quarantine ?

[dartfrog]

hi guys i will be getting some dart frogs shortly and was wondering if i need to quarantine ? i dont have any other frogs. what do you all do during quarantine periods and what do i need to look out for ?
thanks for any help

[Mentat]

Darts usually go into elaborate natural set-ups with many hours of construction and $$$ into materials, plants, etc. Now imagine that your newly arrived frogs are sick and you set them free in that set-up. If contaminated you would have to tear it all down, dispose of anything that can't be sterilized... a real nightmare .

Now let's go the opposite way. You plant your vivarium, introduce cleaners and let it stable out for a month or two. In the meantime you get your frogs and quarantine as per this excellent thread by Lynn: http://www.frogforum.net/general-dis...uarantine.html. Period should be a minimun of 30 days, with many keepers doing double that with 2 negative fecals 2 weeks apart.

You are looking for any ailment signs like: runny feces, lethargy or abnormal behavior, slow feeding response, anything that does not look like a healthy frog. Once quarantine is done then you introduce your frogs to their permanent enclosure with little to no risk it will become contaminated. Good luck !

[DartEd]

I couldn't have said it better Carlos.

[Heatheranne]

I couldn't have said it better Carlos.

Agreed .

[Adam R]

how much does it cost to have feces analysed?

[Heatheranne]

Most vets charge about $20.

[Mariah Ingram]

Can any vet do decals or do they have to specialize in frogs? I'm in Vancouver and trying to figure it out before I get my little ones.


Frogs, fish and soon to be ferrets!

[flybyferns]

Hope this helps to get you started ? Maybe send vetdna an email / they may know?

Research Associates Laboratory, Inc. at vetdna.com

This 2nd link helps to find herp vets. I don't know if it covers Canada.

Arav

Lynn