White's Tree Frog Help Please ?

[kirby1306]

Hi Kurt ,
Well he was asleep when I took him out of his tank to take the picture, that's why I said I assume his eyes looked that way because he had literally just opened them. Also his eyes don't look like that now ... they look very fresh and bright. I am intending to take another picture for you gusy so you can see what he looks like now , but am worried about disturbing him too much , I don't really want to stress him out. But no , I don't think there is a problem with his eyes, just the picture I think!

As for the breathingit's absolutely fine and normal for him. You can clearly see him breathing too with no crackling noises - so that one is ruled out

The shedding, I assumed he was shedding because he had some skin on his back that seemed to be peeling (kind of like when we have peeling lips) - there is no resemblance of runny egss and it doesn't come off in my hand etc. The skin isn't there now though so I don't know if it was shedding. Just to say at this point too that there are no open wounds, cuts, grazes , lesions at all on him.

He is climbing yes. He is actually very active =D Which pleases me . I assume his activity would slow down but it hasn't . He loves climbing in and around his branches and vines , and only goes to the bottom of his tank to access his water bowl.

Like I said , he seems perfectly normal other than his lack of appetite. One poster has mentioned feeding him more of a variety of food now. I didn't do this initially because of his age , but as it has been reccomended , I will give it ago to entice his appetitie back.

Please let me know what you think, from my responses.

Many thanks for your help thus far
Kirb x

[Kurt]

Well, I guess we have ruled out respiratory infection, chytridiomycosis, and hypocalcemia. So try another food source and se what happens. Also what is the current temperatures he is kept at?

[kirby1306]

Phew! It's nice to know that those kinds of condition have been ruled out.

Temps are at the moment -
Daytime : between 28 and 30 degrees
Nightime: between 22 and 24 degrees

My humifity is a little high at the moment I think, but I am working on bringing it down - it's at 60% at the moment but someone suggested it should be as low as 40%

Kirb x

[Bellerophon]

Kirb, can we get a pic of the tank? Most of the time problems with amphibians can be directly attributed to the environment they're housed in. Its best to rule out any husbandry problems before trying to dive in and play veterinarian with the animal.

[kirby1306]

Hey Bellerophon,

I'll try and take a picture of the tank later and upload it.

Thanks for everyones help so far
Kirb xx

[maneeta]

I've had a similar problem with one of my frogs. When I got him he ate 3 crickets in about 3 weeks, the next 3 weeks he didn't eat at all and I was more than worried. The guy that owns the shop I've got them from (he knows a lot about them) told me that as long as she seems healthy and is not losing weight, it's okay I should not worry too much. Amphibians seem to be able to live without food for months. Mine is eating now as much as the others do.

As the others said I would not force him, it seems that he is able to eat and he just doesn't want to... Maybe he feels a little bit stressed, so I wouldn't take him out for a while (I did it like that with mine).

Another question: You wrote you kept them in a 20 liter tank, but I really really hope you meant 20 gallons..? (If it really is 20 liters that would be the same as keeping a child in a closet and I could imagine why he's not eating.)

[kirby1306]

Haha yes you are right lol , 20 gallons !! I didn't even notice my mistake on my original post - thanks for pointing it out though , i'd hate for people to think we were keeping our lovely Fargo in such a small enclosed space.

Anyway , thanks for your post - that has put my mind at ease somewhat knowing that you have had a similar experience and that he began eating again. Fargo has only not eaten for just over a week, and I actually think he has had ONE cricket - so it's not that he can't eat altogether.

I think from this site and from another forum, people have asked me questions and have rules out any illnesses etc , and have come to the conclusion that he was eating a lot before and he just simply isn't hungry at the moment. However to vary the diet and he may be interested lol. so that's what I'm going to do.

I just thought i'd add this picture of fargo in his tank among the vines and branches. You can see the gorgeous colour I was talking about and also that his eyes are not like the first pictures I posted, as some people seemed concerned about that ! I took this picture literally just as he hopped from one big branch to another . I do love him