Desperate need of assistance, possibly fatal!

[Lija]

It's really hard to see how bad that is.

Papertowels - yes, only on them, the idea here is to keep it clean and wet, it is very dangerous. It might necrotize ( basically the tissue will die) and then a frog will die. It has to be fixed ASAP. Have you tried sugar? Any better? If you see the swelling is going down, you can try to very gently with Vaseline coated qtip to push it back.

But I must tell you honestly, the longer you wait the less chances a frog has. It needs vet now!

[nuggetfriend]

It's really hard to see how bad that is.

Papertowels - yes, only on them, the idea here is to keep it clean and wet, it is very dangerous. It might necrotize ( basically the tissue will die) and then a frog will die. It has to be fixed ASAP. Have you tried sugar? Any better? If you see the swelling is going down, you can try to very gently with Vaseline coated qtip to push it back.

But I must tell you honestly, the longer you wait the less chances a frog has. It needs vet now!

Hello there my friend. I have returned from the vet, and it turns out it wasn't a prolapse! That makes me super happy. It was actually an impaction, but it confuses me how it actually happened in the first place. Maybe he tried to catch food and got mouthfuls of dirt instead? I'm not sure, but I still have him sitting on paper towels and such. I was advised to not have him eat for a few days while we try to get everything out of him by rubbing his abdomen and all that. I may put him in a separate container when it's time to feed him so this doesn't happen again. Any other advice you could give for dealing with this? Impaction is still not good, but it's a lot better than a prolapse!

[Lija]

So glad to hear! Based on your initial post you were doing everything right. My guess is he ate something he shouldn't have before he got to you. Was the impaction treated at the vet? If yes, then you after a few days you can start feeding soft food ( nightcrawlers).

Edit - wait what do you mean by rubbing abdomen? Did the vet do anything? How bad ( big) is a blockage?

[nuggetfriend]

So glad to hear! Based on your initial post you were doing everything right. My guess is he ate something he shouldn't have before he got to you. Was the impaction treated at the vet? If yes, then you after a few days you can start feeding soft food ( nightcrawlers).

Edit - wait what do you mean by rubbing abdomen? Did the vet do anything? How bad ( big) is a blockage?

According to her, she says there's still some left in there, so I should use a qtip and rub his abdomen and try to get the rest out. This is all according to her btw. She grabbed what was coming out, but all this was done in a separate room so I couldn't see exactly what she was doing. Right now he is in his tank and has been under the plant the whole time, I guess he likes the privacy there.