My White's Tree Frog, Pistachio, is acting very weird. I'll try and recount his behavior as best as I can...
May 27th - Stopped eating and began obsessively trying to escape his enclosure.
May 31st - Deep cleaned enclosure and replaced coco fiber substrate with damp tea towel (so I could monitor him).
June 2 - Started sleeping on the floor of the tank. Put him on Baytril for a week per vet's recommendation.
June 7th - Had a bowel movement. It was completely liquid. Collected sample for the vet.
June 13th - Took him to the vet for an exam. The vet said he looked really good and couldn't find any visible signs of illness. He has bruises on his face from trying to escape, but other than that the vet says he's fine. Suspected that his odd behavior might be a mating instinct?
June 15th - Slept in water dish all day. Pooped liquid again. He just started his "escape ritual" for tonight...
Pistachio has not eaten or shown any interest in food (crickets) this entire time. I tried tong feeding him a few times, but he didn't like it. Every night, he incessantly climbs up and down the front of his tank and rubs his face on the glass. Covering the front of the tank doesn't make him stop. He'll occasionally make a distress call. I'll be hearing from the vet about the fecal sample on Friday.
Does this sound like anything to anyone? I'm at a loss. I've only had Pistachio for 8 months and he is my first frog. I got him when he was only about the size of a quarter. He's nearly 3 inches long from nose to vent now. I really don't want to lose him.
Thank you so much for reading this!
Tank: 18x18x24 Exo Terra (tall) covered on three sides (four at night).
Temps: 80-85 degrees during the day, 75-80 degrees at night
Humidity: between 40% and 60%
Substrate: Usually coco fiber. I've been using damp tea towels since he started acting strange.
Food: Live crickets, dusted every other feeding. He has not eaten in over two weeks.