Quote Originally Posted by Dog Shrink View Post
That is a tough one.. there are several different strains of staph infection Saphylococcus aureus (MRSA) being the most commonly seen. Several different frog species defend themselves against invading pathogenic microorganisms by producing and secreting antimicrobial peptides.
"A manner of self preservation against invasive disease such as staph. The results showed that the frog skin secretions has significant antimicrobial effect against MRSA. The range of inhibition zone for MRSA was the same as (20mm) Vancomycin in DISK method. In Minimum Inhibitory Concentration method, for MRSA, the tube 1/8 was positive." http://www.celljournal.org/library/u...cle/Abbasi.pdf

Finding this specifically for whites tree frogs I wouldn't think stpah would be a concern. Snip from a book called "Frogs By David Badger, John Netherton"


I don't think staph is a worry for your whites. It is very unusual for humans to pass disease to herps and herps to humans. It is more likely to have a zoonotic issue when dealing with warm blood to warm blood species and even at that it is very rare.

I do think you owe the BF an apology.
WOW thanks that was really informative. O:

This kind of eases my mind, I had a problem with staph a while ago (which has since cleared up with antiobiotics) and it suddenly popped into my mind a few days ago while I was checking Bruce (his tummy is seeming a little bloated lately, not sure if this is something to be worried about or not, sometimes it seems like he's full of air and other times he seems fine, it could just be my overactive imagination).

I heard some other things about White's having potentially healing properties when it comes to HIV, this could be a misunderstanding I'm not sure I read it somewhere online before I picked up Bruce while I was doing my research. Amphibians are truly wonderful animals, they have so much to offer in the pet industry and otherwise and I was surprised to learn that they make great companions, at least in my case. My dad didn't want me to get a frog because he said they were "boring" and would just sit around all day doing nothing but taking care of Bruce has been a joy, I can't wait to expand my collection. ><

Thanks again, I suppose what I thought was a simple question was a bit loaded. XD;