Help!: Bloated Pacific Chorus Frog

[natbell0303]

Hello,

We have two wild caught pacific tree frogs. I'll attach images of the bloated frog and their enclosure at the end of this message.

The bloated frog (Chester) is fairly small, I'm assuming he is just a young guy. Maybe about an inch in length. When I caught him I found him under a rock in the backyard. I went to pick up the rock and moved it slightly to get my fingers underneath (I honestly didn't think there would be a frog under it as it was really tight to the ground, but figured I would check.) I think I scraped his back with the rock, however he has no visible abrasions. When we first put him in the enclosure with the other pacific chorus frog we had caught he wasn't bloated, but had two very small bumps on his lower back. He acts normal, is eating just fine, isn't lethargic, gets in his little pond and swims around, hops around the enclosure, all of that stuff. The second day we had him we noticed his left side was slightly swollen, my partner looked it up and found that his stomach is more to the left side. We assumed it was that he had just eaten and the cricket was somewhat large for him. The next day (today) when I checked on them he was fully bloated, the pictures I have don't really show it very well. He looks very ballooned, you can't see his bones at all, when he moves his head you can see a crease between his head and the rest of his body. We only feed him and his tank mate 1 small cricket a day to try and keep them from becoming obese (if you think I should feed them more please let me know).


So specific details...

- Wild caught pacific tree frog, about 1 inch in length
- Eats 1 small cricket from Petsmart per day
- Lives in a 10 gallon terrarium with his tank mate, who is also 1 inch in length
- His tank mate is not bloated and appears healthy
- Bloated but isn't lethargic, eats normally, behaves normally in general
- Bloating has increased relatively quickly

The enclosure has two branches, 1 fake ivy plant, 1 coconut hut, 1 small pond
The enclosure has a coconut fiber substrate littered with semi-broken up dry leaves to help prevent them from ingesting the fiber, and prevent the fiber from sticking to them so much
The enclosure also has moss from petsmart, I can't remember the brand (possibly t-rex?)

Their enclosure was cleaned yesterday, so I don't think it's anything to do with a dirty tank...

Okay, below is the pictures

Oh, I also called our vet and he isn't experienced with frogs (we're limited as its a rural area)

P.S.S. The frog in the pictures of the enclosure is not the injured frog, that is his tank mate. The pictures of just the frog are the bloated frog.

[LilyPad]

If you gently feel his stomach, is it hard at all?

[natbell0303]

No, his stomach is soft just like his tank mate's... Any ideas of what is going on with him? Or what I could do..?

[natbell0303]

Awesome, consider this an example of edema. I followed another thread and found that it was from a parasite. I'm assuming since he is wild got it is something he got into outside. I've been soaking him in some brita filtered water for the past 2 hours and his swelling is almost completely gone! He is looking like a normal, healthy frog. However, he is pretty ticked off that I'm making him stay in there. Anyway, for anyone who comes across this in a google search, soak your frog in some "sterile" water, bottled water or brita water. Plain tap water can be no good depending on your location. Make sure your little fella can breathe: I've got mine in a Tupperware with holes in it, I filled the water really high cause he kept climbing the walls, and he has a little cup in his container to stand on while he soaks. This seemed to work out well and he isn't struggling so much to stay afloat.