Sick tree frog?

[Heatheranne]

Please add photo. It sounds as though he is a bit dehydrated. Please answer questions above do we can help.

[Kaila]

He is normally the darker green. I've only seen him light green a few times and it only lasts a little bit. He's never been blotchy like this. And he always sleeps in his wooden cave and now he won't go in it. I have him a pedialyte bath last night and I gave him some meal worms dusted with calcium and D3 last night. I'm going to take him to the exotic pet store tonight and see if they have any suggestions since I can't seem to find a vet that cares for exotic pets. Any suggestions are appreciated.

[Kaila]

Some more pics of him.

[Bolisnide]

Hi Kaila,
There are a few things that pop out at me immediately, and I'll address those below. But immediately, the color of the frog doesn't look good. Could be a bacterial infection caused by dirty water? I have no idea. If this were my frog, I would follow Carlos' advice and get him in a hospital tank as he described. I would also continue with the pedialyte baths.
And, if it were my frog, I would also lightly dab NON-PAIN RELIEVER neosporin, only to the neon spots with a clean q-tip, twice daily.
Do you have a vet you can email the photos to for a quick assessment? I would try that route as well.


1.His enclosure is 24"x24"x36"
this size is great!

2.hes the only one living in it

3. Humidity is 60%
fine
4. Temp is about 25 degrees celcius
try bumping the heat up a bit to about 29 degrees celsius during the day, and about 24-25 at night

5. Water for both is bottled spring water
is it 100% spring water? You might want to add a water conditioner/de-chlorinater just in case, or switch to tap with added conditioner/de-chlorinater

6. Substrate is coco husk (large pieces, too big to get in his mouth)
these pieces actually could get in the mouth, white's are odd little things that can surprisingly eat items that you would never imagine! I recomend switching to the fine coco husk or paper towels

7. Fake plants, a fake vine, a wooden climbing branch and a wooden cave which is where he ALWAYS sleeps
looks good, but I'm sure he'd appreciate a real live snake plant, someday.

8. Crickets sometimes meal worms
meal worms could be cut out, no real nutrition there, and difficult to digest. Night crawlers are great, you may need to cut them to size, feed with tongs or your fingers if he'll take it

9. I've never used calcium or vitamin supplements until last night when I gave him the meal worms thinking this maybe caused by a deficiency
good you've added the supplements, they need it! And it's a very simple way to prevent some big problems.

10. I'm not sure about the lighting, its whatever the pet store guy told me they needed

11. A heating pad under the enclosure
maybe add a ceramic heat emitter to bump up that temp.

12. He ate last night but only 4 meal worms that I had to feed him with tweezers.

13. I took poop out on Thursday before I left for my trip

14. Ill put up a pic in 2 hours when I'm off.

15. I've had him for 4 years. Not sure of age

16. Above

17. Captive bread

18. Don't know what that is
you already answered this question, you're feeding crickets and meal worms. But like I said, I would discontinue the meal worms.

19. He's not handled often
He should never be handled unless necessary. I have a white's I haven't handled in 1 1/2 years.

20. The enclosure is in my bedroom which I'm only in to sleep really

21. I change the substrate once a month and change water daily.

All of these things can be addressed when he's on the mend.

For now:
set up a hospital tank, discontinue meal worms, daily pedialyte soaks per advised (this of course requires handling, I know), add the neosporin (non pain reliever) on neon spots, contact a vet, and add a de-chlorinater, be sure to dust those feeders with calcium and vits. Maybe every feeding add calcium and once per week add the vits (no calcium), he may be a bit deficient.

good luck!