Chytrid: Don't let anyone tell you it's too late.

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I've had a pretty terrible time of it lately...
I've lost two little froggies in two weeks. The first was an accident, one little morph leapt too hard from one branch to the other and smacked his head on the glass side of the tank. (This is what I assumed happened as I found him on the bottom of the tank, bruised head and stretched out like he was still mid-leap). The second one was a little fellow who had always been very slim.

The symptoms I noticed:
Uncoordinated
Lethargy
Colour loss
Uneven pigmentation
Unresponsive
Refusal to eat
Glassy eyes
And last, a tiny lime green spot.

Now I had no idea why he was sick and unfortunately during the waiting process for the swabs sent away to the lab, he passed away.

The swabs came back negative for everything and I decided it was just poor care on my part and cleaned out his cage to start over.

It wasn't until his room-mate Bubba started to get ill with the same symptoms that I thought there might be something else going on. As Bubba began showing the same symptoms, I waited for the autopsy results for Nova to come back. However she was getting more and more ill by the day and I simply couldn't wait. After much internet searching, I came to the conclusion that her symptoms matched Chytrid, late stage as she was losing control of her legs. Now every single treatment page has said that Chytrid is untreatable at the stage of paralysis. I have found this not to be the case.

Using the medication:
1ml of Lamisil (1% Terbinafine Hydrochloride) to 200mls of water. Soaked for 5 minutes every day for 10 days (I'm only up to day 5).

Now Bubba was in a very bad way when I started this medication, NO hind leg movement, NO coordination, curled fingers and toes, sloughing constantly... She still came through. I've seen so many posts saying they just had them put down, but now in my experience I can say that these symptoms do not always mean the end, at least not all of the time. Keeping in mind, Bubba was a very chubby, healthy frog who had quite a bit of weight on her when she fell ill. She had allot of stores to get her through the 10 days she didn't eat.

I just want to give hope to people like me, who don't want to see their pets die simply because they were late to identify.

I can confirm that Bubba is happy, healthy, fat and has complete use of her body now and whilst I will be continuing the treatment for another five days, she is back to herself. Don't let anyone tell you it's too late to try.

If you'd like more details as to how I treated her, I'd be happy to fill you in. Since her recovery, the lab has come back positive for Chytrid on Nova who had passed away first.