How to Bathe Your Frog
Choose a bowl that allows your frog to submerge in the water you'll add.. Add unchlorinated water to the bowl.. Empty, clean, and refill the bowl every day.
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Choose a bowl that allows your frog to submerge in the water you'll add.
Choose a bowl that allows your frog to submerge in the water you'll add.
Add unchlorinated water to the bowl.
Add unchlorinated water to the bowl.
Empty, clean, and refill the bowl every day.
Empty, clean, and refill the bowl every day.
Don't try to give your frog a bath.
Don't try to give your frog a bath.
Wash your hands and put on vinyl gloves.
Wash your hands and put on vinyl gloves.
Place your gloved thumb just below the frog's head.
Place your gloved thumb just below the frog's head.
Scoop your other fingers underneath the frog's body.
Scoop your other fingers underneath the frog's body.
Lift, carry, and release the frog carefully.
Lift, carry, and release the frog carefully.
Discard your gloves and wash your hands thoroughly.
Discard your gloves and wash your hands thoroughly.
Test a newly-captured wild frog for chytrid immediately.
Test a newly-captured wild frog for chytrid immediately.
Isolate the frog for 30 days as a preventative measure.
Isolate the frog for 30 days as a preventative measure.
Mix an antifungal bathing solution containing itraconazole.
Mix an antifungal bathing solution containing itraconazole.
Pick the frog up to put it in its antifungal soak.
Pick the frog up to put it in its antifungal soak.
Let the frog soak in the solution for 10 minutes per day for 10 days.
Let the frog soak in the solution for 10 minutes per day for 10 days.
Test the frog again, and keep it in quarantine for 30 days total.
Test the frog again, and keep it in quarantine for 30 days total.
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