Chytrid!!

[mel_20_20]

I'm just sick about it, but I think my little female ADF that I've had for almost two years has early stage Chytrid. She has several white-ish flat spots on her head, her forehead and slightly above and between her eyes.

I had to euthanise her buddy "Allie", just recently, after she accidently swallowed a veggie pellet and developed bloat.

I was moving this one, "Annie", to a different tank and thought I had the net carefully covered with my hand, but she jumped from the net I had her in and landed on the floor. Probably about a 5 story fall for you and me, but she has seemed OK; nothing broken and she has been swimming and eating normally for over a week since that happened, but I'm afraid the stress may have brought this on.

I don't know why else she may have contracted this. I've had them both, happy and healthy for nearly two years, and now this.

I need chloramphenicol, but I called the animal emergency hospital for "after hours" emergencies and they want $100 just to see her before they will prescribe anything.

She's sitting on the mounting bracket of the heater with her nose out of water. The parameters are good, otherwise: ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 10, temperature 76.5

I don't know what to do. I've heard that Lamasil can possibly help.

[Vicious_Fish]

Sorry to hear about your ADF. I'm not too familiar with dealing with Chytrid but I hear that raising the water temp a few degrees can sometimes help.

[tricksterpup]

I am with VF.. if you raise your temp to 90 degrees, that should kill the chytrd. I believe this is what the St. Louis Zoo did to work with their Hellbenders.
But any fungal treatment should also work. Basically what Chytrid does is it chokes the frog so it can not breath through the skin.

[SubRosa]

If you are still in need of chloramphenicol pm me.

[dundadundun]

i am torn... in one hand i'm glad you were able to make use of the info i posted... in the other hand thinking of what it took i'm not. anyway how'd the old girl fair?