Handling WC's

without sounding like a jerk, I'd first say, "If you have to ask......"

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cute :wink: ...

Thank you both for the tips. I actually have the quarantine as well as looking for physical and behavioral abnormalities down as I have kept other wc herps in the past (not darts). I was actually wondering if anyone had any in-depth advice on where to start as far as meds go.

Thanks,
Dustin

Mark-
thanks for your input. Your list of remedies for specific problems were especially helpful.

Dane-
I'm actually not a begginer (well, maybe by some's standards), I've been keeping darts for 2 years + and have bred all the species I have, although I did not get a chance to raise the fant eggs. I wanted to know how to treat wc frogs for reference if/when the situation ever occurs. I specifically wanted to know about panacur and its proper usage on wc's. The use of it for maintance on already acclimated frogs seems to be fiercly debated, but would everyone agree that its appropriate to use on wc's?

I've heard of some breeders using it as a shotgun treatment on their stock once or twice a year, but how effective is that in the long run?

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Well, I'm assuming if a dart is coming directly from the wild, most likely burdended with roundworms, then the intitial kill off would be quite beneficial. Now combine that with having them in a quarentine tank while you're doing this and then moving them to their permanent enclosure after you can confirm that they are parasite free, then I think you have just guaranteed that at least if the frog dies it wouldn't be from worms. Now maybe this isn't how it really works, but this is how it would ideally happen I think.

Dustin