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

[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...

[Badger]

I'm not that educated in the ways of parasites, though your vet could tell you exactly what to do.

[CamilleElise]

Well I thank you for your help! Probably to be safe I should do an extra thorough cage clean, but I will be sure to ask my vet what I should do to ensure the health of my little ones!

[Badger]

No problem, Keep us posted on his progress! I hope it turns out to be nothing.