Pacific Chorus frog Update

[irThumper]

I feed all my frogs every other day, but Thermidor's Short Tongue Syndrome isn't going away, despite the constant multi vitamin dusted feedings, so I'm not sure. He's still capable of eating crickets, luckily, but often just seems uneager to eat, or rather, lethargic.

As for Levi, he's as fat as ever (fatter than the larger of the two frogs in the leftmost image) and has no trouble catching his food but still does the swallowing... Maybe my Vitamin Dusting has gone off. I'll refresh it ASAP just in case it's so. In the past, neither frog has had any of these troubles and had always been very healthy.

Also, found a runny poop in Thermidor's tank the other day :/ so I guess I gotta keep him in quarantine some more.

Anymore updates on how your PCFs are doing? I've been having problems with my own frogs lately, so know how stressful it can be

[Gnag the nameless]

Well, Levi's back to eating normally. Still as fat as ever too fed him an earthworm the other day and he gobbled it right up in a split second. So, it may have been a size issue. Who knows.

Edit: By size issue I mean the size of the crickets, not Levi

Thermidor, on the other hand, now refuses to eat from my hand but isn't showing a significant decrease of weight. And crickets in his tank are disappearing. So maybe he is getting them on his own. His condition doesn't seem to be worsening either, so I'm not sure what's going on at this point.

Rest of the frogs seem okay. Bumpy has a spot on his nose, but he often acquires weird spots that appear and disappear, or has in the past. Previous ones were all due to abnormal shedding (Consulted my Vet on it) so I'm going to assume that this one is too.

Just got another Firebelly toad I'll make a post about that in a little. Sasha, Aleksis, and Dimitri all appear fine. Aleksis has been eating a little less over the past two or three feedings but the temperature is really cooling down around here + Aleksis is a plump and very big Firebelly toad (He's grown from much smaller than Sasha to nearly the same size in only three or so months) so I'm not really concerned, but I'm still keeping a close eye on him. And the Sals are good.

And, trust me, I know how insanely stressing and hard that can be I hope everything works out with your frogs.

[Gnag the nameless]

Update:

Good news. I caught Thermidor shedding yesterday and managed to sneak three crickets into his mouth (One undusted, two dusted with freshly bought Vitamin Mix). Nearly got a small earthworm in too, but that'll have to wait I'm afraid. I might start staying up more constantly and checking on him more often so I can catch him shedding again. Does anyone know how often they shed?

Also, Aleksis seems disinterested in food but doesn't appear to be losing weight. It is getting darker and colder around here too. However, none of the other amphibians (so far as I can tell) appear to be exhibiting the same behaviour, though Gargan also refused food the other day and I didn't hear Bumpy going after any crickets the other night (though he may have and I just didn't hear it.) My concern is Aleksis contracted Thermidor's condition somehow, but it's much more likely it's to do with the rapidly shifting weather considering he's probably the fittest frog around (he's the dominant male, the size of Sasha if not bigger now, very plump, and has a very muscular build for a frog.) Anyone have any thoughts on this?

[irThumper]

I'm wondering if the PCFs are trying to go into hibernation mode....?

[Gnag the nameless]

Possibly. That'd explain Thermidor's sudden refusal to eat. And I'm not entirely sure if Levi ate last night, either. However, in past years they have eaten during winter so I'm not sure if this is the case.

Anyhow, I wonder, does anyone know if Firebelly Toads enter a hibernation state, as in they become lethargic and inactive? I might make a thread about it...