Mellyjoe04

Okay so I am looking at Fozzie and he now is brown with green spots all over. It looks as if he isn't shedding like he is supposed to. I started looking more into it and I read something about aestivation and I think maybe that is what is happening. When I bought him it was extemely cold outside and all I bought him in was a thin cardboard box with holes all along the side. I think the cold weather put him in a hybernation-like period. I don't know, just thought I would ask your opinion.

Mellyjoe04

Well the spots are starting to go away and has seems much more active. I tried feeding him today but he didn't wanna eat so I am hoping in the next few days he will want to eat. I am keeping hope.

spooky

When my frogs are changing colour (from brown to green), they develop green spots all over. I think it's just the skin changing colour gradually

John

Just curious, but how warm is the terrarium at night and how warm during the day? Also, how humid is it?

Mellyjoe04

I keep the humidity around 65-70%, sometimes if I leave to go to work and I come back the humidity drops to about 50% but never any lower than that. I am having trouble keeping the humidity at a steady rate. I mist about 3 times a day. The temp is around 80 or 85 during the day and around 68 at night. Please let me know if there is something I am doing that I should change.

John

It sounds alright. These frogs don't really "hibernate".

Mellyjoe04

Well he passed! I only had him for four days. I still have Kermit and he is still healthy and happy.

Kurt

I would say he was sick when you received him.

John

Sorry you lost it. It wasn't your fault - it was the pet shop. I'm kinda blue in the face seeing this happen.

Mellyjoe04

Thank you. Yeah I was really sad because I tried to do everything I could do. Now I know from your comments and personal experience not to buy animals from PETCO.
Well it was just really hard to see a dead frog.

hype28

It could have been a fungal infection. If the frogs were housed together, I'd take the survivor in to the vet, as this is highly contagious.

I had one with spots on the face that I took to the vet and started treating, but he didn't tell me it was so contagious and I did not separate them. The other frog never had any spots, but died suddenly - the vet said he probably had the fungus internally.