Sick Tree Frog

[Gaby]

Hi, I am new to this sight. I just registered to ask a similar question. I have 11 PCF's that I rescued as tadpoles from a puddle. They are fat and happy. I do however have 1 male frog that has developed the same lip condition. I am currently calling him fat lip. He is also still eating just fine. He does seem to put his head back pretty far some times like he is trying to breath. Although I know he is getting plenty of air. I had left off dusting the crickets that I raise or get from the pet store with calcium for the same reason. I didn't see the point with the water just washing the calcium off. I will definately be going back to doing that. My set up is somewhat different than yours. I have a level of water in half the tank that is about an inch deep. I only use natural items in my tank. It is quite large. The frogs all get along great and only the one has developed this lip condition. They are all over a year old. I use house plants that I soak before putting them in my tank and I have removed all of the soil from the beginning. I haven't found a plant yet that can't survive in just water. I did just recently place a dish designed for reptiles into the tank. But it hasn't seemed to affect any of my other frogs. I took mine to the vet and he indicated that some frogs can develop abnormalities that don't show up till later in life due to the heavy metals in the water of streams and just about everywhere else also. May I ask the name of the medication that your doctor perscribed for your frog? Another vet I took my frog to sugested that it is possible that my frog could have been bitten by one of the crickets he ate and it could be an infection. I have never used meal worms because they gross me out and I understand them to be of less nutritional value than crickets. I raise my own crickets off and on. Meal worms also bite. The larger ones do anyway. They bite fingers if you put them in by hand. I have 10" tongs. I have force fed my frog a couple of times because he seemed like he was becoming disinterested in his food. The doctor said if they stop eating on their own you have to keep them fed by force feeding to keep an apetite going. After 2 force feedings he went a couple of days then he snatched a big fat cricket on his own. I was very happy. He seems happy enough. The dark patch on your frogs neck is perfectly normal because he is a male. My frogs turn every color of the spectrum. I have 2 that are bright green. 1 that is a copper color. 3 that alternate between very dark, brown, taupe, grey. I even have 1 that is almost white most of the time. I am going to be sure to let the tank water for cleaning sit for a day to disipate any chemical etc. I have half coconut shells in my tank and champagne corks. I will try to add a photo after I clean the tank this weekend. I hope to keep in touch with this thread and see if we can't help each other out. Thank you so much for all of the info and the opportunity to communicate with others that understand. I hope your frog stays well. I will let you know anything I find out myself. Thanks.