African clawed frog ate gravel. Help

[tskemble]

I maintain the aquariums in my son's elementary school. One of the second grade teachers grabs me in the hall tonight and shows me her ACF. It looks to have a huge tumor in its stomach. She goes on to tell me that she think it ate some of the gravel substrate from the small tank it live in.

I opened the lid and carefully grabbed the frog. Sure enough The bulge feels like aquarium gravel. The frog has been like this since last December. It still is able to feed and move. It doesn't move well and is definitely weighted to the bottom by the stones.

Can anything be done to remove the stones?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Masa06]

uhhh surgery by a vetinarian? first thing i thougt of

 

[reptileguy2727]

If he doesn't regurgitate or pass them the old fashioned way then surgery is the only option.

 

[Arthur]

Those things eat anything and everything, as long as they're not large stones they'll get crapped out just in time to eat some more gravel.