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Gootswa
Pondweed
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 Posted - 14/01/2010 : 01:56:57
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Coming out of my toads butt is a red growth almost identical to the one in this picture.
http://www.sibleynaturecenter.org/photoessays/toads/22.jpg
What is it?! The website I found this on wasn't sure about it and neither am I. I have has her for about 4 years so shes not new. I keep their tank clean and feed them regularly. I keep her with 5 others. If I pulled it would that be bad? How can I cure it? And should I quarantine her? |
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lewy
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/01/2010 : 10:07:23
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It's a prolapse - They can be fatal if the frog doesn't pull it in.
Prolapses can be caused by eating too many hard foods - mealworms are usually the culprit - if you feed mealies regularly - try and cut them out of the diet and feed other items. they're okay as a treat, but try and use the smaller ones rather than morioworms or superworms.
Basically mealworms are hard to pass so the frog/toad has to push harder to get the waste out, sometimes they can push too hard and push their insides out as well.
FOR TREATING:
Set up a clean hospital tank (damp white kitchen tissue for substrate and a plastic hide which is easier to keep clean)
Twice a day set up a small tank (cricket keeper size) with clean dechlorinated warmish (not hot) water with a couple of teaspoon of sugar dissolved in the water - hopefully the sugar solution will make the prolapse smaller so the toad can pull it back in.
If does sounds like a weird treatment but it works - I had the same problem with one of my toads a few years ago
If it's bad and doesn't go back in, I would advise a trip to the vet. (Vets will sometimes push them back in with a snooker cue tip - but I wouldn't recommend trying this yourself! too dangerous)
The main thing is to keep him/her clean so bacteria can't take hold in the tender area.
I'd suggest feeding earthworms while he gets better (night crawlers in USA?) as they are soft and easier to pass, but very nutritional - you can also feed wax worms which are softer skinned and will build him up if he's loosing any weight.
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Lewy
THE AMPHIBIAN.co.uk Team
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Gootswa
Pondweed
USA
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Posted - 14/01/2010 : 11:19:15
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| Thanks a bunch! I will set a tank up eminently and begin treatment. I feed her crickets and pinkie only, no mealworms or superworms. Must be the crickets. |
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lewy
The Amphibian Administrator
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/01/2010 : 16:52:57
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Great stuff  hope it goes well - keep us updated!
I'd vary the diet a little as well, crickets are okay but get the smaller ones (not as hard) pinkies every now and then as you probably know. But vary even more, Dubia Roaches are good, earth worms as I said earlier, locusts, wax worms (as a treat due to higher fat content) , woodlice (pillbugs) as much variation as possible will keep them all happy and healthy. |
Lewy
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