Question on treating nematodes

[GrifTheGreat]

No idea. I've had this frog for around four years and have no other frogs at the moment, though the person I bought her from housed her with another Pyxie.

Maintenance: Water changed daily. Substrate changed monthly. All food store bought, or captive cultured.

Either had them the entire time you've owned the frog or they were contracted by the frog eating a feeder that was a carrier. Crickets are natorious for carrying parasites.

[Pyxiefan001]

Either had them the entire time you've owned the frog or they were contracted by the frog eating a feeder that was a carrier. Crickets are natorious for carrying parasites.

You know, I did feed her some crickets a while back. Bought 'em for one of my more picky tarantulas and gave the rest to her. Maybe she get them from those? There'll be no more crickets from now on.

Still waiting on the test results. If negative, I'll wait a couple of weeks and do another test. If that one comes back negative, too, can I assume the problem's gone? I may even do another test after that one just to be sure.

[Lija]

if i were you I'd do complete enclosure disinfection now and place a frog on papertowels for now, keep it like that for a 2 weeks ( 14 days) ( changing and disinfecting everything every day) and then give him one dose of panacur, this way new worms won't get a change to lay eggs and he won't get a chance to get reinfected again. don't wait more then that, because worms will start laying eggs and you're screwed ( or your frog for that matter), it makes sense to do test about 2-3 weeks after last treatment, but when not many worms are present or they are not mature enough to lay eggs yet the test may be back negative. they are testing for their eggs not actual worms and if your frogs poops only in water chances are there will be no eggs ( or not enough) in the sample to show positive results.
believe me pinworms/roundworms can be a headache to get rid of.

[Pyxiefan001]

if i were you I'd do complete enclosure disinfection now and place a frog on papertowels for now, keep it like that for a 2 weeks ( 14 days) ( changing and disinfecting everything every day) and then give him one dose of panacur, this way new worms won't get a change to lay eggs and he won't get a chance to get reinfected again. don't wait more then that, because worms will start laying eggs and you're screwed ( or your frog for that matter), it makes sense to do test about 2-3 weeks after last treatment, but when not many worms are present or they are not mature enough to lay eggs yet the test may be back negative. they are testing for their eggs not actual worms and if your frogs poops only in water chances are there will be no eggs ( or not enough) in the sample to show positive results.
believe me pinworms/roundworms can be a headache to get rid of.

Thanks for the advice, Lija, as usual. But the vet called this morning and said the most recent sample I sent off after the last dose tested positive for eggs, as I feared would be the case. They are readying a new order of Panacur now. I will begin the new cycle of treatment once I get the meds, which is when I will place her in the hospital tank. I don't want to stress my frog no more than necessary. Though it was getting close to a substrate cage anyway. . .

And since I will need to disinfect the hospital box and any furnishings in it, can I use Quat Plus as a disinfectant? It's a (supposedly) herp friendly cleaning agent I bought ages ago from a company called Big Apple Herps. People who keep reptiles report good results, but this is amphibians we're talking here and I was wondering if I could use it during this upcoming treatment process?