Help Red eye skin problem ??

[JasonW]

Hey Kurt where you the guy in the second room ?? kind of in the middle next to what is it nerd i think ??
Yikes that is far but Very good to know .. Thank you

I put him/ her in some distilled water an the spots have gone .. she is hanging on the wall of a smaller en-closer now i figured it would be easier to watch him that way .. could he still have it now that the spots have gone ? or was he just stressed an now that he has calmed down from the trip they just went away ?? i usually mist with spring with my gecko's so i use the same for the frogs ..

Where is the event you will be at ??
what did you think of the reptile show this weekend ..??

[Paul Rust]

Thank goodness for Kurt!!! Get it treated. I lowered the humidity and started a course of fenbendazole last night and the spots and blotches are almost all gone. I'm fairly certain that mine was caused by stress from a parasite infection. Glad to hear yours seems better but a deworming won't hurt and will ensure it is healthy.

[JasonW]

would the fenbendazole work for me too or should i take him to the vet ? the vet he is telling me about is a Hike from me an i don't want to stress him out traveling ... 2 hrs if i dont have to . but at the same time i will if needs be ..

[Paul Rust]

would the fenbendazole work for me too or should i take him to the vet ? the vet he is telling me about is a Hike from me an i don't want to stress him out traveling ... 2 hrs if i dont have to . but at the same time i will if needs be ..

I don't know if it would work or not, I spent 2 hours looking through a microscope last night to decide what to do with mine. When the skin gets shiney and blotchy like that they usually die without intervention. I would call Dr. Mertz as Kurt suggested and have it looked at. You can get Fenbendazole but you can't get metronidazole without a prescription. I usually tell people to give it Fenbedazole just for good measure but in the case of Agalychnis.spp you can't watch them eat dusted food so you have to administer it through the skin and when you do it this way you have to be very careful of dosage so you don't kill it.

[Kurt]

Hey Kurt where you the guy in the second room ?? kind of in the middle next to what is it nerd i think ??

Yes, our buddies at NERD were right next to us. I may go up to see them tonight. Our table was run by Kurt Schatzl and I, I am the taller of the two Kurts.

I put him/ her in some distilled water an the spots have gone .. she is hanging on the wall of a smaller en-closer now i figured it would be easier to watch him that way .. could he still have it now that the spots have gone ? or was he just stressed an now that he has calmed down from the trip they just went away ??

It could've been stress or you could've washed off what was irratating the frog. Either way I would still go see Greg and get it checked out/dewormed.

Where is the event you will be at ??
what did you think of the reptile show this weekend ..??

The next NEHS meeting will be on Sunday, April 18th at the NEWC in South Weymouth. Details at http://www.neherp.com. The plan for this Sunday is to go herping on the NEWC grounds, with a back up plan for inclement weather to view a herp related DVD.