I got home today and saw my Pacific tree frog lying in its pool, not moving and not breathing (at least not from what I could see). It's skin was very dark brown, which is unusual because it's usually very pale (I know it has the ability to change colors, but still). I tapped the cage and opened and closed the lid to see if I could wake her up (I don't like to poke her, it's not nice). I waited three hours. Still no breathing, no movement. So, I pronounced her "dead". I cried, read some inspirational stories, and dealt with it. 5 Hours later, still dead. Then I went to bury her about an hour after that, and she was gone. I thought the crickets had eaten her (crickets are very stupid, they each each other and even themselves). But there she was, sitting in her little "hut", skin back to it's usual shade.
I'm wondering if she's hibernating, or on the verge of death (she IS sort of old for a pacific tree frog, I know that she is at least a year old). She looks emanciated. I don't know if this is from sickness or from hibernation. She doesn't seem to be eating, but again I don't know if that's from sickness or hibernation. She's not really moving, but again.. well you know. . Do pacific tree frogs hibernate? I live in California and on the coldest of nights it rarely gets below 40 deg F. I use a lamp during the day, which raises the temperature to about 75 at the most (since she is wild caught from this region, I don't think she needs extreme heat, she should be used to these temperatures, right?) . What should I do to make sure she is getting enough nourishment? I read about someone putting their frog in the refridgerator for winter. Wouldn't she die!?! I don't know, she's VERY skinny. I'm going to try to leave the lamp on during the night to see if that helps, so that maybe she will start eating again. Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Eden
