I’m in college and I’m not home much anymore, my African dwarf frog at my parents house is 10 years old and was always a little chunky. When I came home for break I noticed it is literally morbidly huge so something is definitely wrong. Please let me know how I can help or fix this, there is no gravel or rocks in the tank atm incase the frog was eating it. the frog isn’t over fed at all and we have another normal sized dwarf frog in the tank. The tank is 20 gallons
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That’s not obesity, that’s edema and I’ve never seen a frog survive long once it reaches this level. I’m sorry.
Sorry this is absolutely bloat. I don’t know if it’s recoverable at this stage, but I’m commenting to boost the algorithm for people who may know better than me
Firstly 10 years is a seriously good age for an ADF. Unfortunately it does appear to be bloat. I had one develop it about this bad at age 5 but somehow he lived to about 7. Mine was still active and eating, it depends if yours is able to do that. If it can’t then unfortunately euthanasia may be kinder.
10 years is really good for a dwarf frog, good job OP! Sadly, this looks like some sort of bloat, likely from old age, as you said he wasn’t overfed.
The only ADF I’ve heard reported living longer was one on the Facebook group (14 years IIRC 😳), so youve done amazing. Unfortunately that is bloat and there’s not really anything that can be done to reverse it, but that doesn’t mean she (I didn’t see male armpit glands) will croak tomorrow or even in a year+.
If she still swims fine and eats and doesn’t seem to be lethargic or hurting then keep on keepin’ on. If she stops eating and/or appears to have trouble getting to the surface or just moving around then reevaluate.