veganskater
03-10-2003, 11:11 PM
Hi everyone,
I haven't "been here" for a while--it's been so long that they invalidated my old user name.
Anyway, some of you may remember my 2-yr-old female African dwarf frog...who just kept growing. And growing.
Nothing has changed, except now she's even more bloated, if that's possible.
Someone suggested it might be a metabolic disorder called dropsy. That makes sense to me, since she used to eat an unbelievable amount of bloodworms...even for an African dwarf frog. I mean, this frog would consume so many worms it was incredible. She actually got fat (normal fat, not this bloating disease) for a while until I cut back on her food intake. And then some time after that, she started to grow again, in this weird way. The only problem with its being dropsy is that she's not showing any signs of dying, which is good.
Anyhow, she's had this bloating disease for quite some time. she just keeps getting larger and larger. It's not fat, though, it's bloat, as though someone had pumped her full of air with a bicycle pump. Her skin is stretched and puffed out, and will actually ripple like a saggy balloon if the current hits it.
She's not as enthusiastic for eating as she used to be, but other than that she seems to be functioning mostly okay. If she's in pain I can't tell, although I figure this must be uncomfortable. The other five dwarf frogs in the tank are just fine.
I have a digital photo of her: see attached.
Is there anything I can do for her?
BTW, I've tried varying the frogs' food, to include some brine shrimp. No effect, except that the brine shrimp go all over the tank and it's difficult to clean up, and my frogs are really stupid and I don't think they clean it up.
I haven't "been here" for a while--it's been so long that they invalidated my old user name.
Anyway, some of you may remember my 2-yr-old female African dwarf frog...who just kept growing. And growing.
Nothing has changed, except now she's even more bloated, if that's possible.
Someone suggested it might be a metabolic disorder called dropsy. That makes sense to me, since she used to eat an unbelievable amount of bloodworms...even for an African dwarf frog. I mean, this frog would consume so many worms it was incredible. She actually got fat (normal fat, not this bloating disease) for a while until I cut back on her food intake. And then some time after that, she started to grow again, in this weird way. The only problem with its being dropsy is that she's not showing any signs of dying, which is good.
Anyhow, she's had this bloating disease for quite some time. she just keeps getting larger and larger. It's not fat, though, it's bloat, as though someone had pumped her full of air with a bicycle pump. Her skin is stretched and puffed out, and will actually ripple like a saggy balloon if the current hits it.
She's not as enthusiastic for eating as she used to be, but other than that she seems to be functioning mostly okay. If she's in pain I can't tell, although I figure this must be uncomfortable. The other five dwarf frogs in the tank are just fine.
I have a digital photo of her: see attached.
Is there anything I can do for her?
BTW, I've tried varying the frogs' food, to include some brine shrimp. No effect, except that the brine shrimp go all over the tank and it's difficult to clean up, and my frogs are really stupid and I don't think they clean it up.