Giant Waxy Monkey Frog help.

[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.

[monster]

Sorry to hear about all the problems and deaths of your frogs. Don't let it steer you away, this will be a big learning lesson for the future. I know your vet said he didn't think parasites but don't rule it out unless he says he knows for sure. From my understanding all wild caught frogs will carry some kind of parasite or bacteria that would do nothing to them in wild or take a lot longer to kill them or make them very sick. It is when we put them into a smaller controlled environment that these parasites and stuff just explode and take over the poor frog. Again i could be wrong but im pretty sure im correct and if not totally it is something down those lines. So if you choose to get a couple more of these i would just insinuate that they had these and treat them for the basics just to be safe and put your own mind at ease. Again so sorry to hear about your loses and continuing problems, hope this guy can pull through for you.

[Diver]

Thanks Cory, I do feel now that I've come this far it would be a shame to give up on the idea of trying to breed bicolor. I suppose the problem with treating for parasites is it appears to quite specific. He said he would need a positive identification in order to prescribe the correct drug and for that fecal matter is required. These guys didn't seem to produce any until about a week ago!
I doubt I'll give up even if I lose this one, as you say it's a learning curve but it's also a bit of a gamble. Coming from the wild they can apparently have rananvirus lying dormant and much in the same way as you say about parasites, not harmful until the immune system is affected by stress. The stress of being captured and then shipped must be considerable and guess it's the moral issue that I'm wrestling with. If I were looking at them just to keep as pets then I wouldn't want to encourage the trade, but as I'm looking at a no-expense spared breeding project I feel I can justify it.
Anyway, there might not be any available at Hamm this time so I guess I can leave it up to fate!