side and jumped from one side to the other..a definate improvement and I am sure from the Pedialyte.
Most of the time they sit at the bottom of the tank and barely move around or climb, although they physically look a bit better, I think this is looking grim. I hope and pray the fruit flies will get here today, the site(Josh's Frogs) said the shipping is 1 business day and I placed the order either Thursday or Friday night. I also have a jar outside with every sweet fruit and juice I could find to try to catch some in the mean time, but that's also not going very well, dumb bugs! I am just stumped that these frogs are not eating and must be absolutely starving.
I thought with all the rain and now hot weather there would be plenty of bugs around the light above the front door, but only a few moths and a very low concentration of smaller flying bugs are around, not nearly enough for them. They need a large amount because they sit there a grab what comes near them, they have stopped actively hunting.
If anyone has anything to add please let me know.