Help please!!!

["Red-eye"_Matt]

We seem to have a sick FBT!!! The first one we got back in October, Sir Guts-a-lot, looks to be having trouble breathing. Also when we turned him over on his back so that we could look at his stomach he seemed to have trouble turning himself back over on his own.

Also when he is in the water he seems to have his head tilted and his legs seem to have no coordination when he kicks. He also has trouble pulling himself out of the water onto the rocks.

Right now we have him isolated in a 10 gallon tank with about 3/4 inch of new water (treated of course) with a few small rocks in the corner so that he can pull himself out if he wants to.

Please, if anyone knows what this could be and how we could treat it we would be very grateful.

Matt

[Samba]

Dear Matt,

What you're describing sounds an aweful lot like the results of impactation, however I am absolutely, in no way, a vet. Take him there right away, and see what the vet says. Keep us updated... and has he been eating lately? Reply soon ...

["Red-eye"_Matt]

Everything seemed to be fine with our first little guy. A few days ago he was even eating mealworms out of my hands. We had noticed that he was spending a lot of time in the coconut hide, but this was not all that uncommon for him. Yesterday morning my girlfriend noticed that he was hopping funny so we took him out of the tank. In a matter of hours he had completely deteriorated to the point where he was not even moving and was keeping his mouth open all of the time.

Sadly, I must report that our first little amphibian buddy, Sir Guts-a-lot, is no longer with us.

Any other ideas on what could have been the cause of this would be appreciated as we have three others, but they all seem to be doing fine and are still extremely active. (Except they didn't make any noise last night . . . . makes you kinda wonder if they know what had happened)

Matt

[eyespy]

What you describe could be symptoms of "toxing out" and soaks in clean water that is changed hourly is the best way to rid your frog's body of toxins.

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