A sudden and sad death...

[GrifTheGreat]

Sorry for your loss

[flybyferns]

Caspian,
So sorry... it is very upsetting. Gracious

I believe if it were Chytrid you would have noticed a decline in his activity, eating and overall healthy appearance.
It would not have be a sudden death as described ? Could it have gotten too warm in the enclosure?

My I respectively suggest you were gloves ( vinyl / powerless) during all contact within the interior of your enclosures.... changing the gloves between each enclosure. If gloves are not possible then really good hand-washing with a nail brush between enclosures w/ antibacterial soap and a really good rinse! I believe this to be ' preventive medicine' and should be a standard practice all of the time.

Your caring and attentive. I'm very sorry
Lynn

[Gnag the nameless]

Thanks for the support, guys. I'm gonna bury Nivose today in my Garden... I was really looking forward to watching him grow, and hearing his calls, too

As for if it had gotten too hot, he passed away at about 10:30 PM last night, and I keep my window open. It was slightly on the cold side, but certainly was not overly so.

It's possible he could've had parasites. Keep in mind this is a froglet I found in the middle of the road and took in because he looked overly skinny. I don't know if he could've choked on a cricket, he's eaten bigger earthworms than any cricket I've fed him. Could it have been an overdose of calcium, because I have been dusting his crickets a lot with both a multi-vitamin mix and Calcium + Vit D3.

I typically wash my hands before and after handling my amphibians, but I've only really made special care to prevent transmission of diseases from Bumpy and Gnag to my other frogs, as being a Green frog and a Bullfrog, I expect their skins to be bacteria-covered. But, I'll definitely take much stricter precautions like you've mentioned Lynn.

Oh, and Lindsey, just to clear up any confusions, I'm a guy. Don't worry, lots of people have made that mistake before

[Gnag the nameless]

Well, today I buried Nivose 2 feet under the soil, under a statue of an angel at the back of my garden. Even though I only had him for 2 weeks, I'm gonna miss that little guy

R.I.P Nivose

[deranged chipmunk]

so sorry for your loss Cas. i know how dedicated you are to your little friends, so i'm sure it was not a husbandry issue. sometimes rescuing an animal from the wild just doesn't work out