Please help - sick, dying, or hibernating frog?

[we love freckles]

Dear fellow frog- lovers, We are glad to meet you. 'Wish we'd found this forum sooner. We are the loving owners of a 2 and 1/2 -year-old American Bullfrog named Freckles. She is our daughter's special pet. We are now very concerned about Freckles as she is listless, seems to tip slightly in the water, moves little, and is pretty stiff. Our only hope is that perhaps she was starting to slow down her body movements to get ready to hibernate? We live in a very warm climate so had moved her to a larger tank outside. Temps just dropped this week back below 65, so after about 3 days of cool nights, we're moving her back inside. We hope it's not too late. She's eaten this week (well-fed crickets), but not much. She is quite thin - and also has a whitish bubbly thing protruding very slightly from her mouth on one side. Our daughter thinks her skin looks paler as well. None of this seems good, but not sure what to do. Any chance of a rescue at this point? I read the Dr. section, but am not sure enough about any diagnosis to do a treatment. Any advice? Thanks so much.

[DonLisk]

Pics might help someone ID this for you but a trip to a herp vet is probably something needed as soon as possible.

Hopefully someone can help you here.
You can also email a photo to Dr.Frye.dvm@sbcglobal.net and explain the condition to him. He can also be reached at (734)439-2273.

[we love freckles]

Thank you very much. I'm afraid we were too late. Perhaps it was something in the change tonight, or the cold, or those plus another factor. At any rate, thanks again and we'll keep that advice in mind should we dare to become frog owners again. Good to know we weren't the only crazy ones. (That whole live crickets thing - wow.) Take care.

We are attaching a photo of our now-still froggie. "All frogs go to heaven" is our new slogan.

Pictures here.

Pics might help someone ID this for you but a trip to a herp vet is probably something needed as soon as possible.

Hopefully someone can help you here.
You can also email a photo to Dr.Frye.dvm@sbcglobal.net and explain the condition to him. He can also be reached at (734)439-2273.