American bullfrog

[Kurt]

Treating for chytrid proactively, can be done using a terbinafine hydrochloride solution in which the frog is bathed daily for ten minutes over a period of ten days. To make the solution add 1 ml terbinafine hydrochloride cream per 200 ml of distilled water. Set the solution up twenty four hours ahead of time to allow the cream to dissolve in the water. Terbinafine hydrochloride cream can be found under the brand name Lamisil.

As for treating for parasites, my vet has stated dusting crickets with meds is not a good idea, because he feels that by doing so you are underdosing and producing drug resistant parasites. Fenbendazole and metronidazole should be given orally to kill worms and protozoa, respectively.

[osmbr]

@Kurt

that is good information to know. thanks soo ill try the lamisil is it the stuff for athletes foot? ill try that can i use the same bath for the 10 days. or should i make a new batch every night.

[Kurt]

I only make a new batch when the frog has tracked a lot of debris into the solution. Yes, Lamisil is the athelete's foot cream, but I prefer to buy the store brand, as it is cheaper and is the exact same thing.

[Paul Rust]

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As for treating for parasites, my vet has stated dusting crickets with meds is not a good idea, because he feels that by doing so you are underdosing and producing drug resistant parasites. Fenbendazole and metronidazole should be given orally to kill worms and protozoa, respectively.

Kurt,
Could you please have your friend submit some kind of data that shows there are resistant parasites in amphibians from treating with Panacur using the 3 day dusting method? This gets thrown around quite carelesly and I haven't been able to find any instances in amphibians, just people talking. I would love to get this settled one way or another. My personal experience leads me to believe it probably hasn't happenned, I can elaborate later if needed. Thanks