My frog has impaction! Help!! :(

[noelle88]

So the night before I fed my frog some small crickets (smaller than a pencil eraser) and when I woke up the next morning, his intestines were somewhat hanging out... kind of like a pink bubble coming out of his cloaca. I searched online and thought it was prolapse so I did the treatments for prolapse... I did half tbsp sugar and half cup water and let him soak in that for a couple of hours... that didn't work... Next thing I found to do was get some pedialyte and do the same measurements for the same length of time... still no good...

Then I found it could possibly be impaction because he is also getting bloated. It wouldn't surprise me either because he seems to catch rocks more than the crickets but I didn't think of that before because he would always spit the rock back out. I feel very certain that it is a small gravel rock blocking his passage, especially since I did a heat treatment where I kept the water at 85 deg F which should have loosened the blockage if it were vegetation.

I don't know what to do now... any suggestions short of going to a herp vet (none near where I live) ????

[BIG HYDRO]

If it's hanging out the back, then it is a prolapse. This can be caused by several things, such as diet, dehydration, or swallowing rocks and bark.

To treat for the prolapse you can do the sugar soaks. When the swelling goes down some, then gently use a q-tip to help ease the prolapse back in. You could also use original preparation H with out pain or itch reliever.


For the impaction you should soak the frog for about 15-20 minutes in luke warm water. NOT HOT water, just warm. This will usually loosen things up and help them pass the impaction on their own. The warm baths can sometimes take more than once. Not sure what you mean by vegetation though.

I am guessing this is maybe a pacman?? If so, rocks are a terrible substrate for these guys. Eco earth or bed-a-beast is the absolute best substrate you can get. It is made specifically to help prevent impactions due to swallowing it. Frogs and moss are both big NO NO's for pacs and pyxies.



the more details you can give us the better though.

Species, age, size, diet, temps, humidity, last poop, etc.

Also pics of the frog and setup would be great to help others figure things out. Best of luck.