Quote Originally Posted by Froggir13 View Post
I still don't have access to a vet although I have tried yet again; exotic pet vets are few & far between. Part of the reason I have queried this forum is due to this, hopefully temporary, lack of access. Thank you for the recommendation of night crawlers as a more nutritious food...I picked some up. As for the probiotics, I actually had taken one frog to an exotic pet vet (long story as to how I actually was able to find one) for a prolapse. Astounding that she was able to put all of the outsides inside. That said, I consulted with a holistic exotic pet vet who confirmed that the probiotics, cat's claw, & aloe vera (a solution that was a product of research from scientists in Australia, etc.) would be a good solution. And it worked! One exotic pet vet said frogs will always have a parasite load. It's a matter of keeping it in balance. I appreciate the concern and the recommendations and still have them as a possibility. I try to use chemical remedies as a last resort as, the way I figure it, some other frogs in the wild have to be at the point of manufacture for those chemicals and at the tail end of the disposal...I'm sure those frogs don't fair as well as the ones receiving treatment in vivariums. But, please note, I do practice integrative medicine and have ruled none of the solutions out and I thank all but the scolding tone of one poster for all of the suggestions.

Hi Froggirl13,
I have read lots of material on the cat's claw for boosting their immunity?
I was tempted to use this at one time for a black eyed tree frog that would not eat.
Dr Frye did 3 fecals for this frog of mine. The 1st 2 were negative. The 3rd was positive. The positive fecal was in week four of 6 ... of the frog not eating, and at that point needed force feeding, Metronidazole, and panacur. He was very sick, I almost lost him. It's such a spiral ( the stress and the opportunistic unset of an illness or inability to fight a parasite they may be harboring).

Hope all goes well
Lynn