Sick WTF - Green Spots???

[Kurt]

Continue the treatments that you are already doing, but I am wondering if it may be a reaction to the bark substrate, as I have never used it with amphibians.

[IgbyKibbits]

That's what we were thinking too. Whether it was infected, or a reaction, everything else that we have in the tank, we are meticulous about sterilizing! Every month, we pull everything out and sterilize, first with a mild bleach wash, then again with Jurassi Clean and extremely hot water.

Since getting the frogs a year ago, we've used T-Rex Coconut Bark (as a filler), and then topped with T-Rex Jungle Bed. Last time we cleaned (a week ago), we had to use T-Rex Cypress because they were out of Jungle Bed (but we'll get that as soon as it is in). However, he was showing these symptoms/spots before we made the switch.

What do you think? What do you suggest instead? Thanks again! You guys are truly helping me save this frog. I literally had a vet say to me (whom I called describing the problem, and asking if she'd see him), "You are unlikely to find a veterinarian in the Midwest that has seen the specific disease that your pet has given that few owners of amphibians in this area actually take their sick ones to the vet. " : (

So sad!

[1beataway]

Wow, I've never seen that before. When you were describing the neon green spots, I thought you meant green blotches on the frogs. I've seen that twice, and each time it seemed to be either stress or a not-quite-so-clean environment. I hope it goes away soon. I would still suggest switching the substrate, but as far as the spots go, I'm no help.

[IgbyKibbits]

Some updated news. Kibbits took another long trip to see a different vet today. He just was not responding to the treatment, and not getting better. I can't bare to see him slowly get worse : (

This vet gave him a radiograph (to see if his bloated belly was fluid or air. Thank god it was air in the G.I. tract. That gives a little glimmer of hope that we can get him better). She took him off the treatment that the other vet started him on, and I bit the bullet and paid for two different cultures of his skin. Hopefully, we will get the results soon enough to know exactly what we are combating and how to treat it. She'd not seen these particular spots before either : (

So now we are just doing the antibiotics. She gave him some fluids and helped me try to hand feed him a special little mix. Unfortunately, he was NOT having it. She said that he was the most stubborn little frog that she had seen. At least he has a little bit of fight still left in him.

So, that's the news. It's not good and she said that he looked really sick, but hopefully this new treatment will start to work very soon. We're doing everything we can to save the little guy. When I tried to feed him tonight, he kept swiping the syringe away. Poor little Kibbits!!!

Keep him in your thoughts, and if anyone has any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it, particularly with the hand feeding. He just will not open his mouth : (

Oh, and last update: I brought Igby in as well to get her checked out (especially since we don't know if what is going on with Kibbits is environmental). She received a perfect bill of health. So that was a bit of good news on such a sad day : (

[smt3215]

Hey my Whites tree frog recently started to have those green spots appear as well if anyone can help me as to what to do to take care of it that would be a great help. I have read what people have posted above to what they have done but so far that doesn't seem to work so I wasn't sure if there was any new info on what might work thanks. I have included a picture as well so you can see how he looks

[IgbyKibbits]

Smt3215 -

I looked at your photo and it's so hard to say if it's the same thing as Kibbits because he's so brown usually, that the spots turned up as a sort of mint green, and weren't as "splotchy" as your guy. I don't know if you read my other posts, but besides having spots, Kibbits stopped eating, became extremely lethargic, wanted to stay in the water time, and seemed to be shedding excessively (and not with the normal shedding patterns of WTFs).

If your frog has the same symptoms as mine, I definitely suggest taking him to a vet ASAP. Kibbits went downhill pretty fast. : ( Right now, we are treating him with Baytril Antibiotics (prescribed by the vet), and that seems to be helping, but it's very touch and go.

I will say this though: I had the vet run cultures on his skin to help decipher exactly what it is going on. Those should be back in 5 to 14 days (hopefully, Kibbits can make it that long). I will definitely let you know what I find out.

[1beataway]

I have seen White's with splotchy areas before, and I always thought it was due to stress. I had seen them a few times at work. In fact, a very large green splotchy area on Luigi's head is how I named him (It always looked like he was wearing a cap), but a few weeks after I took him home it was completely gone. I have never seen it again. He was also underweight and didn't look the absolute best.

Smt3215-It's hard for me to tell if what I see in your picture is the splotchy areas I had described. And I am not completely sure that it is stress related, and someone may tell me I'm wrong, but from my own experiences, that is my best guess.

IgbyKibbits-I hope Kibbits gets better, and please keep us updated on the cultures.