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Your tank is over crowded. You have mixed species together that are likely causing each other stress in such a confined space and are likely transfering parasites to each other. Also, frogs especially are VERY subject to illness from unclean habitat. They absorb moisture through the skin and pick up any polutants with it. This is why, when a pond or stream becomes polluted...the first thing you notice is that all the frogs disapear. I will not eat fish from a pond or stream or usually even bother fishing where there are no frogs. No frogs = polluted lake = bad fish. Anyway...Frogs pee a lot and in the wild this isn't much of an issue but in a small cage, they start absorbing that back into the skin so it is CRUCIAL that you keep them in clean water, but not tap water unless dechlorinated and treated with something like reptisafe or some other water conditioner. They seem like they would be easy enough to keep...but to keep them over a period of time is tricky and requires a lot more work than most people are willing to put into it. Stress kills. It isn't just a mental state. Stress causes the hypothalimus gland to secrete hormones that will destroy liver and kidney functions and will inhibit appetite. People don't tend to take stress factors near as serious as they should. Good luck with your frogs Heather....please rethink how they are being kept and maybe check into a good filtration system as well.
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