I believe i have read that all darts carry worms, at Chris v/d Lingens Dendrobatesworld.com. (the maker of Dendrocare vitamin. and i'm not sure if i also read it in a dart book or two, I'll have to check. And in my notes i have Brian Monk DVM wrote 100% of frogs histopatology have had some eveience of parasitism.

I had DVM Frye do a fecal and a few of my frogs had coccidia, along with lung and hook worms. For the coccidia he gave me a medication that he said to use with each feeding. And for the worms, a weekly dusting of Panacur. David Frye uses the medication on his own frogs with what must be a favorable amount of positive results.

i have spoke to one person who said a few of his darts had coccidia and he used the med with each feeding, and his frogs died. But who knows any of the unknown factors that may have contributed or been the cause of the deaths.

You wrote; " think that it is a better idea to monitor your frogs by having fecals run at certain intervals and treating them "

but coccidia is not curable in darts, i've been told. and "and removing them from the tank/source of infection) if the fecals come back positive. " So if i had a new aquarium, unused, and i set it up with live plants, moss and such. Then i had a frog that was possitive for worms. (but this was the first fecal check) what would you think?

Do you/ would you use any plants of moss that you've collected? thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.- amanda

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