Gray tree frog likely dead from dehydration?

[WinterFrog]

Okay, he/she has been soaking about 24 hours now and still nothing. Can't detect breathing or anything when I feel the underside which I'm guessing I should be able to by now if he was coming around? Absolutely no response when I manipulate his/her legs.

Not that I was ever thinking he had much chance, but I was hoping he'd revive. After 24 hours though, I'm guessing it's safe to say he's pretty much toast? At what point do we officially "pronounce" death? I don't want to dispose of him if we haven't waited long enough, but considering there's zero change when does waiting around become silly? I don't have much sense of smell, but when my mom gets off work maybe I'll ask if she can smell decomposition...he's not visually getting gross or anything, but I don't know how long that would take. I don't even know how long before a dead frog would start to stink. Obviously though signs of decomposition would be pretty definitive.

Do we wait for that or figure we'd see signs of life by now if there were any?

[jasonm96]

So sorry to hear, I doubt there will be any life now unfortunately, but another day of waiting wouldn't hurt if it eased your conscious

[WinterFrog]

Okay yep, it's been 48 hours now and still lifeless. Worth a shot but I'm pretty sure we're well past the point where we'd be seeing any signs of life. Drat!

I should probably have my mom check all the plants she brought in off the porch for more stow aways. The room is cluttered enough that anybody'd be easy to miss if not still in a plant. She saw this guy because he was sitting on the floor. if there are more frogs though, they're probably not hibernating and thus probably also dessicated. Hopefully this was the only frog that came in.

Cute little critter, hopefully the only casualty.

[CamiFrog]

Ok so this thread literally helped me bring my frog back to life, as crazy as it sounds.

During my panic of seeing her (usually green) now very grey, shriveled Little body - my instincts kicked in and I started dumping water on her - I got the guts to grab her and put her in her shallow water. Well guess what.... I went back to check in her and she had come back enough to climb out of the water bowl and onto the side of her tank.
As the hours go by, she’s getting her color back and moving more, and becoming more active and responsive to stimuli. I’ll watch her closely for a few days and pray she comes back to her little playful self - but there you have it - I was able to get what I though was a dead and dried up frog, rehydrated and alive again!!!! #payersforcami

[elly]

wow. Any chance she was hibernating?
I would continue to keep an eye on your frog, though. Hopefully she'll pull through without any complications from drying out.