Reptile & Amphibian Forums

Hi!

Well I hate seeing our animals get sick or get wounded. We've had this little guy only about 1 week, and when we got him he looked fine. He has two tank buddies who are not having any issues. This wound just keeps getting worse and worse and as far as the environment he's in, we are doing things by the book. I suspect that he is rubbing his nose against the enclosure, but this looks like it would hurt very badly!!! What do you guys think?

- theJam

Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Rainbow Randolph
Creamsicle Corn Snake - Mr Tasty
2 Ball Pythons - Mr Slithers and Mr Roberts
1 Green Tree Python - Yet unnamed!
2 Pacman Frogs - Smacky the Frog and Dennis Hopper
3 Red Eyed Tree Frogs - Dusty Bottoms, Ned Nederlander, and Lucky Day

Well, Lucky Day passed yesterday morning. We took him back to the pet store where the person who sold him to us last Tuesday claimed he wasn't one of theirs. You see, I had purchased a rat for one of my snakes and I used the box it came in to carry the frog back. So naturally this was used as a way to say the frog didn't come from them.

I hate pet stores.
-----
- theJam

Brazilian Rainbow Boa - Rainbow Randolph
Creamsicle Corn Snake - Mr Tasty
2 Ball Pythons - Mr Slithers and Mr Roberts
1 Green Tree Python - Yet unnamed!
2 Pacman Frogs - Smacky the Frog and Dennis Hopper
3 Red Eyed Tree Frogs - Dusty Bottoms, Ned Nederlander, and Lucky Day

That was nose rub from being stressed. was it wild caught?

Neopsporin with out pain reliver helsp with nose rub.
If you happen to get it again try th eneo twice a day and keep teh area very clean

>>Hi!
>>
>>Well I hate seeing our animals get sick or get wounded. We've had this little guy only about 1 week, and when we got him he looked fine. He has two tank buddies who are not having any issues. This wound just keeps getting worse and worse and as far as the environment he's in, we are doing things by the book. I suspect that he is rubbing his nose against the enclosure, but this looks like it would hurt very badly!!! What do you guys think?
>>
>>- theJam

Rubbed snouts are fairly common in wild caught frogs. They will generally heal on their own without intervention or you can wash the wound with antibiotics from a tropical fish store. You do need to keep the enclosure clean, keep the frog well fed and give it clean water to soak in when needed. Use a glass cover instead of a wire screen top cover to prevent the frog from reinjuring the snout. Most likely the frogs rubbed their snouts raw, when kept in small wire mesh enclosures, by leaping and hitting their snouts against the wire mesh.