Pacman death mystery?

[Starbuck]

I would look at the 'sucked dry' appearance' as more of a symptom than a cause of death.... It could have been separate and distinct causes i.e. disease, husbandry, toxin in each individual death, which all caused a similar presentation after death. I have a text book on amphibian medicine and surgery which i am looking into for you guys.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by jennuhkins

I feel like their is some sort of frog reaper (bare with me) sucking their life away! Every Time I read " looked sucked dry" I get a creepy sensation and the reaper is all I see..

Originally Posted by smy_749

The weird part is that you guys say they were "sucked" dry. I don't understand how the water which was in the tissue of the animal could leave that quickly. Dehydration isn't instantaneous. I'm with korbin, I think the angel of frog death came down and sucked out their souls

Im not the only one then lol

[smy_749]

double post Im on my phone..

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

I would look at the 'sucked dry' appearance' as more of a symptom than a cause of death.... It could have been separate and distinct causes i.e. disease, husbandry, toxin in each individual death, which all caused a similar presentation after death. I have a text book on amphibian medicine and surgery which i am looking into for you guys.

Don't worry about it. I'm sure there is no logical way to explain how our frogs were chosen by the Lord of the flies exacting revenge for his poor minions.

[Ivanator]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Don't worry about it. I'm sure there is no logical way to explain how our frogs were chosen by the Lord of the flies exacting revenge for his poor minions.

Of course there is! Mine was chosen cuz the emperor of The Lord of the flies was killed in battle and mine just showed great leadership skills so he was chosen to be his replacement. Plus he'll chomp down in flies so he'll set them straight.

[KBHicks2012]

I can relate, I currently down to one American bullfrog. My male died two weeks ago and really unsure of the cause of it. My male is still eating normal, and growing rapidly. I check on them regularly, what still in good ph, moss is fresh, fish&crickets&worms all still look to be good health.....

[Deva]

My sympathies for your loss. My experience is mainly with salamanders (about 10 years) but last weekend my pair of slimy salamanders suddenly died. They are nocturnal, but I checked on them every day and I know they were feeding. They were both dried out and dessicated (one on the side of the water dish!!). There is no telling and I had no idea there was anything wrong with them.

Amphibians are subject to sudden death with no apparent reason.

[AngieT]

I'm no expert but was the frog eating before it died? Just from reading online it seems like sometimes when the frogs are regulating themselves they may not be hungry & potentially the intestines can burst which would cause the leakage and sucked out look.. Idk though sorry for your loss!!! <3

[AngieT]

Also they can live with a condition for some time & seem totally normal so it is possible it was already sick when you brought it home..

[Aaron_S]

Red eyes are dumb.

If you've got some sort of heating element there is a chance it got too close and it died from that. 10 years ago, at a pet store nearby, they had some. They had a low wattage bulb for them that hung in the cool looking specially made reptile tank. They found a frog one morning stuck to it. It obviously hopped on to get warm and dried out and died.

Secondly, I've had a baby pacman flip over and die on me for no reason. I was working at a pet store some time ago and we had a pile of young ones in small deli cups. I was changing the paper towels out and putting new ones in. I had taken one out, put it down next to me and it all of a sudden flipped over and seemingly had a heart attack.

I suppose that was the freak mysterious illness everyone is talking about...