Problems with my western toads.. Chytrid suspected (pics)
Hello guys... So, I think my western toads 'may' have the chytrid fungus. I have 2 mature males, I caught them from the wild a week ago and kept them in a 20 gallon tank, in it was some nice fluffy dirt I gathered from the forest (pete moss-like substrate), some green moss, some bark, a big knarled tree root for them to sit under and a water bowl about a toad and a half in length that I re-filled twice a day (and I fed them lots of earthworms, common black beatles and grass spiders everyday). Then I noticed that the second one, which is the green one, had extra waxy skin (and had literally no color) and was always puffed up. So I thought, by experience, that he was about to shed his skin. I waited 2 days to see him shed, but he did not. I became agitated and worried something was wrong. So I started to read about chytrid, and as you could imagine, I was very stressed when I read that it causes discoloration, which was the problem with my toad. So since there was no way I could get some lamisil spray (because I'm in canada you need a prescription and my vet can't do anything), I put the toads in a ten gallon tank filled quarter of the way with 33.C waited for 10 minutes (they were completely unharmed, and actually seemed to like it, as they kept trying to mate with each other lol) just to see what would happen. Then bits of the second toads skin started coming off, but I noticed their skin color really brightened up.
But yeah, just thought I'd ask for some opinions here. The only symptoms are the discoloration and, I don't know if its just my worrying but there seems to be a very slight orange-ish redness coloration near the butt of the toads. Though they sit on their bellies with no irritation. Thank you for your time and any feedback would be much appreciated.
P.S. that stuff that's on them is chamomile that I put in their water bowl. It kills fungus so I thought why not. And also I guess I ought'a mention that I'm a newb here but not so much when it comes to caring for amphibians
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