could this be a problem?

[mattfish]

I have noticed lately that Mr Pickles bowel movements have been runny and loaded with these little hard grain looking things. I have been feeding him crickets. the grain looking things are about 1/8 inches long and fleshy white in color. they do not move and are very hard. i was feeding him giant mealworms a while back and when he went poo there were tons of mealworm heads in it. i am just wondering if these may be cricket parts or should i bring him to a vet? I would think if it was a parasite, the little things would move around or be soft, but i am stumped. when he goes to the bathroom there is hundreds if not thousands in the runny stool. usually he poos out a sausage like terd. this has gone on the last few times i fed crickets. he eats about 5 dozen easily in a single sitting, AWESOME!

[GrifTheGreat]

I have noticed lately that Mr Pickles bowel movements have been runny and loaded with these little hard grain looking things. I have been feeding him crickets. the grain looking things are about 1/8 inches long and fleshy white in color. they do not move and are very hard. i was feeding him giant mealworms a while back and when he went poo there were tons of mealworm heads in it. i am just wondering if these may be cricket parts or should i bring him to a vet? I would think if it was a parasite, the little things would move around or be soft, but i am stumped. when he goes to the bathroom there is hundreds if not thousands in the runny stool. usually he poos out a sausage like terd. this has gone on the last few times i fed crickets. he eats about 5 dozen easily in a single sitting, AWESOME!

Sounds like pinworms. Seek a herp vet for a panacur/flagyl suspention to treat the frog. You want to place him in a hospital setup with only paper towels for substrate to help control the parasites. Keep the paper towels moist and change them and the frog's water everyday. Disinfect the enclosure during each water and paper towel change. Rinse extremely well with hot water and then again with dechlorinated water. Wipe dry before placing new towels and furniture back in with the frog.

Keep us posted.

[mattfish]

i looked up those type worms and only found pictures of worm looking things, the stuff thats coming out of Mr Pickles looks like hard wheat grains. they are not soft nor move around. does the eggs of pinworms look like grains of wheat? thank you for all your help.

[GrifTheGreat]

i looked up those type worms and only found pictures of worm looking things, the stuff thats coming out of Mr Pickles looks like hard wheat grains. they are not soft nor move around. does the eggs of pinworms look like grains of wheat? thank you for all your help.

That could be worse. Tape worms often have shed segments of themselves that will appear in the fecal matter if they are located in the intestines. The segments can appear like grain or rice. Get a fecal exam done ASAP! Tape worms are very very bad. They can be passed to you as well, but that can occur with any parasitic worm. Whatever is in his feces it is not normal and needs to be checke out by a Vet.

What are you feeding him and I mean anything and everything?

[Locascio]

Grif is dead on ive worked for a hurp vet and 2 of my ABF hade the same thing in there poop and it turned out to be tape worms. it is the easy to treat if chought in time use pancure to fix this issue youll need to see a vet the to get the stool checked out and then youll give pancure .1 ml for every 100 grams of frog WT.

[Lija]

grif, frog parasites are not contagious to human

Matt, please follow the advise and get poop tested asap for parasites and protozoa as well, while the only problem you have is runny poop and he is still eating and looking good.

[mattfish]

thank you all! i am going to bring the next stool sample in. He is doing fine and is eating everything given to him with greed. He eats crickets by the dozens and large meal worms, some goldfish and any mean fish i take out of fish tanks. i do feed him frozen rats on occasion. He like cockroaches also. he would eat anything i give him. he is beautifully colored and is very alert. i dont know how he got worms or if these things are just undigested cricket parts. i do know that when ever i feed large super worms the next stool has all the black heads in it. i will be on the safe side and get this checked out. i will keep you all updated!
Thank you again!

[Mentat]

...some goldfish and any mean fish i take out of fish tanks...

Parasite vectors... "muy malo !"

[Louis Charles Bruckner]

Dr. matt

How is your baby doing I hope better.