Whites tree frog bloated and hunched over?

[Larry Wardog]

Hi everyone!

I am new to this forum and a first time frog owner. I currently have three whites tree frogs living in a communal, bio-active vivarium. One of my whites tree frogs suddenly looks bloated and I found it sitting awkwardly hunched over. I'm not sure how to describe it but it was sitting with its back scrunched up so that its belly wasn't touching the ground and its back bones were protruding more so than normal. I have never seen it sit like that and I had just noticed the slight bloating so I wasn't sure if they were correlated? In that same moment I also noticed one of my other whites tree frogs starring at it and then lunged/jumped at it. So I was thinking maybe it was sitting like that as a defense mechanism? I have had these frogs in the same tank for almost a month now and haven't seen or experienced any of them being aggressive towards each other or lunging at each other. Any ideas?

The backbones sound like calcium deficiencies. Is the bone of the anus sticking out like does it look like the frog has a small stubby tail?

You can try to use a gut load that I have had success with. It will help solve deficiencies in calcium. Get the gut load in the link below!



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[cwebster]

Xoxoxo can you post a photo of the frog? What does he est, supplements, has he toileted, soaked, any skin discoloration? I have four whites, all males i think. We have had whites for more than 20 years ( oldest we have hsd was 18).They are totally social and nonaggressive. They are called “ dumpy” because they do look kind of dumpy. A photo would really help people see if your frog looks ill. Hope he is all better soon.

[dumpyjunky]

Xoxoxo can you post a photo of the frog? What does he est, supplements, has he toileted, soaked, any skin discoloration? I have four whites, all males i think. We have had whites for more than 20 years ( oldest we have hsd was 18).They are totally social and nonaggressive. They are called “ dumpy” because they do look kind of dumpy. A photo would really help people see if your frog looks ill. Hope he is all better soon.

Unfortunately, the front camera on my phone is broken. It still works but the pictures aren't the best quality :/ I will try to post a picture soon but I'm not sure if it will be helpful

[Lija]

The frog is bloated, no picture, but its pretty clear from your description and because of the bloating he sits the way you described. Now there could be a few reasons for this to happen... and one of them jumps right away when i hear “bioactive tank”.
Most common causes: impaction or infection or both, other causes could be kidney failure and some others. Now how to deal with that if possible and how to help depends of the cause, so first of all - when the frog ate last when did he pooped last if known? What are you feeding them? How long do you have them? How the quarantine was done? What is the husbandry? Where there recent substancial changes in temperature? What kind of water are you using? What are you feeding, how ate you feeding, what is dusting regime and what are you using. Picture of the tank would be very helpful.

[dumpyjunky]

Kind of? It sort of comes to a little point at its bottom. I feed them 2-3 times a week and have been dusting my crickets with vitamin supplements. Could that not be enough? I will definitely check that out if it will help tho!