HELP! Kibbits very sick!

[IgbyKibbits]

I'm going to take little Kibbits to the vet as SOON as they open on Monday, but I'm terrified of how I'm going to get him through tomorrow! Please, anyone with advice, please help!

His eyes are very cloudy (been that way since I noticed last night)! His stomach looks a little bloated (but they did get a recent big meal so I don't know if it's that, or what). He's sitting in a little pond during the day (which he never did before). Mostly I'm very concerned about the cloudy eyes. Is there anything I can do to help him? Anything I can pick up at the local pet store as a supplement of some sort until I can get him the exotic vet Monday morning? I hate that I have to wait for him to open! I would rush him there right now if I could!

Please help! I love him so much and I will be devastated if he doesn't make it through!

Sarah

[IgbyKibbits]

Okay, so now I'm really confused! I just posted that message and I was moving him to a sick tank (as to not infect Igby if Kibbits is sick), and he was jumping around and fine, but shedding a lot. He's not doing any of the normal "shedding" type of behavior, you know, the opening of the mouth type thing. But he has all the filmy secretions that he's wiping off of himself. Has anyone else seen this behavior when their frog is shedding? Sitting in water to shed/secrete?

[Kurt]

Yes I have seen this behavior before, no biggie.

[IgbyKibbits]

Kurt -

Thank you so much! After having these little guys for so long, and trying to be vigilant to catch things early, I was just so surprised to see this behavior with shedding! I've watched him carefully over the weekend just to make sure there was no other changes, and he's now sleeping comfortably in one of his usual niches in the tank.

Thank you so much for your quick reply! Glad to see I don't have a sick frog on my hands. I decided to bring them both in this morning just for a good checkup. Much rather establish a relationship with the vet now, then when I really need him.

Thanks again!

Sarah

[Kurt]

You're welcome.

[IgbyKibbits]

Hi everyone! I wish I could report some good news, but Kibbits behavior has continued to be downhill.

I've looked everywhere in my area for an herb vet and there is NO ONE : ( I am hoping you guys can give me some suggestions. I've looked everywhere online for the type of symptoms he's been exhibiting and not finding any answers!

He continues to be very very inactive, and very lethargic. We have to bother him in order to have him open his eyes. When he does, I'm not seeing any sort of cloudiness. Yet, 99% of the time, the white covering is over them, even at night when normally he'd be jumping around the cage or pouncing on crickets. He is moving from place to place (to sleep) including climbing up to various limbs and trees, but continues to be very inactive at both day and night. We haven't seen him eat, but he's not losing weight and crickets are disappearing. I haven't noticed any discoloration, or color changes apart from the fact that it looks like there are more white/green spots on him than before (the normal spots that WTFs get).

Mainly, I'm just so concerned with how lethargic he seems to be, with his eyes closed all the time! It's been this way for at least two weeks now with no change!

Again, the normal cage conditions have remained the same. The cage was just cleaned this last weekend again, so fresh water, fresh everything. All crickets are dusted with calcium once a week (with the crickets being gutloaded all through captivity). The other frog (Igby) continues to be just fine.

I'm happy to take him to a vet as soon as I find one anywhere near here that will see frogs : (. After the response last time, I figured that he was just shedding and left him be. It's just the duration of the inactivity, and the continued lethargy that is scary to me. Please help!!!

[IgbyKibbits]

Please help! I can't find any vet in the area that will take frogs, and I'm scouring for places : ( I've called everywhere!

Something is definitely wrong with Kibbits! It looks like his skin is sloughing more. Again, no reddening, but it looks like it's just "dirty" per se...like it's yellowed instead of white. The symptoms remain the same but he's become extremely non-responsive. We've moved him to a quarantine tank.

I've poured through the emergency first aid, but I am so afraid to treat him with the wrong stuff!

Has anyone seen this before? It doesn't look like he's lost any weight. He's moving around the tank (in that we find him in different locations), but he's very inactive and very unresponsive. We can't get him to open his eyes, really. I can't tell if he is bloated (in that he hasn't eaten, but still looks plump) or if he is still eating and not bloated.

Please, anyone!

[Kurt]

Ok get some terbinafine hydrochloride cream (Lamisil), mix 1 ml of it to 200 ml of distilled water. Let the solution sit over night because the cream is slow to dissolve. Soak him in it for 10 minutes daily for the next ten days. See if this helps.

My tiger salamander was acting lethargic and sloughing skin off in a weird kind of way. I thought it might be a fungal infections so I treated him with this solution. After a few days, he was more active, the skins shed off, and he began to look normal. I don't know what it was, but this treatment did the trick. He now leaps for his food again.

[IgbyKibbits]

Thank you so much! I'm going to try this. I'm uploading pictures as we speak. This is the first one that I can upload. Ironic as it is, I'm having a hard time pulling pics from my pro. camera, so this will have to do for now.

[Kurt]

Just try it and see what happens.

[IgbyKibbits]

Kurt -

Thank you so much. We started the treatment, and finally found a vet who would take a look! Drove two hours (quite a ride for little Kibbits) to get him checked out this afternoon. Sadly, he doesn't know what's going on. He's never seen it before!

So he told us to do exactly what you said, and then in addition, do an antibiotic treatment.

He is particularly concerned with the new little green spots on Kibbits back. Has anyone seen this before with White's? We googled it, and it seems like other owners have experienced the exact same thing: lethargy, not eating, film over the eyes, and green spots?

Anyway, please let me know if anyone has seen this before, and if so, how they treated the mysterious green spots. And obviously, we'll definitely report back if the fungal/anti-biotic treatment does the trick! Thank you again!!! And cross your fingers. We don't want to lose the little guy!!!

Sincerely
Sarah