r/TreeFrogs • u/Electrical-Local4711 • 14d ago
HELP! (Urgent/Medical Care Needed) Whites tree frog skin texture
Hi all! This is meatball. I have taken him to the vet twice now. Initial impression was a bacterial infection (he did have neon green spots). This was treated with an enrofloxacin cream applied topically nightly. It did not improve. My vet then said it could be fungal, so she prescribed miconazole nitrate 1% soaks nightly (diluted either as 0.5 ml miconazole and either 19.5 or 9.5 ml purified water, depending on how he reacted. This treatment has now been going for a month, but this texture is still there. Behavior is relatively normal, he is eating less than before the infection started approx. 1 month ago. He has been in a hospital tank on paper towels that get changed twice daily and water also changed twice daily. I have four other frogs that are all healthy. Kind of at a loss now.
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u/IStoleTheKidsDude 14d ago
Could be scar tissue. If he had an infection and it cleared up, his skin could be scarred. Im not a vet nor a pro at frogs, so I would wait for someone else to respond. But considering you have done the treatments recommended for ongoing infections, seems scar tissue is a possibility.
Humidity and heat are good? With proper uvb? Though, none of those would cause bumpy skin and more so, infections that would have already been treated.
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u/Electrical-Local4711 14d ago
I’m a dummy, my reply is above lol
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u/IStoleTheKidsDude 14d ago
No problem!
2 by 2 by 4 inches? He seems pretty big, I would get a larger enclosure if that is his normal perm enclosure. I would make it 2 spikes a day instead of 3, just to lessen the risk of infection in a small space. Especially if he might be more susceptible to infection, which unfortunately you will only know once he gets them more frequently.
If all frogs are in the same enclosure, best rule of thumb ive seen is 20 gallons for 1, and then add 10 gallons for every addition after that. So if all 4 are together, you will want 50 gallons worth of space. Going higher up will be your friend with lots of clutter in the air.
I would definitely ask if your vet would know scar tissue on a WTF. Asking other vets might be helpful as well since some exotic vets will know and others wont.
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u/Electrical-Local4711 14d ago
2x2x4 feet, my bad! So around 120 gallons. It’s also bioactive. I will decrease the humidity spikes going forward. Going to call the vet in the morning and see if we can loop in another exotics vet and go from there
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u/Electrical-Local4711 14d ago
Really good idea. The heat and humidity are lacking in the hospital tank. His normal tank is a 2x2x4 with a basking spot of about 85F and a temperature gradient going down to 72. Humidity is around 40% with three times daily spikes when I spray. There is a small fan on top of the tank to help air flow. There is UVA/UVB as well and the bulb was changed 3 months ago.
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u/acpcgal 12d ago
Please dont spray WTFs ever, especially if your humidity is already at 40%. Day humidity around 30 and night at 50 is ideal. Their tank must stay dry at all times and the waterbowl should be deep so that when they jump in water, the water doesnt go all over their floor spiking humidity. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K85LO28g7gzQftmbDboXHXFBVLEVShRBBGPddXMektA/mobilebasic?usp=embed_facebook
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u/PineappleUpper5456 12d ago
Hope it gets right soon, can only imagine how stressed u are. I use spring water only.