https://www.frogforum.net/blog.php/15486-Hopscotch Frog Forum - Your Pet Frog Community. Authoritative discussion forum for pet frogs and toads, including dart frogs, tree frogs, bullfrogs, toads, etc en Tue, 28 Jul 2026 13:01:03 GMT vBulletin 30 https://www.frogforum.net/images/misc/rss.jpg https://www.frogforum.net/blog.php/15486-Hopscotch https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/984-Help!-Sick-toad Wed, 04 Jan 2017 22:36:00 GMT Hello, I have been an American toad owner for 10 years. Recently an unknown disease/illness has invaded my terrarium causing one of my oldest... Hello,
I have been an American toad owner for 10 years. Recently an unknown disease/illness has invaded my terrarium causing one of my oldest females to pass. My male is now showing the symptoms she had shown. I separated him and cleaned the tank to avoid further spreading. I love these toads so much, losing my female was heartbreaking. I will do anything to prevent it from happening again. I have tried seeing a vet but even he did not know what to do. I have called conservation places, zoos, reptillia, pet stores and tried to reach out to other herp lovers. I can't seem to find any help.

I was wondering if there's any possibility that you may know what could be wrong with my toads. I will list the symptoms here:

-first I noticed abnormal brown spots on the lower belly (near the drinking patch) never had I seen these spots before.

- agitation of the skin. ( they constantly rub their belly )

- soon the skin feels thicker or like its dying. The toad constantly shedding their skin. - the shedding is crazy and often I found my female with loose dead skin on her belly (no bleeding or sores)

-when in water I noticed the belly moving abnormally as if something were crawling inside of her (weird muscle contractions perhaps?)

-she got skinny super fast (appetite wasn't lost till later on)

-she seemed to act normal.

-appetite loss

- seemed extremely agitated when touched or picked up (this was unusual, as she loved to be picked up)
-near the end her mouth was extremely white on the inside, her tongue looked pale and dehydrated.

-slow breathing (looked like gasping or struggling to breath)

-when she died she looked like she was trying to swallow something. This was the first time I had seen a toad pass so I'm not sure if that's normal when they go or if it may have been apart of the sickness.

Please, any help would be amazing! I love these toads so so much and it's heartbreaking not being able to do anything to help them.

Thank you so much for reading this, I appreciate it very much! ]]> Hopscotch https://www.frogforum.net/entry.php/984-Help!-Sick-toad