One Of My Dumpy Frogs Died Today

[kahluafeeders]

Just got home at 11:30pm. What a day at work! I work in a pizza place so I'm sure some of you can imagine how my day went. Lol.

I just scanned the temperature with my temp gun and it's reading 77 degrees. Thank goodness for that nice rainstorm to cool things off. At least, I think it rained where I live. I rained where I work, which is in a different city. I'll have to grab photos in the morning. I had bought a little vase for crickets and the remaining frog seemed interested at one point but didn't seem to know how to get to the crickets. He was watching them anyway. I think I'll have to angle the vase instead and find some of my extra branches to lead into it without letting the crickets get out.

I have pedialyte floating around somewhere. I keep it in my animal first aid stuff but with the move, I still haven't unpacked it. Just to clarify, I got the frogs after I moved. I'll find it in the morning as I think it's in the garage. As for the poop, it seemed solid to me, like it had been there for several hours and not soft like the Pacman's was when he went on my arm (so much for hand feeding there! I'm a perch, not a food dispenser!).

I'll also try to find that Repti-boost stuff. Perhaps Jurrasic Pets has it or can rush order it for me. Other than that, I'll be gently yelling at Scales N Tails about my problem and see if I can't eventually get a replacement or store credit after I get my current guy to eat properly.

At this point, I'm not even sure if I should be tearing down the tank and sterilizing things. These two frogs were in the same tank in the store, which is why I didn't quarantine them. They were all ready living together after all and I figured if one had something, the other probably did too.

On a side note, the remaining frog was dark when I got him and then lighted to a green. He's been that way ever since. The one that just died had been staying a dark green and then over the past week had gotten some spotting. He was really spotted yesterday on his head and this morning he was bright green like the one still living is. I wasn't worried as I had read that these guys to change their colors and often get dappling. The color on my now dead frog was flush against the skin and not raised or indented, so I thought nothing of it. I think I might have pictures of it, but I'll have to dig through my recent photo imports. I'll get them up tomorrow.

Thanks everyone for all the advice. Hopefully we can get this remaining guy to eat and thrive. Then, I'll eventually get another one if he seems "lonely". It's hard to tell with reptiles and amphibians if they do like company or if they just put up with each other. Mammals are so much easier in that way!

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

with glass bowl feeding , I found that using a small bowl 3in diameter buried level with the surface of the substrate
works the best.