brown green tree frogs

[Heather]

my green tree frog was green for 2 months now he she just turned brown with some bark brown spots on her. WHat is it?


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[Heather]

i need to know see i don't wont her to die. i need to know if it is a sick thing or a cold or something bad or good.
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[storm]

I've not owned a green tree frog myself, Heather, but i found this info on the web:
"Unhappy, cold, or sick frogs will lose the green coloration and begin to turn brown or yellow"

I only found this on a couple of sites:
Here
And here

Nevertheless, you might want to check his temps and perhaps make a trip to the vet. The brown coloration appears to mean that something is amiss.


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[Heather]

ok thanks
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[Shadrach]

Brown is a sign of an unhappy frog! It maybe something with housing, sickness or stress is there other frogs with it maybe a rival male in with him???
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[Heather]

Well the tank is a 15 gallon & there is a small spotted leopard frog & 1 anole & 1 skink in the tank. I am going to take her out today & put her in a 10 gallon for a few days & see what will happen.
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[JuliusSqueezer]

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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[Shadrach]

Yeah I agree with Jule's 100% Frog's are a lot harder to take care off, than what people think. I myself have had frog's and they were a lot of work to keep up with! Sound's like to me he has some stress seperation is a good idea.
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[Heather]

Hay ok. & she is a little green now I put her back in the tank & put more water in it & well she loved it.
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