What Otis and BIG said.

Taking an apparently sick critter home is a bad idea unless you have a fair bit of experience with the species and with treating its ailments. Most people who do, on the other hand, won't get the critter because they know it's a bad idea to bring a possible disease carrier into their collection and wind up with a dozen more sick critters. There are vet bills and lab bills in your future.

All that aside, treefrogs generally have favorite resting places. My two barking treefrogs, for instance, usually adhere to the top right corner of their cage, the one with the bigger spots on top and the smaller-spotted one below him, nose touching. I know they move around at night because they leave frog-prints on the glass, and if I happen to get up for something and check on them, they're usually enjoying a soak in their water bowl or perching on their fake plants. Next morning, they're up in their corner like they never moved. I could probably reach into any of my treefrog cages with my eyes closed and touch the frog, except for the teeny little cage with the teeny little gray treefroglet who just transformed. He seems to be developing a preference already, though -- after spending the first few hours of his land-dwelling life trying out different places, like the edge of his water bowl, some leaves, various spots on the tank walls, etc., he's been adhering to the same corner since last evening while he finishes absorbing the last of his tail.

Anyway, what you need is a vet who has experience with frogs.

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