My frog needs help and I need advice!

[FrogmanGav]

My female Claude has developed a small red spot on her bottom 'lip'.

I noticed this a few days ago when it was a really small nearly unnoticable mark but now it has definitely gotten worse and now resembles a red spot which looks painful.

She has been pawing away at it with her hands all day and now I really need to do something before it gets any worse.

I have still had no luck getting a hold of any Lymnozyme but I am just heading to my pet store to pick up some Melafix and myxazin.

Will these water supplements be enough to stop this getting any worse?

I done a 100% water and substrate change as I was scared it was my water conditions which are worsening this.,..

Any help is VERY much appreciated, thanks, Gav

[Herpvet]

My female Claude has developed a small red spot on her bottom 'lip'.

I noticed this a few days ago when it was a really small nearly unnoticable mark but now it has definitely gotten worse and now resembles a red spot which looks painful.

She has been pawing away at it with her hands all day and now I really need to do something before it gets any worse.

I have still had no luck getting a hold of any Lymnozyme but I am just heading to my pet store to pick up some Melafix and myxazin.

Will these water supplements be enough to stop this getting any worse?

I done a 100% water and substrate change as I was scared it was my water conditions which are worsening this.,..

Any help is VERY much appreciated, thanks, Gav

Hello Gav,

It sounds very much like you need to get this frog to a vet for proper assessment and treatment, and I would strongly recommend that you do so if at all possible. Various possible causes exist but most of the likely ones are potentially quite nasty (abscess - bacterial/mycobacterial/fungal, neoplasia (tumour)), and a vet should be able to help in sorting which one it is and the most appropriate treatment.

Hope you can get her sorted out.

Bruce.

[Jenste]

hi, if you are like me - there are no vets in the area willing to treat amphibians I keep getting told that you need to track down a zoologist willing to look at them. In my area, the closest one is over 50 miles away and has told me time and again that he doesn't have time.

I have a question - do you filter your acf tank? I found out that most frog owners do not and to me that is completely baffling. Maybe it is because I originally started with keeping fish and then evolved into aquatic frogs, but it is important to understand ammonia (waste) and the Nitrogen cycle.

Considering how messy these frogs are, they produce alot of waste (ammonia) and even in small amounts it can cause major skin problems.

Is it possible for you to post a picture?

It also could be a wound - considering it is on her face, she possibly smacked into the gravel when swimming back down from air.

Lots of clean water - do daily water changes of at least 50% and remember to treat the water prior to adding it back in - - stress coat and stress zyme should be added in at every water change.

[FrogmanGav]

I have an album of my frogs. Im using a 100Ltr tank with a fluval U2 which should be the perfect size for this tank.

I have no access to an amphibian vet. The nearest one is far too far away from where i live.

Iv never really got my water tested because I do weekly changes of 40- 50%, and always used stress zyme and Nutrafin water conditioner, which I would have thought would have kept the water to a fairly clean standard, clearly I was wrong.

Today I bought some Melafix as treatment. I hope this is the correct stuff for the job, and I also bought a Tetra 6 in 1 water test kit.

I just want my frogs problems to be over as soon as possible.

[rodsboys]

This thread did not seem to get many responces. How is your frog now and what were your test results? Also how long had the tank been set up when you originally posted?

[FrogmanGav]

The water tests came back all clear in the sense that everything including the nitrate and nitrite were all within very much tolerable levels and no further water conditioner was needed. I have since taken delivery of lymnozyme to help with the water chemistry

The tank was set up with a new substrate only about a week before the injury happened so i can only assume that it was self inflicted by the frog banging its face. Or maybe one of the feeder fish gave it a litle nip before it got eaten. Il never know but looking at claude now, her face has all cleared up and the only evidence of what happenend is a little bit of scar tissue on her top lip. Thanks for your interest in the matter rodsboys

[rodsboys]

Glad to hear she is alright. They are tough little creatures. It sounds as you said, it could have been a number of things.