Whites tree frog and worms??

[blaze]

I went to go change my frogs tank a couple days ago and when I was about to start flipping the bedding around, I decided to look for some poop as I didn't know what it looked like. It turns out that the poop is the same color as my coco husk bedding. I found this piece of something that to me looked like poop, I squeezed it through my fingers and it felt like almost rubber but not. I looked at it and dropped it when I discovered a bunch of little white worms in it. I picked it back up with a paper towel to examine it. I really do not know if this could be contagious to my other reptiles in the room. He is in a 30 gal tank by him self, but I have my male crested gecko right next to his cage, and I have 3 baby crested geckos along with my mother crested and my single female leopard gecko. I don't want them to get sick. I called a petlovers and asked what I should do. They told me that the vet has a medication that you give to their crickets witch will then get rid of the worms. Since then I took him out of his tank, I threw every piece of bedding out, I soaked his perch and his vines in boiling hot water with sunlight dish soap. I rinsed everything really good and washed the tank out as well. I lined the bottom of his tank with paper towel and soaked it the best I could with my mister. I have been misting more since I put the paper towel in and the humidity is staying up. But I wanted to know, does this medicine work? Will it make him sick? If I was doing his treatment with the crickets, would it be safe as well to do all my geckos with it? I suspect my male has had worms or pesticides for a while, due to him eating properly but not gaining weight and staying slim. His poop is also runny and smells back, But the frogs poop is a turd, does not smell bad, and is all intact. It was the same exact color as his bedding witch is why I didn't notice sooner? He hasn't pooped yet since the cleaning, could it be possible that the worms didn't come from Cas and formed from something rotting in the tank??? I have had him for 3-4 months max, and purchased him from the Reptile Expo in abbotsford. Please, Any information or help would be great!

[Bombina Bob]

Hi Castiel. it looks like your frog has worms You've done a good job setting him up in quarantine. Try getting your crickets from somewhere else and we have a page on the Frog Forum - Basic Frog First Aid Ive been to Petlovers before and i wasnt really impressed with how they keep their reptiles and phibs.

[blaze]

Yeah, The thing is. The area I live in, the Petlovers is the closest pet store I have. Petcetera is no better and often don't have crickets. What causes worms? He is fussy, I have tried to feed him mealworms several different ways, and each time refuses them. Tried leaving some in the tank and he doesn't eat them. I don't know what els I could get that he would like and is a safe supplement for food.

[Bombina Bob]

Usually the worms is caused by a food item infected with parasites. I feed my frogs within a separate container except within my vivariums. That eway teh frog is in close contact with the food item. Nightcrawlers are usually a good food, as soon as your tree frog notices teh worm. he should eat it up

[demon amphibians]

I keep hearing more and more about this parasite problem i am currently treating 17 of my frogs and toads for parasites that they caught from crickets. I know it is coming from crickets because the frogs i do not feed crickets to are fine. I normally staple dubia but i decided to give them a variety which is why i bought crickets. The eggs in the poop are a dead give away. Anyone who uses crickets should keep a close eye on there frogs because these reports i keep hearing about are coming from different areas not just one individual area. not to mention the crickets are coming from different stores as well.

[blaze]

Nightcrawlers are usually a good food, as soon as your tree frog notices teh worm. he should eat it up

Were would I find some night crawlers or even horn worms in abbotsforD?? I have other reptiles. I have 5 crested geckos and a leopard gecko. I was wondering what about them. Do I stop feeding them crickets as well?? I don't know if it could have an impact on it but I keep my crickets in their cricket keeper, outside because they are loud LOL. And roughly how much would the nightcrawlers and or horn worms be?

[Bombina Bob]

Usually you an find nightcrawlers underneath rocks and logs in the garden or you can buy them at fishing stores as bait. Only stop feeding crickets to your other animals if they chow symptoms of wormy poo. What do you feed your crickets?