Help! Sick FBN!

[arianna]

I just recently got into keeping FBN and a variety of different frogs. About a month ago , I bought a young FBN from a local aquarium store, brought him home, and everything was fine until a week ago, he was eating fine, getting along with the others, active. And now, he wont eat, he'll come up on land for hours at a time and his skin is really dry and cracked. Just looking at him I know there is something wrong, I dont know what caused this and what I should do, could someone please help? I dont know whats wrong or what to do, I'm new to all of this and no one seems to have the answers (especially not the ******** that I bought him from) Thanks!!

(Edited for language - JM)

(Message edited by jennewt on June 10, 2005)

 

[jennifer]

Try to keep his skin damp, and entice him to eat as best you can. For other suggestions, see:
http://www.caudata.org/cc/faq/faq.shtml

 

[arianna]

Since I posted my question, I read an article saying that I should seperate him from the the bigger newt because paddletails are terriotrial and can get aggressive, I was worried that the reason he ("it" I think is still really young so I've been unable to determine a sex) was not feeling well was because he was being bullied by the bigger newt...so I put him in another tank and tried to make it as "home-like" as possible and he seems to be doing alittle better, he is eating pretty well.When I first seperated him 4 days ago, he was not using one back leg and the foot looked all swollen and white, but since then, he's actually used it and it seems to look a lot better. He still looks very pale and sickly. Is there anything else I should be doing? And is it ever safe to put the two newts back in the same tank again?