Gray isn't eating and his underside looks pinkish

[Dace]

Well, it's gone on too long now that my adult male gray tree frog is barely eating. If he is eating, he's not doing it while I'm watching and most of the moths I throw in there are still there in the morning. I just saw him leaning against the glass and his feet, lower abdomen and thighs, and neck below the dark patch were disturbingly pink tinged... The photos don't do it justice, it looks worse in real life. Other than his food refusal he's acting more or less normal, maybe he's a bit less active than normal but he's certainly sleeping on branches during the day, climbing around at night, and he isn't sitting on the floor or anything. I found a very small poop the other day, probably because he hadn't eaten anything but a single small moth. (I have been providing several moths of all sizes each night.) I'm really worried about him...

[Dace]

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[irThumper]

It's hard to tell from the pics but I don't see any blood vessels or sores. Could be he's pink from jumping on the glass or other objects. He looks fat enough, unless he's bloated?

Are you only feeding moths? There isn't a lot of nutrition or bulk in a moth by itself, and frogs in the wild eat a wide variety of insects. To start I'd get him some crickets and make sure they are gut loaded on a highly nutritious diet AND dusted with a good calcium-vitamin supplement like Repashy's All-In-One.

[Dace]

Moths are all that he'll eat (or at least all that he ate the last time he was eating). If he was hungrier I would be feeding him mostly dubias.
he does look fat in this picture, but he doesn't look so good from above- his hips are protruding and his sides are kind of "saggy".

[Dace]

Here's a picture I just took. He looks terrible... His back is practically a pyramid.
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[irThumper]

Ah, poor guy. How long have you had him? Most of my frogs will take dubias, some pretty tentatively, and one won't eat them at all. Have you tried waxworms or butter worms?

[Furryfrogs]

Your frog may be in the early stages of red leg. Try giving him a tetracycline bath for a week and see if he improves.


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[irThumper]

I wasn't getting the connection about garlic...? Where is the original post relating to that and what it is supposed to do?

A bit confused because a few posts ago Dace said the Gray DID seem to have eaten three moths and a poo was found. I take it the poo was never collected for testing though... :/

[LilyPad]

I wasn't getting the connection about garlic...? Where is the original post relating to that and what it is supposed to do?

A bit confused because a few posts ago Dace said the Gray DID seem to have eaten three moths and a poo was found. I take it the poo was never collected for testing though... :/

I had posted several years ago about a small male grey that I had that would not eat, he would go anywhere between 5 days and 2 weeks without eating. When he did eat, it would be 1 sm/med cricket. At the time, I did not know about parasite testing and pretty much no one had any advice for me on how to help him. I basically scented the crickets with garlic, as I had remembered that being a good appetite enhancer for reptiles and read that it was also safe for amphibians. He ate several crickets that day. I've no idea if it was from the garlic or he just decided he was hungry that day. I did make a post about it, that's what Dace is referring to.

Dace, I should mention, I always struggled to get that frog to eat, from the day I got him, and he died about a year later. He didn't seem too thin, but one day he buried himself and never came back up. This is sort of an if I knew then what I know now...I would have gotten him fecal tested. He was WC and in the care of someone with many many other reptiles and phibs before he came into my care.

[irThumper]

Ah, thanks Amy. Reminds me sort of what's going on with my Honey-Lime... he's always been my problem child

Wood lice? Are those sow bugs/Isopods? How are those nutritionally for frogs? I know they are commonly used as cleaners, but haven't heard much about them as a feeder source.

[LilyPad]

Ah, thanks Amy. Reminds me sort of what's going on with my Honey-Lime... he's always been my problem child

Wood lice? Are those sow bugs/Isopods? How are those nutritionally for frogs? I know they are commonly used as cleaners, but haven't heard much about them as a feeder source.

It's frustrating when you have a typically ravenous species of frog that refuses to eat. My greys do regularly forage for isos in their tank though, so it's not a bad thing. Dace did say he typically feeds dubias but has been trying alternative feeders because the frog isn't eating. I still think that trying crickets would be a good idea though.