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riiotgrrl
at Sun Sep 4 19:00:33 2005 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by riiotgrrl ]
Two or three weeks ago i rescued Sifaka, a baby whites tree frog, from almost certain death. The whites and green tree frogs had been sprayed with a CLEARLY Marrked spray bottle full of cleaning solution. When i arrived i was talking with the reptile specialist about the situation. We went to look at the amphibians and i helped him pull out a couple of dead ones.....only to find a badly colored half dead whites. The specialist, who i had worked with previously, let me take the little guy home.
After calling around, i found that no local vets could do much for the frog. I found out from the forums that there was a certain chem that would stimulate the poision gland and flush the poisions out of his system, but no one in my area would do that. So, plan B, i began a rain chamber schedule: 4 hours a day in a small space with constant running water. I also, when i put him back in his enclosure, added activated carbon to the underside of his paper towel. I changed the papers 2x daily, as well as the carbon. I also coated the frog in 'stress coat'. After speaking to some of the vets, i began feeding him a diluted mixture of hills a/d and t-rex tree frog dust every other day.
For a while, i was sure that Sifaka's liver was completely destroyed. He appeared to have an adaema in his abdomen as well.
BUT: last night, Sifaka ate his very first cricket!! He can also walk now...no longer in circles, and he has even began to hop. He has not tried climbing yet, but i have him in a small round enclosure for now. Hopefully his progress continues on an upward slant. I am so proud of a small victory!! Below are before and after photos. What a difference!!
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1.0 ball python- Azazel
1.0 red blood python-Hiss
1.0 peach phase thayeri-Sancho......MIA
0.1 creamsicle corn- Pandora
0.1 partial stripe ghost corn- Raven
1.0 Sunglow motley corn-Ernie
1.1 hognose- Pricilla and Odd
0.2 leos- Boji and Kodama
0.1 beardie- Indie
1.0 BTS- Griffon
0.1 Iggy- Sunny
0.0.1 crested gecko- Jubeh
0.1 leucistic texas ratsnake-Ojo
0.1 pacific parrolet- Mishka
1.1 cats- Cairo and Oberon
2.0 bettas
0.0.1 goldfish-fishwad
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