Giving dewormer to a White's tree frog

[Kurt]

So sorry about your loss. Where did you say you were from?

[froggy bottom]

Thank you Ebony. It was hard to see him in his condition.
Kurt: I am originally from Texas, but moved to the beautiful state of Tennessee about 10 years ago. I wold love to find a reputable White's breeder in this area as I will NEVER get another one from Petco or Petsmart. I am pretty sure Skipper was already sick when I purchased him. They do not seem to care about the frog's well being and they are not very certain on the husbandry of these amazing little creatures either....at least the ones in my area are like this. Yesterday I was very sad and now I am mad.

[Kurt]

I was talking to this woman at the vet's office tonight who told me that she got a White's from Petco last fall and it died three days later. She went back to the store and was told that all the White's had died, so they gave her a leopard gecko instead.
I have two White's myself both of which came from Petco. I have had them for 5 years now.

[froggy bottom]

Hi Kurt. That is great that your White's are five and thriving. I hope I did not offend you or anyone else regarding my comments on Petco and Petsmart. If I did, I truly apologize as that was not my intent. I am just going by my personal experience and spoke out of frustration. I just wish he would not have been infested with parasites the way he was and I wish the vet that gave me the ivermectin would have weighed my frog so I would not have given him toxic levels of the stuff...again, just speaking out of frustration. This was my first WT frog, but I can assure you it will not be my last. I just want to learn everything I can about them. They are amazing to watch...even when they are just stuck on the side of the tank doing nothing. Thanks again for your suggestions. I am sure I will have tons more questions when I get my next one.

[Kurt]

I was not offended, so no worries there. My point that I was trying to make is, there are bad Petcos and good Petcos. It all depends on the who is working at the particular store.
Also the drugs that are used to treat GI parasites are metronidazole and fenbendazole. The brand names being Flagyl and Panacur.

[froggy bottom]

Thanks Kurt

By the way, I just checked out your albums and your frogs are awesome. That Colorado River Toad is huge. I was fortunate enough to speak with Dr. Christian Keller last night who is the exotics vet for the Tennessee Aquarium. He is going to try and hook me up with a White's tree frog from the person who purchases them for the aquarium here in Chattanooga. I should know something within a week or so. If it is not possible for me to go that route then I will probably go back to Petco or Petsmart and be smarter about my purchase. The only thing that bothers me about going to Petsmart is that they had more than one species of frog and some sort of salamander in there as well....totaling about 6 amphibians in a small tank..that is just asking for trouble in my book. Do you recommend I get 2 whites at the same time or just 1. I only have a ten gallon right now, but will be purchasing a larger vivarium for the next frog/frogs I get.

[Kurt]

It doesn't matter when you get them as long as they are roughly the same size. Mixing amphibian species is a no-no in most frog keepers books. I have a bigger toad than the Colorado River toad, my rococo toad.