No idea whats wrong with my little girl

[Froggers]

ok so I'm new to this tree frog thing, I just got a Dumpy tree frog not long ago and I thought he might need a little friend....well i work at a petstore and we got a White Lipped Tree Frog in who I believed rubbed her little nose off during shipping, so I brought her home...so my first question is how do I help her heal her little nose? It bleeds sometimes and I'm worried she hurts. And my second question is, a couple days ago i moved there light and it was pointed right onto her little tree and I forgot to move it, when I got home she had what looked like blisters, one under each eye. I paniced and now shes in a smaller tank and I'm treating her for parasites and fungal infections because I don't know what it is...but is it possable for her blisters to be from a burn because she was sitting to close under the light for like 8 hours? And if so....can I help her heal them somehow?

[Jace]

First, welcome to the Forum. Unfortunately, I am one of the few people that do not own one of these amazing frogs, so in terms of care or first aid for them, I will not be of much help. However, pictures do speak a thousand words and if there is any way you could take some pictures of the nose rub and the blisters, I am sure will be able to help you better.

However, on one note, it sounds like you are housing these two species together. I realize that they come from Australia, but they really should be housed apart. Both these species will get large, especially the White-Lipped, which may also need more specific care (such as temperatures and humidity) than the White's treefrog. I could also be wrong on this, but White-Lipped treefrogs, from what information I have read, are still mostly wild-caught. Wild-caught means natural parasites which have now been introduced to your captive bred White's.

We do have a First Aid thread located to the left. I am not sure if it has any information on possible burns, but it does have some very useful information. Best of luck and I hope we can help you.

[wesleybrouwer]

For wildcaught frogs it is common they hurt their noses while jumping the glass or something.
I wouldn't treat it unless it is getting infected with bacteria.
You will notice since it will look like it is starting to rot, it blackens and it looks like a hole is appearing.

For the blisters, it can be a bacterial infection, but i can't tell from here,
since you don't have any picture attached, i think no-one can.

You can however treat the blisters with a cream like neosporin, it is a anti bacterial cream,
it can be applied every day for a week.
But rub it gently so you don't brake it open, an open wound is much more likely to get infected.

I would stop you're treating as you do now, it weakens you;re frog without me seeing any benefits in this treatment.
Before you start treating with antibiotics, please be sure what needs to be treated.
Wrong treatment cause more harm then they are good for.


Most of the time i don't treat the noses anymore, if you just keep the tank clean it will most of the times turn out just fine.

By the way, i wonder if the frog can get out of the lightbeam.
If so, i don;t think it would've stayes in there till it had blisters on the eyes.
Make sure the frog can hide from the light.
On the other hand i think there must have been something on the back as well if it is caused by the lighting.

Please post a picture, maybe it is clear it is bacterial.
In that case you should contact a vet to get some Baytrill or something similair.
IS there no sign of a bacteria, the cream will do fine.