Poorly grey tree frog

[Hyla Sapiens]

I had this happen a couple of years ago to Jazz, one of my Cope's Gray Treefrogs. At the time, he wasn't even quite a year old. It started out exactly as yours seems to have, with one foot suddenly going limp and then growing progressively worse. I took him to a vet, and the first guess was trauma of some sort, but he couldn't find anything in an x-ray. He grew progressively worse, with his other hind leg paralyzing next, and then it spreading to his front legs. Even with the vet's help, we could never figure out the source of the problem, and he sadly passed a couple of months later.

I'm not trying to dampen your spirits, but hearing about it happen to another GTF in apparently the exact same manner means it might be an infrequent condition endemic to the species, but perhaps not well enough researched/known that every exotic vet may be aware of it. The good news is that you might happen upon a vet that has the information mine and I lacked.

I sincerely hope things turn around for him.

By-the-by, Jazz was in a terrarium with 5 of his brothers, and none of the others ever showed any signs of the same condition, so maybe, if nothing else, that will help ease your mind a bit, though erring on the side of caution is always best.

[Rom]

I had this happen a couple of years ago to Jazz, one of my Cope's Gray Treefrogs. At the time, he wasn't even quite a year old. It started out exactly as yours seems to have, with one foot suddenly going limp and then growing progressively worse. I took him to a vet, and the first guess was trauma of some sort, but he couldn't find anything in an x-ray. He grew progressively worse, with his other hind leg paralyzing next, and then it spreading to his front legs. Even with the vet's help, we could never figure out the source of the problem, and he sadly passed a couple of months later.

I'm not trying to dampen your spirits, but hearing about it happen to another GTF in apparently the exact same manner means it might be an infrequent condition endemic to the species, but perhaps not well enough researched/known that every exotic vet may be aware of it. The good news is that you might happen upon a vet that has the information mine and I lacked.

I sincerely hope things turn around for him.

By-the-by, Jazz was in a terrarium with 5 of his brothers, and none of the others ever showed any signs of the same condition, so maybe, if nothing else, that will help ease your mind a bit, though erring on the side of caution is always best.

Thank you for the help everyone, but he did pass away. He showed the exact same symptoms as yours. The vet said said there was nothing she could do. I keep him for another week after but he just got more paralysed. It was a hard decision but in the end I had him put down. There is good news though. It's been a few weeks and his brother is happy and loud as ever. Whatever he had, I don't think it was contagious. The brother is content in his make-shift critter keeper. As for the original tank, i'm too scared to use it again. It'll probably be just a planted tank from now on.

[elly]

I'm sorry about your frog, but thank you for the follow up. I'm sure the tank would be alright if it was cleaned, but if you're not comfortable that's fine.