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Originally Posted by discipleak
Thanks to everyone for the responses. The frogs are subadults. I feed every day with plenty of flies, I would be suprised if it was starvation. Supposing it was Chytrid, wouldnt the frogs all die pretty quickly? I think I will send out a fecal sample from one of the frogs. Hopefully I can find a local vet who will do one.
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Pisces Labs can tell you what you should get to test for chytrid--you would need to swab the frog and send it in to them. Perserving the culture involves special capped test tubes and alcohol such as Everclear to preserve the fungus---other methods may destroy it. Speak to John about the best way to preserve the swab. The other frogs may not die soon even if it is chytrid---individual immune response may vary frog to frog even if the chytrid might eventually overtake them.
Dr. Frye in Michigan can help w/fecal count testing---save two/three fecals per frog in each enclosure. If there is more than one enclosure, save these fecals separately from the first group. Use non-bleached paper towels (these are brown) in the air-tight container when shipping, and spray lightly with distilled tap water to moisten. Send an email to
dr.frye.dvm@sbcglobal.net about sending fecals to him. Next Day Air via USPS is usually the best way to go.
