I had two of my frogs die a few months back, one who i had in a terrarium with two others. I suspected that it was parasites, so i called all local vets to see who might do a fecal exam. Well, it seemed that i was not going to find any one who would even attempt it. Then i did find one who said that he would, but all he came up with was that they had worms, but wasn't sure what kind.

So i posted here and i was told about DVM Frye. He examined the sample i sent, and told me they had hookworm, lungworm and coccidia.

He wondered if where i got them was where they got the coccidia.

So i read up on coccidia, and found that beavers can contaminate a drinking supply and people become ill. In humans it can be cured, and not in the frogs. So i wondered about the moss i had gotten from a swamp, that had a beaver dam, and huts. But, it seems that the beaver have not been there for years. Yet could my frogs have got it this way?

Then i read that there are hundreds of types of it, and each is specific to a certain type of animal. So perhaps it is not from the moss...

In a vet guide i have here for farm animals, it also says coccidia reaches its peak and dies out. ... i wonder why is it stays with frogs?

The thing that gets me is that before i got any frogs i studied for like six months,several hours a day and i never read anything about coccidia, and not much more on worms found in darts.



-amanda

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