Help!!

[Strider18]

Welcome to the forum! I'm sorry about your frogs Please answer the questions below and highlight them if possible.


“Trouble in the Frog Enclosure”
The following information will be very helpful if provided when requesting assistance with either your frog or enclosure. To help with your questions, please utilize the below list and post the information in the proper forum area to get advice from FF members that keep the same frog. This will allow for little confusion and a faster more informed response.

1. Size of enclosure
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
3. Humidity
4. Temperature
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
6. Materials used for substrate
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials.
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
8. Main food source
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
10. Lighting
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
12. When is the last time he/she ate
13. Have you found poop lately
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. Describe frog's symptoms and/or recent physical changes; to include it's ventral/belly area.
16. How old is the frog
17. How long have you owned him/her
18. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
19. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
20. How often the frog is handled
21. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
22. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)

by Lynn(Flybyferns) and GrifTheGreat.


0.1.0 Psuedacris regilla

[leannec]

On my tiny phone so I'll do my best here. I am not a new frog keeper, these guys were 4 years old. They are like my children and are very well taken care of. It has to be poison, something is leaching into the water. All I noticed was it looked like one was starting to really badly shed, then I came home and 3 were dead. I took the live one out and put him into a hospital tank. This is my first full on tank build and I did something wrong.

[DigitalPunk]

To the best of my knowledge cement will leech toxins into the water and make it extremely dangerous to amphibians among other things. People who use Cement are usually advised to seal the cement in Drylock type paint to seal it as good as possible.

The cement is the only environmental thing you listed that I see that could have caused this.

I am so sorry for your loss. If you haven't already I would pull the last frog out of the tank.

[leannec]

Thank you for the reply. It is very appreciated. Out of all the videos and how to's I watched only one had mentioned dry lock. I did try to buy it at home depot and they told me they don't sell it in canada! U used self bonding concrete and sifted out all the fiberglass threads. I did let it sit for 2 weeks and rinsed for hours in a running shower, then changed the water 6 additional times before planting and letting my frogs go to their new home. I guess I am going to have to make a trip down over the border and find a safe sealing agent. I found it bizarre that in rainy Vancouver, BC I couldn't find a waterproofing sealant!

I have removed the 4th frog and have him in an emergency tank to recover. I really hope he makes it through the night or I will feel worse then I do now.. Which will be pretty hard!