ASIAN LEAF FROG - acting strange, im worried :(

[miffyhorror]

Basically, when I got up this morning my poor little leaf froggy (his name is Handsome) was all hunched over when normally he sits upright. He seems to be more bloated than normal also, and is breathing quite eratically. Every now and then he kind of fidgits and spreads his back legs as if he needs to go to the toilet, but nothing happens.
As the day has gone on he's got more hunched and now is almost lying flat. His substrate is just normal moss from a reptile shop, and he was fed some crickets yesterday so the only thing I can think that could be wrong with him is that he may have gone for a cricket and accidentally ate too much moss and now it can't pass through him :s
If anyone has any advice or has experienced something similar please help because my local reptile shop isn't open until Tuesday and I don't know what to do in the mean time :s

[Axel01]

I'm not much help, but this might point you in the right direction.

www.pollywog.co.uk: Amphibian Health Information

could try a post on their forum.

[miffyhorror]

ok i try that, thanks a lot

[The_Chosen_One]

Could be impaction, can you see any small bumps near his bum? or feel anything solid?
Haven't dealt with impaction in amphibians myself though, possibly increase temps by a couple degrees and don't feed for a day or two to help the digestion process, even if he is impacted he may still accept food which won't do him much good when he can't pass anything

[Pliskens_Chains]

it could be 2 things judging by your description one is an infection such as red leg....have you noticed any bloating on the legs and stomache and any red looking areas?
my next thought is impaction, the moss you have been advised to keep him on has a high chance of impaction and there isnt a huge amount that you can do for him, you could try to get him to soak in water thats room temperature to encourage his bowels to work better, but other than that you will need to see a vet.
If it is impaction its not your fault.
for future reference i would advise keeping him on cocfiber/eco earth as a substrate.
i hope he gets better soon, let us know how it turns out.

[miffyhorror]

thanks, impaction is what we are thinking now also. its def not red leg, which i guess is good but then he is really in a bad way
we're trying him in some water now but so far no joy
we have a vets appointment this afternoon so hopefully she can help.
thanks so much for your advice

[Pliskens_Chains]

Originally Posted by miffyhorror

thanks, impaction is what we are thinking now also. its def not red leg, which i guess is good but then he is really in a bad way
we're trying him in some water now but so far no joy
we have a vets appointment this afternoon so hopefully she can help.
thanks so much for your advice

Its good its not redleg because thats nearly always fatal.
keep us posted on how the vets appointment went, im keeping my fingers crossed for you.