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Any ideas on what happened?!!?!

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by , February 11th, 2012 at 08:13 AM (80 Views)
My husband and I bought a dumpy tree frog about 5 months ago, and a second one about 3 months ago. The first one we could really tell he was doing well by his color, and he was getting fatter. The second one never really seemed to do as well as the first one and a couple of weeks ago came home to find him dead. We have a two year old daughter and it was always kind of a game to go check on the frogs, feed them, change water, etc. and to see if we could find their hiding spot for that day. I noticed for about a week before the first one died that he really wasn't climbing or trying to hide, he just stayed low on the ground and kinda out in the open. And he really wasn't eating. Then one day we came home to find he had died. His resting place was right by the water bowl. Well I've been worried about the first frog ever since and I'm always in there watching to make sure he's moving or eating or seeming normal, and he's really seemed fine since then. Well a couple of days ago he started seeming more of a darker green color, not as bright as usual, not as fat as usual, still eating bc everything I've fed him is gone, but I can tell he's not himself. And the same thing with the climbing, not doing it and staying out in the open and real low on the ground. Well I found him this morning and he has died as well...in the SAME EXACT SPOT as the other one. Is that a coincidence? Is there some kind of sickness that frogs get? Has anyone ever heard of that happening before??
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  1. BeckyM's Avatar
    I've never heard of two frogs dying in the exact same spot but, I could happen, I suppose.


    Frogs are prone to diseases and parasites, since they live in such a warm, moist germ friendly environment.

    There are a couple of factors here..
    what kind of water did you use for the frogs?( de-chlorinated well water? Spring water?)
    What temps and humidity were they kept at?
    Did you buy both frogs from the same pet shop?
    How often was their tank cleaned?
    Do you have more than one tank? When one frog gets ill, it's a good move to quarantine him until he's well so whatever he has doesn't spread to his tank mate. (Vet visits don't hurt either, if there's an exotics vet near you) Sounds to me like Frog 2 caught Frog 1's illness. :|
  2. jadacriss's Avatar
    I live in london and i have two mini ponds in my rented flats garden.. I found frogs a few weeks ago some adults and some pollywogs, 2/3 adults (1pregnant) in the space of two days 2 adults have dies in the EXACT SAME CORNER OF THE POND same position! one was bright green and fat and the other dark and skinny? strange must be a reason for this?
    My only assumption being the walls of the pond are steep, they may have been trying get out? Iv made a ladder now anyway just incase

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