HELP! Something is wrong with Max! (dwarf african frog) (2024)

FAQs

How to treat sick African dwarf frog? ›

Treat the Infection

The antibiotic most studied, tetracycline, is not effective in frogs if added to the water. (1) You can use Pimafex, which is effective against fungus in some cases, or get itraconazole at your local pet store without a prescription.

Then I would remove the frog in some of the water with clove oil to a smaller container for euthanasia with alcohol. Then add alcohol (ethanol/ethyl alcohol or you can use vodka) so that it's 40% of the water volume and leave the frog in for 30 minutes to ensure he does not recover.

Make sure you have an established tank. Tests should read 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, and 5-25 nitrate. This means your tank is cycled (has good bacteria) since an uncycled tank causes spontaneous ammonia and nitrite spikes that can kill your frogs. These frogs also prefer PH of 6.8 to 8 and temperatures of 72-78°F.

Weight loss and difficulty eating are signs of a very sick frog, and unfortunately, the best way to treat illness in frogs is to prevent it-- once they are sick, it's often very difficult to treat them successfully. There are, however, a few things you can do that may help.

Since we don't know exactly what causes dropsy we cannot exactly cure it. But we can definitely treat the symptoms. This often includes your exotics vet draining your African dwarf frog's abdomen of excessive fluid.

These frogs cannot survive out of water for longer than 20 minutes in low humidity, as they dry out. Because they are fragile animals, care should be taken when handling African dwarf frogs, especially when considering them as a pet for young children.

African Dwarf Frogs should not be taken out of water since they cannot tolerate dry conditions. Although these frogs can be kept with some docile tropical fish, African Dwarf frogs are not usually aggressive eaters, so care must be taken to ensure the fish do not eat all the food.

The key to rescuing/reviving a dehydrated frog is to make sure they keep moist but not overdo it. Try soaking the back end of the froglet in a small pool of water but make sure the head is out of the water at all times. Sometimes using Pedialyte instead of water can help.

It is widely accepted by a broad spectrum of scientists and philosophers that non-human animals can perceive pain, including pain in amphibians.

Pithing. Anesthetized amphibians can be pithed. Benzocaine. Orajel® (and other painkillers containing benzocaine*) can rapidly anesthetize and euthanize amphibians.

Can you bury a frog? ›

Burning or burying the dead frogs/toads is the best method – avoid compost heaps/waste vegetation piles, as bodies can be carried off by scavengers, and your green waste bin as this would involve the bodies being transported elsewhere.

Signs: not able to move; moves very slowly; very thin; can be turned onto back and does not attempt to right itself. Non-terminal: a frog that is ill, but will probably not die in 24 hours.

Some reports show that frogs die without any obvious external symptoms, whereas others may exhibit haemorrhaging, breakdown of limbs, lethargy, emaciation, lesions or skin ulcers, or a combination of these.

It's not unusual for frogs to play dead. It is known as thanatosis. It tricks predators that watch for any movement. They usually flip over.

Chytridiomycosis causes death and has led to the decline of many amphibian species. As moderators of an online aquarium fish and frog board, we have seen several cases where African dwarf frogs in the same tank died from a similar illness, and we were suspicious that a chytrid infection was involved.

Like other amphibians (and most reptiles), frogs can be carriers of Salmonella, a bacterium which can cause serious disease in people, especially young children, the elderly and people with compromised immune systems. Large outbreaks of salmonellosis have been linked to contact with African Dwarf Frogs.

Frog is having some health issues. Dropsies, or Bloat, is a common issue in frogs and it can have a few different causes. It could be a result of an underlying infection, improper diet, or parasites.