Terry I need your help - 911 - new piebald diseased

[Dog Shrink]

Awwww I Hope it isn't what you suspect... I have read how bad that can be. I hope he turns out ok. So sorry you're going thru this

[poison beauties]

Did you test the water he came in? And have you tested for and has the previous owner tested their collection for chytrid?

Michael

[Jenste]

when shipping ACF they don't come in water - - just lightly damp sponge material.


I don't own a test for Chythrid nor did I know one was available commercially -
and Xenopus has not replied to my email yet - sent them the picture of the frog.

I have ordered from this particular company 5 times previously without mishap -

[poison beauties]

A good track record with them will atleast help. But others I know squeeze the water out of the moss and sponges they are shipped with to test as a precaution when their's come in. Just to hold a little ground should it be the fault of the shipper.

Michael

[tgampper]

Hi Jen:

Wow! It looks like a bacterial infection, possibly red leg. Are you using Lymnozyme? That will help on everyday prevention of infections.

Treatment: (Tetracycline oral: 1mg/5g body weight for 5 days).Use salt at a concentration of 100 mM and add 100 micrograms per ml oxytetracycline to the water for a week. Change the water every day. Isolate infected animals and all animals it had contact with. Disinfect all nets and tanks.

[tgampper]

Clawed frogs are carriers of chytrid, so we can rule out that. Chytrid appears as small pimples or "zits" on the frogs skin.

[poison beauties]

Chytrid kills many frogs before symptoms of the pimples show. But an infection does look like the issue.
I do hope you at least quarantined the frog separate from your others.

Michael