Help! Abscess and hole on whites treefrog

[cwebster]

One of our four whites had a 3 mm white lump on his tailbone today. Some white fluid came out leaving a hole. Will call the vet. In the meantime how should i treat this? He is eating but has seemed kind of thin recently, not thin but less fat. Thank you.

[cwebster]

Took the frog to the vet. Vet did a culture. Said he saw white blood cells and bacteria in the microscope so put him on cipro drops until culture comes back. Frog has edema on his back legs and seems tired. Can climb up the glass. But appetite is reduced.

[cwebster]

We have renamed Brownie Uncle Fester. He is moving around more and cheerfully ate six two week old crickets this morning. Am hoping he will recover.

[cwebster]

Uncle Fester is improving i think. He ate five crickets tonight and one of his really swollen back legs is almost back to normal size. Am still applying cipro drops twice daily and waiting for the culture results.

[cwebster]

Culture for Uncle Fester showed acinetobacter, klebsiella, and morganella morganii, all susceptible to cipo. He is continuing to improve. Alert, eating lots, bathing. Wound is getting better and his swollen leg is slowly diminishing in size.

[Animallover3541]

Glad he is doing better!

[Ranita]

Thanks for documenting at the process

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[cwebster]

Sad news. Uncle Fester died today after a sudden two day illness. He had doubled his weight and was active and healthy until two days ago, when he would not eat. One back leg swelled up and a sore opened but there was no pus. Yesterday he got lethargic and he spit out crickets i fed him. Today the vet gave him injected antibiotics because his leg had turned green and white ( usually he was always brown). When i went to get him from the vet after work, a few hours after the vet examined him, he had died from sepsis. He did not have any pus. The vet cultured the clear fluid in his leg for bacteria and is having his poop analyzed for parasites. We are heartbroken. So is Sumo, his cage mate of a decade, who seems totally healthy. Vet said he did not have a heart beat and he is limp, but his jaws are tightly clenched. Any ideas on what happened would be appreciated. RIP Uncle Fester. He was a totally cool friendly frog.

[MantisGirl13]

So sorry for your loss. It's hard to work so hard to save something and then it dies anyway.
- MantisGirl13