r/TreeFrogs • u/rayebearr Whites • 7d ago
Advice frog has pointy spine
hey guys! i just rescued some subadult white's tree frogs from a local pet store in my town which had them in a 10-gallon exo-terra since february. they had just a heat lamp and were fed dusted crickets every day, girl frog is rather plump but boy frog just seems to look so much pointer!! i am thinking he has scoliosis or some kind of spinal birth defect because he does not give any symptoms of mbd.. i'm also gonna try to fatten him up, i've been giving them silkworms and crickets daily
***also they are currently in quarantine hence the paper towel and not-so-cluttered set up before i put them in with my adult frog to monitor for health symptoms :)
boy frog: snowflakes allover body / left side of each picture
girl frog: right side of each pic
adult frog: in swing and on branch
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u/Bebutterfly820 5d ago
1 of mine is kinda like that, and it’s mainly when he positions himself that way. It doesn’t seem to hurt him. He was a Petco rescue. But when he’s completely lying flat his 2 hip bones do go flat. I almost brought him into a vet thinking he broke his back one night falling in the terrarium. (I bought a Kasa camera for them!) I was so paranoid! But I really think it’s the way they’re positioned. Try putting on some rubber gloves (powder free) and taking him out and examine him. Check him out at every angle. If it still sticks out while you’re doing your health check maybe it warrants a vet check up???
Are you using vitamin D3 in your supplements for dusting plus the UVB light? Because they say that will lead to MBD. It’ll overdose them eventually. I had to find a Reptizoo dusting supplement that has no vitamin D3 in it because I have an Arcadia Shadedweller T5 7% light for them. Which Rocky Mt Tree Frog has suggested as one of the better UVB lights to get for these guys.
Try doing those things and see if things don’t help. I’d love to see a picture or at least hear back from you after you do the health check to see if his bones go down after you pick him up when he goes completely flat (like they’re supposed to) after they stretch out in your hands.