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>The people in the tree frog forums... They don't reply for several days. Here's what I posted in the other forum, please help!

Something is seriously wrong with my male Cuban Tree Frog.

What is this white strand coming out of this hole in my frog's arm?

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Amanda ^_^

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to." ~Alfred A. Montapert

Fungal infections - invasions of fungus over the animal's body, most often seen in aquatic animals.

Physical Symptoms - noticeable skin color changes, especially red or inflamed white tissues, ulceration of the skin. Slimy feel to skin, skin coated in fuzzy or creamy material or whitish threading.

Can be caused by dirty water, of something not quite right with his envirornment. Usually have to let a vet give you something for it. Otherwise it just spreads, and gets worse, and he will not make it.

Thats what it sounds like, I certainly could be wrong.

You can go on the regular frog forum (frogs) and give a guy named Andy a holler, hes very knowledgable about many species of frogs.
I have frogs, and have read about fungus before, thats why I say it sounds like that.
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Eve / PHEve

*sigh* Thanks Eve. I'll go over to the frog forums and try...

Can't take him to the vet, all the money's gone from christmas...

DARN IT. Why does this always happen to me!? I love these frogs so darn much.
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Amanda ^_^

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to." ~Alfred A. Montapert

Amanda,

I found this website on frogs that may be helpful. I too wondered if it might be a parasite; maybe some kind of subcutaneous worm? I don't know much about frog illnesses and I hope I don't have to learn! Anyway, here's the link. Maybe you can indentify it here:

http://www.fdrproject.org/index.html

élan
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Thanks for the site. Real interesting, a good read, but I didn't find much. I still think it's a fungal infection.
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Amanda ^_^

"Animals are reliable, many full of love, true in their affections, predictable in their actions, grateful and loyal. Difficult standards for people to live up to." ~Alfred A. Montapert