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Video: Anorexia, Or Starvation, In Amphibians
2023 Author: Molly Page | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-11-27 22:49
Description: anorexia of amphibians (anorexia; an- + Greek orexis desire to eat, appetite) - lack of appetite in amphibians (refusal to feed) in the presence of a physiological need for nutrition, due to disturbances in the activity of the food center.
Reasons: keeping in conditions deviating from the norm, constant stressful situations (aggressive neighbors, infections and parasites), monotonous or poor nutrition.
Symptoms: the body of starving semi-aquatic and aquatic amphibians swells, while terrestrial amphibians, on the contrary, lose weight, they seem dehydrated.
Starvation and dehydration are the most common
problems that occur in captive frogs.
© DOUGLAS MADER, DVM, REPTILE MEDICINE AND SURGERY, 2ND EDITION
Treatment: 5-10 pollen granules are dissolved in a few drops of warm water, a little raw yolk (chicken egg) is added to the solution, at the tip of a knife, calcium gluconate and calcium glycerophosphate powder in a ratio of 1.5: 1. The mixture is stirred and drawn up into a pipette. Open the mouth of the amphibians, raise the head and in small portions, give the mixture from a pipette. Then the animal is placed in warm water.
From the beginning of treatment, amphibians are improved their living conditions, as close as possible to natural conditions. After 3-4 days, amphibians begin to feed in a variety of ways.
Obligatory ultraviolet irradiation. Animals begin to feed on their own after a few days; in severely neglected cases, treatment continues for about a month.
Remember that recently purchased amphibians often refuse food in the first days (sometimes up to 7 days) until they settle in a new place.
Literature:
1. L. Stishkovskaya. 1000 tips on how to treat pets
2. Rubricon. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Medical Terms
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