Sick White's Tree Frog...please help!

[CamilleElise]

Oh, also, I should note that normally Dwight is a big singer. Especially to Star Trek, The Office, Kelly Clarkson & Coldplay (don't know why, those just set him off) but I haven't heard him sing in about a day which is abnormal as he usually sings 2 or 3 times a day. I'm attaching pictures as well.

<---- Daphne, AKA Jabba The Hut

<---- The two frogs as juveniles when I first got them

<---- About a week ago before Dwight got so thin. Daphne is on the left, Dwight on the right

<---- Again, about a week or a little more ago with Daphne in the left, Dwight on the right

<---- Dwight today (I haven't changed the water yet). Much thinner.

I will also note though, that I wouldn't call Dwight lethargic as even when I went to take the picture of him in the water dish today he got super nervous and moved around a lot trying to hide from me. He still has energy to do that.

Ideas?

[Badger]

Rapid weight loss can be caused by parasites. Has he been eating/pooping regularly?

[CamilleElise]

I actually am not sure. As I detailed above I tried isolating him to eat but he gets very agitated being in the isolation tank and didn't eat either of the two crickets. Also, if he sees me around he gets very agitated so I couldn't tell if he ate any meal worms or not. There is poop in the tank but it could be Daphne's. I would like to keep him isolated for longer but he gets so agitated that I worry that the stress from isolation will make everything worse.

[Badger]

I would quarantine him for a few days/weeks. He'll get used to it soon, just use paper towels as substrate with some fake branches/vines to climb on. Watch for any poop, and when you get some bring it to the vet and have em run a parasite test on it. Usually they are only 30 ish bucks. Keep us posted!

[CamilleElise]

Thanks everyone! I actually got an appointment with the exotic animal vet today after confirming they have experience with White's Tree Frogs. They are too precious to me to take health concerns lightly. I lost a pair of Red Eye's a few months ago and it was devastating, so I am determined to keep Dwight and Daphne healthy! I once had a White's for over 10 years and I'd love to see Dwight & Daphne live that long or longer!

[Badger]

Awesome! I wasn't trying to push a vet visit on you, but how can you go wrong with one.

[CamilleElise]

Oh no, I totally agree! I don't mind paying a vet bill to keep my friends healthy! I can't have a dog where I live so my fish and frogs are very important to me! Plus frogs are just such neat animals! Once I had a White's that got a bad cricket bite that got so badly infected we had to give him oral antibiotics. Now, if you have ever had to pry open a frog's mouth to feed him medicine you will know what an impossible task it is! Needless to say Hortence would have NONE of it, and learned to spit the medicine out! He was such a smart little guy. But he lived for years and years after that, and it is so worth the $$. I would be devastated to lose Dwight, he's my little singer and I would so miss waking up at 4:30am and hearing him sing!

On a side note, assuming it's parasites, should I do a whole cage clean? Take all the substrate out and replace it with new stuff? I am considering doing that anyway, but I am not sure what other protocol is recommended in the event of parasites...