Lost another one.

[amanda509]

Fungal infection: 2
Me: trying to make sure 2 more don't get it.

This is soo frusterating. The first frog i lost in a matter of hours, the second, i actually got him to the point where he was recovering for about a week! His skin color was normal, he was eating, active, hydrated, this morning, hes dead? WTF????

There's no vet in the area who will treat frogs at all...so there's no hope in even getting anti-biotics. I'm done with frogs, simple as that. Not only is it hard on me, but also my wallet.

 

[kinyonga]

So sorry to hear about your loss. You could try a waxy monkey tree frog. They live in dry hot climates and are fascinating.

 

[amanda509]

So sorry to hear about your loss. You could try a waxy monkey tree frog. They live in dry hot climates and are fascinating.

no frogs...period. the last 2 we have were diagnosed with chytrid. we would like to keep them and are treating them, but cannot bring any other frogs or amphibians in the house while we have our infected frogs, which can still infect other frogs even if they are treated and cleared. this disease has made some frog species extinct...

 

[Carlton]

chytrid rant

It has always shocked me how unconcerned many frog dealers are about chytrid. While experienced hobbyists try to keep chytrid under control in their own animals there are commercial sources who don't bother to test, treat, or even quarantine their stock or even worse, just dump dead frogs, contaminated water and tank substrates down the drain. They are only introducing chytrid to more and more water systems around the globe. Very few species have shown much resistance to chytrid including the African clawed that was the original source for it. Apparently it was native to their original habitats so they had adapted to tolerate it. High heat will kill it as will drying so their native water source temperatures tended to keep it controlled. But they were used in human pregnancy testing research back in the 30s so infected frogs were shipped all over the planet. When testing labs dumped dead frogs, remains, and water down the drain chytrid invaded habitats everywhere, and the frogs native to those areas had no resistance to it. Now we see mass die offs and probable extinctions.

I used to keep and attempt breeding of Malaysian leaf frogs and had one completely healthy male for 4 years. When I finally found females I bought 3 and introduced them after the standard 3 month quarantine (this was before chytrid treatment had been figured out and no one had seen clear signs of chytrid in this species yet). He contracted chytrid and died before we realized what was going on. Now at least 80% of imported leaf frogs will carry high levels. They are probably picking it up from export/import facilities.

One of the worst "stupid human tricks" in my book.

 

[Carlton]

This is soo frusterating. The first frog i lost in a matter of hours, the second, i actually got him to the point where he was recovering for about a week! His skin color was normal, he was eating, active, hydrated, this morning, hes dead? WTF????

Some frogs end up with secondary bacterial infections when treated for chytrid. The theory is that treatment for chytrid also damages the frog's natural and tolerated fungal skin organisms. And, when these fungal organisms are killed, it sort of opens the door for bacteria because the skin fauna/flora is out of balance.

I've had it happen too. I felt so helpless as at the time no one knew what was going on. Some keepers are attempting to keep any chytrid that MIGHT be on their frogs from blooming by keeping their frogs at their upper temp limits and building in dry out periods as much as possible. Chytrid is temp sensitive. And, keeping substrates and tanks well sterilized to keep from reinfecting them.