09-03-2005, 12:57 PM
I have a dead Red-Eye on my hands, and I've never seen anything like it. I have them near my darts, so I want to make sure nothing gets passed around. Normally when a frog dies (at least the couple that I have had that died in the past), they tend to dry up, turn brown, etc... This Red Eye stopped moving and breathing, but looked normal. It stayed like this for hours. I put it in quarantine because I truly couldn't tell if it was dead, but by the next morning it had "melted" onto its leaf. The weird thing was that it was still green, and you could still see the coloration on the flanks. I do not know enough about disease, etc... (working on it). Does anyone have any ideas what this is/how I could protect my darts and prevent a similar occurence? I am trying to add a picture as an attachment, but keep in mind this is after I froze it for a day, so the whitish coating is frost.
Also, since this is my first post, let me introduce myself. My name is Chris, and I live in San Antonio (although I am from Oregon). I am working on my PhD in biomedical engineering at the health science center here. I had about a hundred different frogs of assorted types when I was in high school (in Oregon), until an ice storm knocked out power for 8 days. I boiled water every 2 hours for 8 days which I put into closed containers in the vivariums to try and keep everyone warm, but unfortunately the sub freezing indoor temperatures took a toll and I lost most of my frogs. I largely stayed away from frogs until recently (worried about a similar incident). I decided to get back into it as a hobby during grad school, and recently set up my vivariums. I have a sexed pair of azureus, a sexed pair of cobalt tincs, 2 juvi leucomelas, 2 juvi blue/black auratus, 2 juvi green black auratus, and 5 red eyes. I also have a pair of terriblis and a pair of red galacs coming in next week. All of the darts are from Patrick Nabors and all seem very healthy (I've had them about two months now). So that is a bit about me and my frogs, and I would really appreciate any ideas on what happened to my red eye.
Thanks!
-Chris
Also, since this is my first post, let me introduce myself. My name is Chris, and I live in San Antonio (although I am from Oregon). I am working on my PhD in biomedical engineering at the health science center here. I had about a hundred different frogs of assorted types when I was in high school (in Oregon), until an ice storm knocked out power for 8 days. I boiled water every 2 hours for 8 days which I put into closed containers in the vivariums to try and keep everyone warm, but unfortunately the sub freezing indoor temperatures took a toll and I lost most of my frogs. I largely stayed away from frogs until recently (worried about a similar incident). I decided to get back into it as a hobby during grad school, and recently set up my vivariums. I have a sexed pair of azureus, a sexed pair of cobalt tincs, 2 juvi leucomelas, 2 juvi blue/black auratus, 2 juvi green black auratus, and 5 red eyes. I also have a pair of terriblis and a pair of red galacs coming in next week. All of the darts are from Patrick Nabors and all seem very healthy (I've had them about two months now). So that is a bit about me and my frogs, and I would really appreciate any ideas on what happened to my red eye.
Thanks!
-Chris