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    bshmerlie
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    I would take her to a vet as soon as you can. Do you know if your frog is wild caught or captive bred? The only things I can think of would be a bite from a cricket which isn't that common but possible. Is there anything in the tank she could have poked herself on.?They do lunge pretty haphazardly as the go for the crickets. If she's wild caught then it opens up options of parasites or other issues. When you get a chance could you post a picture of the enclosure. And post temps and humidity that you are keeping her at.

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    I am unsure whether she is WC or CB, the shop I bought her from was unable to tell me. I do not feed her in her enclosure, I remove her and put her in a plastic container and drop a couple crickets at a time until she seems full (about 5 or 6 small crickets) every day. I do this in the early evening while I mist the tank.

    The temp is around 80°F during the day (I use a ceramic heater) and around 75°F at night, I do not have a humidity gauge in her tank but I do mist her twice a day.

    I did notice when I checked on her tonight that she was shedding so I left her alone, that would explain why she was rubbing at her face. When my geckos or my beardie shed I leave them alone and skip the feeding that day because they will not be bothered.

    I will try to get a picture of her enclosure later tomorrow.

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    You do need a humidity dial in there. My 10 gal lost hummidity like crazy, I'd mist every 3 hours, it swung from 90 to 40 in such a short time. I just decided to plant a false bottom. As it has stabalized hummidity. I had 5 plants in there in pots, and it didn't help, till I planted bottom. Just showing an example of why u need one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Leefrogs View Post
    You do need a humidity dial in there. My 10 gal lost hummidity like crazy, I'd mist every 3 hours, it swung from 90 to 40 in such a short time. I just decided to plant a false bottom. As it has stabalized hummidity. I had 5 plants in there in pots, and it didn't help, till I planted bottom. Just showing an example of why u need one.
    Good point Ginger, I think you're right. You almost always need a humidity gauge in there, appearances can be really misleading when it comes to stuff like that. Especially for a sick frog, humidity is important because if the level in the tank is high enough to breed bacteria you'll never know and it's much easier to get an infection that way. D: The best thing to do right now is to keep her kind of hot and dry, to help kill off infection. Once the eye problems are gone for good you can return her to normal temp and humidity, but I do suggest getting a hygrometer, they're very helpful, for you and your frog.
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    I have dug up a humidity gauge from one of my extra tanks and have cleaned it and installed it. With my regular misting the tank keeps a 75 to 80 % humidity. Otherwise the frog has been active in the evening and has eaten a few crickets tonight. She has been trying to open the eye today.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Madeve View Post
    I have dug up a humidity gauge from one of my extra tanks and have cleaned it and installed it. With my regular misting the tank keeps a 75 to 80 % humidity. Otherwise the frog has been active in the evening and has eaten a few crickets tonight. She has been trying to open the eye today.
    It's good that's she's eating and attempting to open the eye, this is a sign that she is starting to recover. I'm not sure about the requirements for Red Eyes, but lowering the humidity just a bit would probably help her to recover. Always remember that if they need water they'll go to the water bowl you've provided them. And I don;'t mean for you to keep it super dry in there, I'm just saying dropping it a few percent could help fend off infection. Other than that just keep up what you're doing, at this point it sounds like she just got something stuck in her eye.
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    All better now, like nothing ever happened !!!
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