Hi everyone,
I decided to do a fecal float on my girl today and, as expect, found she has roundworm. She is being treated and I have sterilized her house and replaced plastic dishes, fake plastic plants, and just enough dirt to burrow while I treat her. I will be cleaning daily. My shocking surprise was seeing 6 mites on the slide from the fecal float!!!! Seeing as there is only one type of internal mite, a lung mite, I have NO idea how they got there or how to get rid of them! I did sample tests on her wet substrate as well as the dry substrate in the package in case that is where they came from but the samples came back clean. If ANYONE has a safe way to treat for mites please let me know!
1. Size of enclosure 18x18 exo terra
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences One
3. Humidity 55-90 depending on when mister last went off
4. Temperature 80 daytime ambient, mid 70s over night
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish treated dechlorinated tap water
6. Materials used for substrate reptisoil
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials. plastic plants, live plants, cork, moss in areas she cant get at, coconut shell soaking dish, cork hide, bamboo humidifying tube
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv. Everything was rinsed with scalding hot water
8. Main food source night crawlers, crickets, hornworms
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often) dendrocare at every feeding (4 times a week on average)
10. Lighting daylight bulb
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure che on thermostat
12. When is the last time he/she ate this evening
13. Have you found poop lately this morning
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. Describe frog's symptoms and/or recent physical changes; to include it's ventral/belly area. her body condition looks great
16. How old is the frog suspect around 1 year
17. How long have you owned him/her 2 months
18. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred captive bred
19. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
20. How often the frog is handled when taking out to feed or clean terrarium - 4-5 times but very minimally with gloves on
21. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area low
22. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc) water changed daily, substrate cleaned weekly
I tried to load the photos of the mite but they wont load for some reason.
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