The sad truth: frog lying on its back, backstroke, sick, infected, waiting to die

On November 17, 2022, reporters reported that after the online world clip is shared swimming frog lying on backstroke which many people think a lovely picture because she was swimming all over the place without caring about other frog friends

However, Prof. Dr. Wichet Khonsue, a lecturer at the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, posted a clarification on the behavior of this frog. through Facebook that “The Truth of Outrigger Frogs

As a picture of a frog lying on its back has been shared, it swims backstroke. It was not the normal swimming of those frogs, in fact the frog was sick. It’s a bacterial infection. Usually just a tilted neck But this one has a heavy symptom, is turning over.

If we watch the clip until the first minute, we will find that the frog tries to turn over. and can flip for a while, but the body/head is tilted After that, it turned over as before.

Bacterial infection of frogs with this condition is an ear infection in the balance-related area

If any farm encounters a frog with symptoms like this or a tilted neck, immediately separate the frog from the pond and kill the bacteria in the pond urgently Otherwise, it will cause the germs to spread to other people.

The initial fix is Drain all the water in the pond and wash the pond thoroughly with clean water. You may splash salt into the pond or use potassium permanganate to dissolve the water into a pink color and leave it overnight. After that, change the water as usual. Notice other symptoms. If the symptoms increase, wash the pond and let it dry.

Individuals with this condition tend to die eventually. Treatment is rarely curable. Death is caused by inability to eat on its own. Thank you to the owner of the clip vdo.”