Well, it appears I've lost another frog
This evening, when feeding my amphibians, I went to check on Nivose, my red legged froglet. He's grown to 1.5 inches, and is sturdily built. I placed a dusted pinhead cricket on a rock in the water section of his tank, and let him be to feed the rest of my amphibians. When I went back to check on him, he had a partially digested cricket in his mouth, and was floating on the water, arms and legs spread out. There was some kind of mucus secretion coming from his mouse too. Panicking a bit, I picked him up, and watched as his heartbeat faded and stopped
I have no idea what killed himmaybe it could've been Chytrid, stress from me being too near his tank, no idea. I'm already planning to bury him tommorow, and I'm going to boil and bleach all of the contents of his tank, just in case it was Chytrid, as well as keeping a very close watch on my other amphibians. Whatever it was that killed him, this has hit me hard.
I'm thinking, considering that Pacific Chorus frogs and bullfrogs are resistant to Chytrid (Not sure on Green frogs (Rana Clamitans) or Long toed Salamanders (Ambystona Macrodactylum)) that I might've accidentally transmitted it to him, or he had it already. Either way, this is a shock, and very saddening. I've lost 2 frogs in less than 3 months, Bumpy's had and is still having a rough time (see here: http://www.frogforum.net/frogs/23386...infection.html) and now this....





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maybe it could've been Chytrid, stress from me being too near his tank, no idea. I'm already planning to bury him tommorow, and I'm going to boil and bleach all of the contents of his tank, just in case it was Chytrid, as well as keeping a very close watch on my other amphibians. Whatever it was that killed him, this has hit me hard.
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