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    SailAwayAK
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    Bloat is another issue entirely! Yikes. I had my own first battle with it last week. Never have I freaked out so much! I have been keeping these frogs in my classrooms and at home for over 5 years. I was flipping. I had mistakenly over fed the poor girls and Piggy, as I call her, is a great hunter and just porked out on the other frogs food. Luckily, it was easier to cope with than in my fish tanks. A little bath in some epsom salts and 3 days later she was fine.

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    Hobbes
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    Default Re: Why do my African dwarf frogs keep dying?

    Quote Originally Posted by SailAwayAK View Post
    Bloat is another issue entirely! Yikes. I had my own first battle with it last week. Never have I freaked out so much! I have been keeping these frogs in my classrooms and at home for over 5 years. I was flipping. I had mistakenly over fed the poor girls and Piggy, as I call her, is a great hunter and just porked out on the other frogs food. Luckily, it was easier to cope with than in my fish tanks. A little bath in some epsom salts and 3 days later she was fine.
    I know I'm late into this thread, but have raised ADF's for years with relative success. I've had experience with Chytrid and kidney-related bloat. My latest froggie population is comprised of two males and two females. The older male (approx. 1.5 yrs) has started to slowly inflate. None of the other frogs exhibits any sign of bloating. My water chemistry is generally perfect and I do add a trace of aquarium salt when I do tank changes.

    My question is this: Salt is potentially fatal to aquatic frogs. What is the appropriate ratio/mixture of epsom salts to use to formulate a bath for an ADF? How long or generally what is the process of treating a frog with a salt bath?

    Thank you all for all of your help!

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