Urgent help with Green Tree Frog

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I took all my Frogs (and their Rubbermaid crates) to my friend's house while I go on vacation. He just told me that my Green Tree Frog isn't doing well. He said its back legs don't appear to be functioning correctly, it's acting lethargic, he's not responding to crickets (this Frog has a lot of zeal when chasing crickets, he jumps across the crate to attack them as soon as they hit the substrate) and it seems listless. When I brought the Frogs to him on sunday, this guy was fine... bright green, alert, and eating. My friend says it sounds like metabolic bone disease, but that doesn't add up, since he was doing fine on sunday and usually eats dusted crickets. It doesn't sound good. I suggested maybe chlorine poisoning, but my other Frogs in his care are fine. What gives?

Pictures my friend sent me:

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t171/Gene0514/0622002159.jpg


http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t171/Gene0514/0622002157.jpg

http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t171/Gene0514/0622002158.jpg

Please note: I asked him to briefly pick the Frog up to take the pictures. The injury/illness is not handling related. He did note that the Frog jumped once while he was taking the pictures.
 
Could your friend have misted him with chlorinated water? That really all I can think of if everything else is fine.
 
^^Nope. I asked about that, but I was there on Sunday when he filled the spray bottle. He keeps Frogs himself, and he's very careful about that. Plus, the 2 Firebelly Toads and the Rice Frog that he's caring for are fine.
 
I dechlorinated it in front of him on sunday so no chance of that

I replaced the husk with paper towel today to keep it a bit cleaner

I'll update on the frog tomorrow
 
How old is the frog, it could be old age and the stress of being transported pushed him over the edge. Other than that, I highly doubt this could have happened but could you have transferred the toads toxin into the tree frogs cage somehow?
 
One other thing. Was the frog getting a source of vitamin d3, without it even if you dusted in calcium it would have trouble actually absorbing it, which could still lead to MBD.
 
D3? I'm confused... and no, they didn't come in contact with the FBT, unless maybe the toxins from the FBT got on my hand in the 2 seconds it took to move them from the transport container and the enclosure. The Frog really isn't that old, not sure HOW old but you can see in the picture he's pretty small.
 
**Just remembered, I didn't move the Tree Frog to his enclosure with my hands. Since he always jumps around, I think we just turned the container over and dumped into the tank.
 
Herps need vitamin d3 in their diet, either from a UVB light or in their calcium or vitamin supplement. Vit. D3 is required by them to properly absorb their calcium.
 
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