He guys, sorry for the yelling in the title but I am stressing out over my female GT frog who has a darkish spot on her back. Her legs also look a little different than usual. She is in a tank with a male GT frog as well who see a fine bit they both have dropped off in weight. If you answer you are taking a huge weight off of my shoulders! Thanks
She is in a glass tray thing with damp paper town underneath her. Sorry the photos so dark. Will post another in a bit
do you think its
A- A fungus infection
B- Bruising of some kind
C- An internal parasite
These are just a few ideas bumping around my mind at the moment. Also if you know of any, could you recommend a frog vet? Thanks once again
Dont panic
i dont see anything wrong in that pic.
Save one animal and it doesn't change the world, but it surely changes the world for that one animal!
Looks like a normal WTF to me. Mine change color when the temps drop below 75 degrees.
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Your whites is super healthy!
Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 (White's Tree Frog)
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis 0.1.0 (Anerythristic Honduran Milk Snake) Tliltocatl albopilosus 0.0.2 (Curly Hair Tarantula)
Aphonopelma hentzi 0.0.1 (Texas Brown Tarantula)
Avicularia avicularia 0.0.2 (Pinktoe Tarantula)
Brachypelma smithi ex. annitha 0.0.1 (Mexican Giant Red Knee Tarantula) Monocentropus balfouri 0.0.2 (Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula)
Harpactira pulchripes 0.0.1 (Golden Blue Leg Baboon Tarantula)
Hi,
Food for thought:
Please post another photo if available? I guess we could take a closer look at the dark spot; it can't hurt.
It's probably best to keep their routine as usual as possible as this will help to lessen any stress.
If you really think they are losing weight, there may be a vet willing to do a fecal study to check for parasites, without having to take the frog in? A 'local sample" is likely best so the sample can be fresh and prepped properly. You want to make sure a vet treats frogs and tests on site.
There are vets that treat amphibians but not frogs
In the US many people use vetdna ...and swab a sample for many illnesses.
This has it's disadvantages regarding parasites, however.
RAL - Test : Reptile
Perhaps - vetdna - knows of a similar business in Australia?
If I were to acquire a wild caught frog, I would do fecals for parasites, plus Ranavirus and Chytrid Fungus swabs.
There are many different options regarding this. Some people just treat prophylactically.
You could get a current weight for both frogs. Use a food scale.
For the sake of thoroughness...their wt can be monitored moving forward.
Last edited by flybyferns; June 16th, 2014 at 09:13 PM.
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Oh and also she is a green tree frog not a white. I have had both for about 1 1/2 years and the previous owners had them for about 5 or so years
If you are talking about your native Queensland green tree frog then it is a whites. Outside of Australia
that is what they are called.
Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 (White's Tree Frog)
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis 0.1.0 (Anerythristic Honduran Milk Snake) Tliltocatl albopilosus 0.0.2 (Curly Hair Tarantula)
Aphonopelma hentzi 0.0.1 (Texas Brown Tarantula)
Avicularia avicularia 0.0.2 (Pinktoe Tarantula)
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Harpactira pulchripes 0.0.1 (Golden Blue Leg Baboon Tarantula)
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