Foggy Eyes Tree Frog

Julia · January 23rd, 2010

Hi there,

I recently adopted a large community of animals. A 55 gallon semi aquatic tank with frogs, hermit crabs and a basilisk. I bought the enclosure mostly for the basilisk, but had to take everything since the guy was moving and trying to get rid of them. The living condition for the frogs were not very clean, and the water was only being clean by a fish filter. As soon as I got them all home i separated the frogs (3 cubans,and 3 whites.) They are now on wet paper towels and have fresh clean water daily. I noticed that 2 of the cubans have foggy white spots on their eyes. Those animals are now separate from the healthy ones. They are eating like crazy and dont seem to have problems seeing their prey. Any ideas on what this may be?

John Clare · January 23rd, 2010

Most likely a bacterial infection. It may clear up on its own but if doesn't show signs of improving after a few days then I would take them to a vet and get a prescription for triple antibiotic eye medicine (it's not the triple antibiotic you can buy for wounds, it's a different thing).

Julia · January 23rd, 2010

Thanks for responding so quickly. I asked the guy I bought the frogs from if he knew anything about this. He said that he noticed the problem months ago, but it did not get any worse so nothing was done. He thinks the eyes were scratched by a basilisk nail. (They are VERY sharp.) I will take your advice and visit a vet to find out for sure. Thanks again!

Kurt · January 23rd, 2010

Are you keeping the two frogs species in seperate enclosures?

Tom · January 23rd, 2010

Seems like you took on quiet a bundle there. Good luck. What are you keeping the frogs in?

frogdaze · January 23rd, 2010

I had a Whites tree frog with the spots on his eye and my vet said it is from too much fat in his diet. Unfortunately this cannot be cured. Prevention by not over feeding our charges is the best way to make sure we don't see it. Domestically raised crickets apparently have a high fat content so too many crickets is not healthy. I had to put my frog on a diet or 2 crickets a week and an exercise plan. Such fun.

Tom · January 23rd, 2010

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Originally Posted by frogdaze

I had to put my frog on a diet or 2 crickets a week and an exercise plan. Such fun.

Exercise plan???

frogdaze · January 24th, 2010

Yes, can you imagine? I have ceramic palm trees and I put them at the top so they had to climb down and then up again and so on. Also, I put them on my arm and they walked up and down, up and down and so forth. They were over weight and so, just like us, they were put on a diet and exercise plan.

Crystal6 · January 24th, 2010

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Originally Posted by frogdaze

Yes, can you imagine? I have ceramic palm trees and I put them at the top so they had to climb down and then up again and so on. Also, I put them on my arm and they walked up and down, up and down and so forth. They were over weight and so, just like us, they were put on a diet and exercise plan.

Hahahahahahaha. Thanks for that image.

This is funny because mine keeps tiring himself out by insisting on exploring immediately after eating 1 single cricket. My plan to feed him once a week has become me feeding him once a week, then dumping the 6 crickets he's too busy exploring to eat into his cage

Sometimes he doesn't even exploring anything other then the tank next to him. O_o It's like "Why do you want in the cricket cage? You have 6 crickets in the gutloading cage I put you in!"

John Clare · January 24th, 2010

Frogdaze - Foggy eyes are different to corneal lipacities. Corneal lipacities (fat in the eyes) generally look like white masses, particularly around the outer edge of the eye.

Julia · January 29th, 2010

Im taking the foggy eye frogs to the vet tomorrow morning, I will let you know what she says!

Kurt: I did separate the species, at first because the tank I had (33 gallon that housed my original 2 Whites) seemed too small for 5 Whites. Then I read that Cubans have a lot of toxins in their skin. So last weekend I bought a huge tank but decided not to mix species. Can Whites and Cubans be housed together????

Kurt · January 29th, 2010

I would not mix the two at all. Like you noted, Cuban treefrogs are toxic and so are White's, but to a lesser degree.

Julia · January 29th, 2010

I just got back from the vet, and this is what happened. She placed some sort of dye in their eyes. From this she could tell that the white stuff is on the surface of the eyes. Because both frogs have the same problem in the same location on both eyes she ruled out ulcers, eye trauma, or scratches from the Basilisk. The frogs were prescribed "Ciloxan" (Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride) antibacterial eye drops. I hope it works!

Kurt · January 29th, 2010

Me too. Good luck.

IgbyKibbits · January 30th, 2010

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Originally Posted by frogdaze

Yes, can you imagine? I have ceramic palm trees and I put them at the top so they had to climb down and then up again and so on. Also, I put them on my arm and they walked up and down, up and down and so forth. They were over weight and so, just like us, they were put on a diet and exercise plan.

This is too funny! I can't even imagine having to come home from work and "walk my frog" each evening!

If that's not inspiration to watch the my guys' weight more closely, I don't know what is!

IgbyKibbits · January 30th, 2010

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Originally Posted by Julia

I just got back from the vet, and this is what happened. She placed some sort of dye in their eyes. From this she could tell that the white stuff is on the surface of the eyes. Because both frogs have the same problem in the same location on both eyes she ruled out ulcers, eye trauma, or scratches from the Basilisk. The frogs were prescribed "Ciloxan" (Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride) antibacterial eye drops. I hope it works!

Good luck Julia! I hope all turns out alright, and way to rescue these guys! Sounds like they really needed it to, so it's nice to know they are in a good home where someone is really paying attention to their health and well-being!

John Clare · January 30th, 2010

I hope the frogs do well. We're pretty good at "diagnoses" here on the forum huh

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Julia · February 1st, 2010

I am very impressed by how well you all seem to know your frogs! I've been learning so much by looking through the forums and reading the care sheets!

Here are some pictures of the eye problems...

IgbyKibbits · February 1st, 2010

Thanks for posting to the pictures! It will really help others when they encounter similar symptoms in the future to have something to reference! I hope the treatment works well and works quickly!