Red Eye Tree Frog - Eye problem

[Kisa]

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.

[Madeve]

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.

[Kisa]

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.

[Madeve]

All better now, like nothing ever happened !!!

[Leefrogs]

that's super!! Did u make any changes, or do u think it was just a fluke?

[Kisa]

Great news! I'm glad to see she's all better and her eye is back to normal.

She probably just had something stuck in there and it was irritating her eye. Glad to hear the good news! <3

[Dog Shrink]

Glad to hear she is all better. Given the fact this resolved immediately after a shed does anyone else speculate this might just have been her shed bothering her eye. Maybe the ready to be shed skin had detached a bit on that eye/eye area and it was irritating her. Or if there was a foreign irritant maybe it was dislodged when she shed. Either way... glad she's better.

Just an FYI on the saline rinse... you could also use just regular spring water to flush the eye if you have a syringe/eye dropper.Avoid flushing the nostrils accidentally in the process.