Kayelless wrote:



you need rescuing..

Yes. Take a roadtrip to....ummmmm......Pennsylvania. Make sure you take all your photography stuff with ya.

Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote:

Yes. Take a roadtrip to....ummmmm......Pennsylvania. Make sure you take all your photography stuff with ya.

yup

Kayelless wrote:

yup

I'm trying to get P2P to come here to an insane asylum with me this weekend. you should come too!

SPierce Photography wrote:

I'm trying to get P2P to come here to an insane asylum with me this weekend. you should come too!

I'm kind of stranded at home base for a while...

Kayelless wrote:

I'm kind of stranded at home base for a while...

Awww

SPierce Photography wrote:

Awww

I fill up my tank each pay day and there is a serious concern that it better last until the next one...

Kayelless wrote:

I fill up my tank each pay day and there is a serious concern that it better last until the next one...

I know exactly how you feel! Hang in there, things will get better

Kayelless wrote:

I'm kind of stranded at home base for a while...

If you were on the way, I'd stop and get ya.

SPierce Photography wrote:

I know exactly how you feel! Hang in there, things will get better

I'm good.  I've barricaded and bolted the front door. Two sets of mechanical alarms on the windows (and with duct tape). and I've got myself a good year's supply of cream of wheat. 

Kayelless wrote:

I'm good.  I've barricaded and bolted the front door. Two sets of mechanical alarms on the windows (and with duct tape). and I've got myself a good year's supply of cream of wheat. 

get oatmeal from quaker oats too! milk, bread, cream, fruit. and that's it

SPierce Photography wrote:

get oatmeal from quaker oats too! milk, bread, cream, fruit. and that's it

Kayelless wrote:

I'm very mom- like. Listen to me or else!

SPierce Photography wrote:

I'm very mom- like. Listen to me or else!

*puts on galoshes before going out to play in the rain*

Kayelless wrote:

*puts on galoshes before going out to play in the rain*

Good man! Well, Mike is stuck with me all weekend, so...!

and i'm trying not to stress out over job stuff

SPierce Photography wrote:

Good man! Well, Mike is stuck with me all weekend, so...!

and i'm trying not to stress out over job stuff

okay. now go make pretty pictures....

Kayelless wrote:

okay. now go make pretty pictures....

It's too dark. I'll see what happens tomorrow

SPierce Photography wrote:

It's too dark. I'll see what happens tomorrow

perfect opportunity for creative lighting...

Kayelless wrote:

perfect opportunity for creative lighting...

i'm afraid to go out at night...

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:
gjnfgjfg!
I am soo frustrated!
Why can I NOT get help with my frog?  I will not be in a good mood if this girl dies because people don't care about frogs. I fucking care, so if I am calling your vet clinic to ask for treatment for my frog, don't fucking laugh at me

SPierce Photography wrote:

*hug* girl, go to the hospitals that are further away. Sign up for a care credit card to cover the payment, i know the VCA hospital will have it. it's a card specifically for vet and other pet expenses

I understand that even with pet care, the likelyhood of this frog making it is slim.
It is hard to pay $70 for no guarantee it can help.  I make so little a week it is ridiculous.

Fuck, I will probably end up doing it. I just wish there was an organization that could help me, understand this

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:
I understand that even with pet care, the likelyhood of this frog making it is slim.
It is hard to pay $70 for no guarantee it can help.  I make so little a week it is ridiculous.

Fuck, I will probably end up doing it. I just wish there was an organization that could help me, understand this

I understand that, no doubt. And even if the froggy doesn't make it, you did what you could. The point is to just give them that little nudge and that extra love if you can. And you did everything you could and gave froggy the love it deserves before the froggy goes. Plus, what if they make it? I think I spent about 1500 (that i didn't have at all) on my guinea pig. I think the care credit payment on something that's only $70 would be about 5 or 10 a month.  Though if you're going to take them, you need to get him/her there ASAP.

SPierce Photography wrote:

I understand that, no doubt. And even if the froggy doesn't make it, you did what you could. The point is to just give them that little nudge and that extra love if you can. And you did everything you could and gave froggy the love it deserves before the froggy goes. Plus, what if they make it? I think I spent about 1500 (that i didn't have at all) on my guinea pig. I think the care credit payment on something that's only $70 would be about 5 or 10 a month.  Though if you're going to take them, you need to get him/her there ASAP.

I am going to see what I can do.
I don't know if a credit card is in my future, but I have $75 in the bank which I can pull and see if a family member will borrow me money until I can pay them back, for the tests.

There goes my vacation fund

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

I am going to see what I can do.
I don't know if a credit card is in my future, but I have $75 in the bank which I can pull and see if a family member will borrow me money until I can pay them back, for the tests.

There goes my vacation fund

Awww Well, did they say it was going to be 70 for just a checkup, or...?

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

I understand that even with pet care, the likelyhood of this frog making it is slim.
It is hard to pay $70 for no guarantee it can help.  I make so little a week it is ridiculous.

Fuck, I will probably end up doing it. I just wish there was an organization that could help me, understand this

I don't know about medical care, but have you thought of
going to your nearest university with an ecology department
that studies amphibians? here in san diego I met this guy who is
studying them ... it might not help ... it might ...
can you do a web search for amphibian specialists
in universities nearby?
hope this helps ...

SPierce Photography wrote:

Awww Well, did they say it was going to be 70 for just a checkup, or...?

Yeah, just the checkup
$15-30 for tests (usually fecal exam, but he hasn't gone to the bathroom yet, so I don't know what they are going to do)
and $15-30 for whatever meds/antibiotics/parasite meds she may need

normad wrote:

I don't know about medical care, but have you thought of
going to your nearest university with an ecology department
that studies amphibians? here in san diego I met this guy who is
studying them ... it might not help ... it might ...
can you do a web search for amphibian specialists
in universities nearby?
hope this helps ...

I know the frog guy at my college, but I think there is a limit to what he can do

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:
I know the frog guy at my college, but I think there is a limit to what he can do

perhaps ask him to do a quick online lit review to see if there's anything new or unknown until now? it might not help, but hopefully it won't hurt?
just a thought ...

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

I am going to see what I can do.
I don't know if a credit card is in my future, but I have $75 in the bank which I can pull and see if a family member will borrow me money until I can pay them back, for the tests.

There goes my vacation fund

Do you have a PayPal account?

Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote:

Do you have a PayPal account?

No.
Thanks for anyone who has offered me money, but I do not feel right taking money from a stranger. I am just kinda ranting here to get my frustration out over the situation.

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

Yeah, just the checkup
$15-30 for tests (usually fecal exam, but he hasn't gone to the bathroom yet, so I don't know what they are going to do)
and $15-30 for whatever meds/antibiotics/parasite meds she may need

actually, all things considered compared to what my piggy was, that's pretty decently priced! Why not go get her just checked up first, and if her out look isn't so good, then don't do the treatment. Only have her get the medication if you're sure she can potentially be saved

SPierce Photography wrote:

actually, all things considered compared to what my piggy was, that's pretty decently priced! Why not go get her just checked up first, and if her out look isn't so good, then don't do the treatment. Only have her get the medication if you're sure she can potentially be saved

But the difference between the price you pay for a frog and a guinea pig is different

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

But the difference between the price you pay for a frog and a guinea pig is different

True. I hope everything for both you and the frog works out okay

SPierce Photography wrote:

True. I hope everything for both you and the frog works out okay

Thanks.
I just wish she would understand she is in a good home and will be cared for and just eat

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

Thanks.
I just wish she would understand she is in a good home and will be cared for and just eat

she had a very traumatic experience. just spend time with her is the issue that she wont eat, or something else too?

Pathogenic Confessions wrote:

No.
Thanks for anyone who has offered me money, but I do not feel right taking money from a stranger. I am just kinda ranting here to get my frustration out over the situation.

I know how you feel. I just get a bit anxious when someone needs help like this. Karma always pays me back.

But, feel free to vent all you need to here.

And you're probably right...there's probably no one stranger than me.

SPierce Photography wrote:

she had a very traumatic experience. just spend time with her is the issue that she wont eat, or something else too?

She won't eat and is soo thin I am afraid she won't make it much longer without eating.
She hasn't gone to the bathroom either (which means she didn't eat anytime soon, prior to me getting her)

Photons 2 Pixels Images wrote:

I know how you feel. I just get a bit anxious when someone needs help like this. Karma always pays me back.

But, feel free to vent all you need to here.

And you're probably right...there's probably no one stranger than me.

I also have another contact. I know a guy who owns a pet store, I told him what is going on and he is going to speak to a breeder he knows to see if there is some sort of treatment I can start her on.
I was thinking of starting her on the Chytrid treatment, just in case (since she is probably wild-caught), but I don't think she could handle the treatment at this point if it is not necessary