Help! Possible sick frog?

[Coryyy]

I recently got a White Dumpy Tree Frog.
He's been doing really well - eating, climbing, etc.
Question one: When I hold him, he's all over he place. He likes to climb up my arm and then jump onto my legs. Is that normal? Is he uncomfortable? Should I refrain from taking him out?
URGENT SECOND QUESTION: Tonight, I opened his cage to feed him, and he was doing the strangest thing ever. He kept closing his eyes and opening his mouth, and one side of his stomach would kind of go in, then the other side. But he kept opening his mouth and it looked like he was yawning, although I'm sure he wasn't. I was terrified and started to cry, so my mom came over to look at him. Then she used the feeding tongs to remove something from both sides of his mouth. It was a mucus-y strand that went from the corner of his mouth half way down his stomach on both sides. What is this, and should I be super concerned??

[Julia]

Your frog is shedding... it is perfectly normal. They move their bodies in uncomfortable looking positions to stretch and remove the skin. He was opening his mouth to eat the shed skin. My frogs do this everyday.

[1beataway]

Hi Coryyy. Welcome.

I think that some White's like to jump all over the place and won't stay still, and others will. This is definitely true of my two. Also, your frog may not be use to being handled yet. Just give it some time.

Is this your first frog or do you have others?

[Coryyy]

Yes, Bentley is my first frog.
I'm sixteen and have had an array of pets in my life,
but never a frog. And he's the cutest thing ever, but he looked so awful and it scared me a lot.
The people who I got him from warned me about shedding, but they said it would be dry skin.
This wasn't. It was slimy. /:

Also, he's super active and makes clicking noises, which I think is adorable... but is that a usual sound? Is that how they croak?

& Thank you everyone. I was terrified. He looked like he was going to turn himself inside out.

[Coryyy]

Also - we bought another one from Petco.
I named it Stella. We have this little dragon thing in their cage that kind of swirls upwards
and is hollow. Stella will NOT come out of it's mouth, and only comes forward when she sees the
crickets or worms. Normal?

[spooky]

All sounds normal to me! I have 2 White's, one likes to hide alot (comes out to eat!) and the other is very active!
I've never seen my frogs shed, sounds gross lol

[Paul Rust]

Your frog is shedding... it is perfectly normal. They move their bodies in uncomfortable looking positions to stretch and remove the skin. He was opening his mouth to eat the shed skin. My frogs do this everyday.

I agree with Julia, it looks horrible but it is fine.