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I was wondering if some one could tell me how much can be given to deworm Surinam Horned Frogs (C. cornuta).
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>>I was wondering if some one could tell me how much can be given to deworm Surinam Horned Frogs (C. cornuta).
>>Thanks

You need to talk to your vet about that. It's technically illegal for anyone to give you dosage amounts over the internet as they could be prosecuted for practicing medicine without a lic. ..even vets won't tell you this over the net because for them to 'diagnose' & 'prescribe' without seeing the animal is a no-no unless they already have a working relationship with you and have seen/examined the animal in person.
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PHWyvern

I understand that, but I have no vets near me that will treat amphibians. I understand the risks, I just want to know if it is given in the same doses as you would a reptile.

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>>I understand that, but I have no vets near me that will treat amphibians. I understand the risks, I just want to know if it is given in the same doses as you would a reptile.
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Again, no one can legally give you that information over the internet.

There should be little problem for your vet to call up and consult with a vet that does treat amphibians to get the information they need to help treat your animal. I know this from experience because my vet (on east coast) consulted with another vet (in Texas) on the phone over the course of a few days on how to go about properly conducting surgery on our prairie dog (from work) to remove a cancerous tumor since she had no experience at all with prairie dogs.

If your vet doesn't want to be bothered with phone calls, then there is the possibility they may already belong to an online veterinary community website. These are websites where only vets are members and they can consult with each other through message boards and chats. Many vets across the country are members of the well known Veterinary Information Network (http://www.vin.com)
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PHWyvern

Ok, thanks for the link.

i have heard of receptionist being sued over phone advise! how soon, if it hasent already, will it happen in an online case! and i hate it when people ask stuff online and act (not in this case, but others) like we are snobs cuz we dont tell them stuff!!
its not a secret club, ITS THE LAW!!
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hanging out under heat lights burns up my brain cells!!

While I too never give dosages out online, I don't think sharing them is against the law. Prescribing yes, but sharing info, no. Anyone can go get the Mader text for instance, from amazon and get the info for themselves. Yet, using a prescription drug without a prescription, even on your own animals is against the law. Now to totally get into the grey area, many dewormers are not prescription, hence people buying them by the gallon at a farmer's shop. Yet, using them on something other than cattle is off-label, and thus is again, illegal ain't it? (without the expertise of a vet of course, off label drugs are definately used regularly)

All in all, and to keep this sort of on topic to the thread, is that there is more to deworming than knowing the dosage, thus the ethical reason why dosages are not shared online.

Ian

I completely agree. PHWyvern is incorrect in his assumption that it is illegal to give dosage or other related advice over the internet, or by any other means. There is absolutely no law prohibiting the dissemination of this type of information. Also, while stating ones opinion on a diagnosis over the internet is not illegal, it would only be a wild guess at best by anyone other than a person that had some type of veterinarian background. What is illegal is the prescribing of prescription drugs by someone other than a vet, and it is illegal for a vet to prescribe these types of medications for an animal that he or another vet has not seen.

Additionally, it is completely legal for anyone to treat their own animals as long as the drugs have been legally acquired. However, I believe it is a big mistake to do so without consulting a vet before hand to confirm the diagnosis and obtain the information necessary for the proper medication regime.

Kelly

Clownbaby...what's the animals weight? Oh how do u know to use Panacur? Did u do a fecal on its stool? Get back to me.