Tree frog shivering = lack of calcium?

[daziladi]

The exotic pet hospital opens in less than three hours, going to see what they can do for him. I don't even know if its calcium deficiency or not, its just what came up when we did the google search. His legs aren't working right and his "fingers" aren't resting under his chin like usual either. I can see little twitching in his muscles that I have never seen before. I sit and watch him for hours every day, so I knew something was wrong when I came home. I transferred him out of his vivarium and cleaned it out, even though I had just finished redoing it six days ago there was an acidic odor when I lifted the top layer of moss away. Hoping the Dr will be able to fix things... will let you guys know as soon as I do. :\

[John]

Good luck. It doesn't sound very hopeful though .

[Ebony]

Hi daziladi, Hows Chester today? Been thinking of you two.

[daziladi]

Thanks Ebony... stayed up with Chester all night and he's not worse at least. The one doctor in Vegas who accepts exotics is out of the office today so he has an appt. for tomorrow morning. I went to the pet store and purchased the rep-cal and the staff also suggested amoxicillin, 1/2 capsule in his water dish every 2 days. I got some of their special dusted crickets and a few dusted wax worms. He hopped this morning so that's better than last night... and he scooped one wax worm into his mouth but only when it was right on front of him. Where his fingers looked fat and healthy only 30 hours ago now look shriveled. His eyes look gaunt too... they aren't as pronounced as before.

Edit: Just called another doctor and they see exotics, we have an appt for 3:20.

[Ebony]

Hey, You hang in there and you are doing all you can do. It's show a sparkle of hope that Chester is still keen to eat.

[jtay]

Good luck, does sound rather bad - I hope all goes well.
If there was a smell in the terrarium it could be fungal or bacterial?

[daziladi]

Back from the vet and it turns out not to be calcium deficiency (thank goodness!) but he has a bacterial infection that had effected him neurologically, causing the shakes. The vet explained that the infection stays in the bloodstream and can effect them in many ways. I took a video of the shaking he had, I'll upload that here very soon. The doctor gave him a topical medicine called Baytril/Enrofloxacin for a period of 10 days. Jtay you're right about the vivarium and the smell.. it was horrid when I cleaned it out last night. Can't find a happy balance in the substrate without it staying a sopping wet mess or too dry for his required humidification levels. Bet Chester hates breaking in a new owner like me, lol... he about gave me a heart attack when I saw him in such distress. He's also on rep-cal now... nothing like a sick friend to help you get what they need -before- payday. Thanks for all the help with him everyone.