Whites shedding problem??? plz help

[Leefrogs]

ya,PM should have worked. I've only seem a couple pict of cytrid the skin desease. And was scared for your frog. If it is a burn I'll be more content. Still wish I knew more, heard of treatment with metafix at half streingth. It's a blue teatree oil that used for fish diseases and cuts and control some parasites. I haven't used this method, and it's not in frog first aide in this site. Would like other peoples opinion. Hint hint, Kurt, Paul, anyone?

[Kurt]

It could be a burn. Does any object that frog comes in contact with get hot? If the frog is eating that's a good sign. Do not use and Neosporin if it has any pain reliever in it ,as this will kill your frog. Just continue what you are doing and if it starts to spread see a vet immediately.

Good luck

[illadelfyaEAGLE]

I have an XL exo terra terrarium and the UV and heat lamp are set outside the tank above the screen top, so theres no contact there. It certainly looks like necrotic tissue. Today i was closely examining the enclosure and i saw a little black ant. I think its Monomorium minimum according to my Audubon field guide. I have no idea how it got in there. I did recently order moss from black jungle, maybe some hitched a ride. I think they're fairly harmless, but that got me thinking, what if its another insect/spider bite? Maybe i should remove all the substrate and add new stuff. This really has me dumbfounded as i take really good care of my frog. Could it have been a problem shedding where the old skin didn't slough off properly leading to death of the underneath skin?

[illadelfyaEAGLE]

btw, I give him a warm water bath once a day (he hates it) and i've been putting neosporin (the original no painkillers) on the wound. He is still active and has a healthy appetite. I did notice that he does not bask under the heat lamp at his usual spot anymore, instead during the day he's been laying off to the side out of direct heat exposure. i turned the heat lamp off because im guessing the heat is aggravating the wound? Its like 76F without the heat lamp, 83-84F with it on.

[Leefrogs]

just checking back to see how it's going. I hope for the best. Keep us posted on the condition. It helps us learn, and support you. I read somewhere that high temps helps them fight bacterial infections, although this is not the case, maybe heat helps them heal too. Maybe aim light away from his sleeping spot. Good luck and best wishes

[DonLisk]

My smallest whites has the same mark in the same spot as your pics at the beginning of this thread. Hes been himself and sometimes its dark and sometimes its lighter colored. He has not changed his routine and soaks nightly.

I originally though bite mark from one of the larger frogs... or a burn.
I was also thinking he is getting under a lg he is usually near and rubbing his head off it.

Hopefully yours get well soon.

[wesleybrouwer]

That does not look OK at all.
Better let him check with a vet.
Could be an infected wound or something,
guess when i would have this on my back i would be running to the hospital
My best bet would be something like a bacterial infected wound, burn or not.
Looking at the edges of the wound, this isn't something that will heal overnight,
it is a nasty flesh wound.
Or the picture must be decieving me.