2 frog loss, HELP!!!

[IgbyKibbits]

Some advice for the quarantine tank; I had to keep my sick frog in a quarantine tank for about two months. Here's my recommendation. For the substrate, use paper towels (unbleached "green" paper towels are what we used). Make sure to keep the paper towels moist. This makes it a lot easier to monitor such things as fecal droppings, crickets, etc. Additionally, it makes it a lot easier to keep the environment sterile, especially if your frog might be suffering from some kind of bacterial/fungal issue (which given your loss of the other two frogs in such a short amount of time seems highly likely).

As far as gutting the "permanent" tank, we also had to do the same thing in order to protect the other frog. From all my readings, this is what I found to work best. Remove everything (obviously). I agree, if you have live plants, I would toss those since you won't be able to sterilize them safely. As far as the tank/decorations, here is what we did. Oh, and I recommend wearing gloves while doing it.

1. We'd remove the items and do an initial spray down with very hot water to remove any loss debris. We'd then soak them in a very very very diluted bleach solution (remember, you have to be very careful because with some of the more porous decorations, the bleach can soak in and be hard to remove, and be dangerous for the frogs.) For example, we NEVER soak any actual wood items (like branches); for those, we "baked" them. You can search for instructions on that.

2. After removing the decorations from the diluted bleach bath, after about five minutes, we'd rinse them using boiling water, and let them dry.

3. For inside of the tank, we spray it down with a solution (WipeOut 2 - in the reptile section), let that sit, and then pour boiling water as a rinse, and wipe it down with paper towels.

I hope this helps, and I hope your little guy makes it. I know how heartbreaking it is to lose a frog, and I hope that you can figure out what caused it, both for your current frog, and future additions!

The vet will certainly be able to provide some answers for you!

[Kurt]

You can sterilize live plants in a very mild bleach/water solution. Bake wood for an hour at around 150 - 200 degrees farenheit.

[eufa1313]

Thanks to all of you that have made suggestions & those who gave condolences....
I have taken the corpses of the 2 gtfs to a local vet trained with reptiles/amphibians,
They tested them and they did not have red leg, or any other diseases, they told me that they were very poorly taken care of the time they spent in the pet store, the male was emaciated & the female was very impacted.. i spent 130$ to make sure it wasn't worse than i thought...
I also took little gray boy with me to make sure he was ok, and they gave him a clean bill of health.. which made me very happy... they told me to just clean up some of the substrate. @ which i did, & to monitor him and to NOT buy from the store i got the 2 gtfs from... @ which I WILL NOT!

YAY

[bshmerlie]

I really hope everything works out with your little guy. Keep us posted on how he's doing.

[IgbyKibbits]

Yes, please let us know how the remaining frog is doing.

I just want to say, additionally, cheers to you for going the distance to find out what might have caused your frogs' illness. I am so sorry to hear that it was caused by a circumstance out of your control, but glad to hear that your other frog has a great chance for a long life with a very caring owner!

Please keep us updated, and I'm sorry for your loss! I know how hard it is : (