Giant Waxy Monkey Frog help.

[Diver]

Just checked on the last remaining frog and saw this:







Not sure if it's coming from the cloaca or through the skin, but this is the first obvious sign that something is definitely wrong. Anyone seen this before? Any clue as to what might be killing these guys?

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Still thinking parasite, I would find an exotic vet and get its stool checked for parasites

[Diver]

Yeah, poop has always been like gold dust the whole time I've had them. Saw my first two about a week ago, kicking myself for not getting them checked out but the frogs seemed perfectly healthy by then. Damn it! I'll give the vet a call in the morning and see what he makes of it.

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

Have you called the vet yet?

[Diver]

Yep, spoke to him today and showed him the photos. He's thinking viral, bacterial or maybe parasitical. If it's viral nothing can be done of course, so we've started with Baytril in case it's bacterial. Need fecal matter to ascertain if it's parasites, but can worm anyway just in case so will do that. He's thinking parasites are the least likely however.
Unfortunately due the history and where they came from, Ranavirus is most likely and would explain everything else in this thread. Fortunately as they were wild caught they were kept in a different room to the rest of my collection which is quite extensive and would have been a complete disaster if infected.
I'll update with developments.

[Cliygh and Mia 2]

That's horrible! I hope it can recover! Dang exporters!

[Diver]

I hope so too, it's pretty upsetting, they're such a lovely frog and they get treated badly by the natives in their home country too

I had hopes of getting them breeding over here (and I suppose all of our exotics were exported originally), but to have captive bred available would be terrific. The way things are in the wild that might be the only way that certain species will continue at all. I've started construction on a 8ft x 8ft x8ft with full environmental controls and I'm heading back over to Hamm next month with the hope of obtaining more for the project but I'm just not sure about the whole thing now.