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Hey guys, I am new here, but I need help!
I have two red eyed tree frogs and I think one of them may be sick. I noticed about a week ago that he had some skin on his back that was a whitish color. I have been watching him and he is not slowing down or showing any signs of weakness; he's still active and hunting at night. His belly is also white with no skin discoloration. My other tree frog is not showing any signs of this. With all that I thought maybe it was just natural skin changing due to the lighting in the tank, but I just saw today that it seems to spreading and now has more of a light blue tint. It's barely even noticeable, but I don't want to ignore it! There are no good amphibian vets around here and I haven't been able to find anything online that sounds anything like what's going on with my little guy. If yall have any advice or know what it could be I would really appreciate it! Thanks
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For almost every type of Illness for RETF's the usual "cure" is to remove them from their tank and place them in a small tupperware container with distilled water for a few hours..Then to take this time and thouroughly clean the tank.
I noticed that your frog is fairly "fat" compared with mine...I'm not sure if he is just well fed but bloating can be a sign of Edema. One is the bacterial type and treatable using the distilled water method, and the other is due to kindey failure (not treatable).
Or to look on the positive side, it may just be sheading haha
Thanks for the reply grimm! I will try the distilled water trick on my next day off. Ya, my frogs are prob on the pudgy side, I work at a pet store so I have full access to crickets and I tend to get a few extra every time :-/
The area that's discolored could possibly be a little bit swollen, but it's hard to tell if it's not just the lighting/shadow effect since he sleeps so far in the corner. At night he doesn't appear to be swollen or sick in anyway. I really can't help but think it's just him changing due to the light, but I've had that light in for a couple months now and the weird color just started about a week ago. Is it possible that he developed this change? It's a good light set up- ReptiSun 5.0 tropical. Here is a pic of my little guy taken last night, he appears to be just as active tonight too.
*Note that this was at night, I only turned the light on to snap this pic real quick*
?? what is that boabab? The poor guy looks thin.
and wow. that's some pretty big dropping for a small frog.
lol its not mine, i found it on the web
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Canada is definitely where I feel most at home, or alternatively, living in total wilderness, in the bush in Australia.
-Noah Taylor(reworded)
"Nothing is worth it, unless you truly love what you are doing."- Me
0.1.0 Golden Retriever- Mocha
1.0.0 Maroon-belied Conure - Kiwi
0.1.0 Mali Uromastyx- Sakena( Sa-keen-a).
I know RETF's go from a very dark green/brown colour at night, to a light green during the day to help with camouflage. I really cant see his discolouration in the first picture so its hard to even tell anything is wrong with his skin.
Id say try the distilled water trick just to be on the safe side, and then wait a few days and snap other clearer picture of his back if it hasnt dissapeared yet. Im hoping its nothing other then him sheading because I havent found anything on the net about this type of skin discolouration on RETF's.
is that the uvb in that pic? if so it's waaaaay too close. therefore your frogs are probably being burned. do retf's even need uvb? i'm under the impression they don't. you should definitely take the other advice but i think the big thing here would be that light. getting too close to a uvb bulb is a serious issue in the hobby. i'm assuming the other frog doesn't like to bask as close to the light as the one who's health seems to be in question. that would explain a lot imo.
Please help me!!
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