Hi there.

I am starting to have some concerns about my Whites Tree Frog, Loki, because it appears to me that he may be sick. He seemed fine a few days ago, but yesterday I started to notice that something is off about his body shape...his belly is fairly fat looking, but his back is very thin and bony. Nothing else seems to be different about his appearance. His coloring and texture appear fine. I also noticed that he hasn't been eating hardly anything and I haven't found any droppings in his tank for several days. He really has only been laying in his water dish and doesn't really react to crickets, the tank being sprayed, or noise of any other form like he used to. He has not been doing any climbing at all. He is also no longer active and hunting at night.

I keep Loki (alone) in a 10 gallon tank with a screen top and coconut substrate. All of his plants are artificial from the pet store. I keep his tank at about 85 degrees during the day and 65 degrees at night. I monitor his humidity to stay at a high moderate at all times. He has both a heat lamp and a UVB lamp. He gets fresh water in his dish daily. I use tap water with ReptiSafe conditioning drops. I feed him 15 medium sized crickets every couple of days and most of the time he hasn't completely finished the old ones before I feed him new ones. The crickets are calcium dusted every other feeding. I currently do not breed my own crickets, but purchase them fresh from the pet store every few days. I clean up any droppings whenever I find them in the tank. I NEVER handle him, as he is too afraid to be held.

I have only had him for almost 2 months now and am very worried that something is very wrong. He was supposedly only a baby when I got him. I know that whites tree frogs aren't an incredibly active species anyway, but the fact that he doesn't seem to be eating anything and that his back seems so thin even though he has a chubby belly, is very concerning. I'm hoping that someone can offer me some advice on what may be wrong with him and if there is anything I can do to help him. I thought that I was doing everything right with him

I will try to post a picture sometime soon, but the lighting in the room isn't that great (other than in his tank, but it's hard to get a good camera angle in the tank) and I don't really want to mess with him if I can avoid it.