"I have read several places that all darts carry worms. And by takind a weekly med they can be less under stress by them and their effects."



Could you please point out where you have read that all darts carry worms? I can say that I have had fecals run on my darts, indicating no parasites at all. Perhaps I have simply been fortunate, but I also know of several other dart keepers who indicate that, in their experience, that first statement rings untrue for them.



As for prophylactically treating darts for parasites, I personally feel that is an irresponsible treatment regimen for two reasons: (1) by constantly treating an animal at a (presumably) lower dose, you can be selecting for medicine resistant parasites; and (2) we have no data on how long term treatment will affect darts.



I am sure others will have a different point of view, and they are welcome to that point of view, but I think that it is a better idea to monitor your frogs by having fecals run at certain intervals and treating them (and removing them from the tank/source of infection) if the fecals come back positive.




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