Hi

I have (had) two scaphiopus couchii (couch's spadefoot toads). One of them passed away today. I just found her extremely bloated in her tank. She's quite red and wounded.

Her tank mate is now showing the same red skin.

I have transferred her to a quarantine chamber.

The tank they were sharing was 50% coconut substrate and 50% play sand, damp but not too moist. There's plenty of ventilation as they are in a 10 gallon tank with a screen top. Further, i have a layer of gravel below the substrate that acts as a drainage layer just in case.

I want to apply something to her wounds. I was thinking an extremely dilute chlorhexidine solution or neosporin.

Please help?

she's very alert and looks much better than the other toad.