I think my frog is sick :( help

[babrass]

Hi,
I have had my two tree frogs for awhile now. They currently live in a 30 gallon take with many live plants and branches to climb on, also a quarter of the tank has a waterfall and a pond of water to sit in. The humidity is usually around 75 to 80% all day and the temp during the day time is around 80 degrees and 70 degrees at night. Both frogs have been extremely active and eat all of the crickets i usually place in the tank. They usually sleep during the day and are very active at night. I have started to notice that the younger frog has been slowing down and not as active. He usually sits in one spot all day and during the night he does not move even half as much as he used to. He almost seems to never open his eyes even when i place food in the tank. One time when i was feeding both of them there was even a cricket on top of him and he made no movement to catch him or open his eyes to see what it was. When i first got him he would have eaten it very quickly. He does not have any abrasions or discoloration on his skin and his legs are not red. Before this happened we were giving them both the correct amount of Calcium on their crickets and they were both eating them. He does not appear to have any broken legs and does not seem to be constipated. The only time i see him have his eyes completely open is when i am spraying the tank with de-chlorinated water and it hits him. A couple times last week he was sitting on a rock and every so often he would seem to move his stomach in and out and then just hold his mouth open for a couple seconds, he would do that over and over. I am not sure what else i can do for him so any help would be GREAT!

Thanks,

Brandon

[ViperJr]

I'm sorry, I can no help you with your problem. However, just wanted to point something out.

A couple times last week he was sitting on a rock and every so often he would seem to move his stomach in and out and then just hold his mouth open for a couple seconds, he would do that over and over.

This sounds like normal shedding behavior and probably have nothing to do with the frog being ill.

Also, it might help if you specify what kind of frogs you're talking about.

[babrass]

Oh i forgot to say something about that. He seems like he is shedding non stop, i find it everywhere. DO you know how long they shed for?

[babrass]

They are both dumpy tree frogs.

[LilyPad]

I have gray tree frogs, during the day they really barely move at all, sometimes not at all. At night, the shy frogs that I have tend to take longer to wake up, it has to be very dark and quiet before they'll hop around. The one wasnt feeding during the day for a while, so I started putting him in a critter keeper with a couple of crickets and covered it with a blanket. Usually I would find a couple of the crickets were gone then.

Shedding often is normal, especially if you have 2 frogs in there.

[babrass]

Well i have been doing the exact thing since we got him and he now just stopped being active at night. It is completely dark at night and the other frog moves so much while the younger and smaller one just sits there sleeping. They are both whites or dumpy tree frogs. We also tried feeding the smaller sick frog in a separate cage with crickets and still he ate nothing . But thanks for the shedding info.

[LilyPad]

Is it possible that one is male and one is female? So the smaller one is a male with a smaller appetite?

[babrass]

That's what I was thinking the one that I think is sick is the one that won't eat and is the smaller of the two.