i have a blue webbed gliding treefrog that i bought a while back at a show.. supposedly captive bred although i have my doubts.. i quaranteened for 3 weeks before adding him to a new setup and he was eating and pooping regularly.. he is currently in a 30 extra high tank with eco earth on the bottom, a shallow water dish, lots of live plants and some driftwood.. temp is 80 degrees F and humidity is around 70%.. in the last week he suddenly developed an opaque film over both eyes..they seem slightly swollen and it happened overnight. no redness or mucus.. i saw a post a while back that was similar to this problem.. but i dont think it is a diet problem.. i leave a tub of about 10 small crickets in there 3 times a week.. he usually doesnt eat all of them but i put them in there just to be sure he can get them if he wants. they are dusted with calcium twice a week. i dont think he is getting an excess of fat or cholesteral in his diet.. i am calling the vet i take my turtle to on monday but im not sure how familiar he is with treefrogs.. if he doesnt know what to treat with i might try to take him to the university, but i want to have an idea of what might be the problem.. if it is a husbandry issue, i want to resolve it before he is treated so i dont just treat him only to make him sick again.. but i cant think of anything i am doing wrong.. the water is changed daily, and i spot clean waste daily also.. the only thing i can think of is maybe his humidity is too high (its hard to find info about glidings) or maybe i am in fact feeding him too much? if anyone has any suggestions, im at a loss here.. thanks in advance.
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eye problem..
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in case this helps.. when he first was put into this setup it had a waterfall set into the great stuff foam on the back of the tank.. for some reason (although i have two other tanks exactly like this that never had it) the tank got a sort of mildew on the back wall.. as soon as it started forming i cleaned the tank out, stopped using the waterfall, and took the plant out.. the mold didnt come back.. i read on the post about the whites that keratitis can cloud the eyes.. but i can find no information concerning amphibians with it..i found on one site that certain fungi or molds can cause keratitis (in humans).. could this be it?
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my pets: clown treefrogs, reed frogs, big eyed treefrogs, tiger leg monkey frogs, gray treefrogs, milk frogs, cuban treefrogs, whites tree frog, green treefrogs, squirrel treefrogs, blue webbed gliding treefrog, red eye treefrogs, chameleon treefrogs?, mossy treefrogs, dusky salamanders, tiger salamander, veiled chameleon, box turtles, mud turtle, map turtle, yellowbelly slider, florida softshell, two saltwater tanks, four cats, two chinchillas, and a boyfriend.
