New tomato frogs

[Pluke]

I'm not sure what this problem could be.. I've seen it in frogs before, just not sure what causes it. Are your frogs wild caught? If they are wild caught, there is a good chance that the frogs have parasites and this may be a symptom of that. It also could be because he had a bright light in one eye and not the other.. but I have a feeling that's not the case.

[abc123]

They may be wild caught since I got them from Pj's pet store, I didn't think about it at the time. The pupil is small in both eyes. If the frog does have parasites then what could I do to get rid of them. Thanks

[Pluke]

If both eyes on one frog is dialated I'm not sure what the problem is.. I know pacman frog pupils tend to get really small and dialated sometimes, usually when they are sleep mode. Maybe this is what the tomato frog is doing. As far as treating parasites goes.. I really don't know what you could do other than take it to a vet, for most worms I think they prescribe Panacur powder, but you shouldn't take my word for it, I have no experience in the matter. You can't even be sure if they have parasites, it's just a chance. Check the feces for abnormalities.. usually if there are parasites you'll see signs of them in the feces. Hopefully someone else will dime in on the subject.

[abc123]

Thanks a lot for your help. I'll check her out at night when she's hopping around to see if the eyes are dilated. I hope she is ok, what would I be looking for in the feces, it looks normal to me, and she moves burrows like every night or so. Do frogs close their eyes when they are sleeping? She sorta closes them I think. And another thinge, how often should I change the substrate? Thanks

[Pluke]

Look for white wormy things, little bugs, stuff like that I guess. I've never had that problem so I've never actually seen it myself just going by things I've read on the forums. Frogs never close there eyes to sleep, atleast none of mine do. They do tend to dialate them a bit and their pupils get real small. I'd change the substrate once a month as long as you spot clean and pick out any ****. Since you have a big 50 gallon tank, you could probably do it less than that if you be sure to spot check and stir the soil while adding some fresh spring water while stirring once a week, that's usually what I do. I have a 20 gallon long and change it around once a month.

[sschind]

I was thinking about putting sphagnum moss on half of the tank as the top layer over the coco fiber to help keep in the humidity. Would that be detrimental to the frog's health? I have heard both good things and bad things about sphagnum moss.

I use only long fiber sphagnum with my tomatoes (no coco fiber) and I have not seen any problems. I've been keepingthem on it for many years. They are much more precise feeders than pac man frogs and rarely get a mouthful. I just make sure that after I wet the moss down I pack it very tightly. This seems to keep the loose strands from poking up.