[JJuchems]

This weekend Bill of Quality Exotics (Great guy to buy from) showed me that he now uses and sells the product Hex-A-Mit. He adds 1 250mg tab of Metronidazole to one gallon of water and mists this in his tanks and frogs. Since Dr. Fyre is his vet and the vet of the board, can you please shed some light on this subject to all the froggers who are new to this process. I think it will benifit all the froggers who read this post.
Later and Happy Frogging,
Jason Juchems

 

[JJuchems]

Metronidozole is the ingredient in this product. This is a fish grade product, which is water-soluble. Metronidozole is a drug used to treat protozoan. When I spoke with Bill he said he did work this out with his vet. Now the reason I ask Dr. Frye to shed some light on this subject is because I believe he is the only member of this board who has the experience and background to say anything on the subject of use of a drug and how it is administered. He has and is the only person to publicly say he is a veterinarian with dart frog experience. This is why I have said he is “the vet of the board.” Sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused by this label. I know of plenty of importers and hobbyist who use tablets such as these to make oral drugs for their herps as well has many froggers who have bought frogs from vendors who are using this process and are now doing so because of these frog vendors. As we all know frogs absorb water and other chemicals through their skin. But there is still the unknown of how much of a drug a frog can absorb through the skin. I have read books on Herpetological Parasites and their treatments and have gone through a personal friend and vet. With froggers buying this product after being told by a breeder that it this is what they use I believe this post would benefit those who are using this process after being told by a vendor that it helps. What are the pros and cons? Can we save a few lives by questioning a process and/or save some froggers from wasteing money on a product that does not work?
Later and Happy Frogging,
Jason Juchems

 

[JJuchems]

Thank you very much on this response Dr. Frye. This is the type of information that I wanted to see out of this post. I’m sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused. I just wanted some clarity since other froggers do business with Bill and my being using this process. I have bought frogs from Bill and he has great frogs with pretty good prices. I do know of other product for pet that are sold over the counter that are being used by different importers for use on reptiles and amphibians such as the product D-Worm which is a wormer for dogs. I have spoken with importers who have mixed this drug with Hex-A-Mit and Repto-Cal to dust on different reptile and amphibians that are newly imported. This is mixed in equal part Repto-Cal and Hex-A-Mit and the small dog mix of D-Worm. I am at school, but will check when I get home on the active ingredient of D-Worm and its mg dose. I also have a list of drug folks have bought in a pet shop for use on herps in general such Penicillin that is marketed by the same company as Hex-A-Mit and Safe Gaurd a horse wormer that is often used on turtles and Tortoises .

Also I want to say that I am endorsing any of the drugs I have just listed. I have just spoken with imports and others who have told me this has worked for them in the past but I would use them with out the involvement of a veterinarian they are trained to prescribe these drugs.

Mitronidozole is light sensitive and is packaged in tubs that protect it from UV.

Later and Happy Frogging,
Jason Juchems

 

[JJuchems]

Safe-Guard Horse wormer is a fenbendazole drug (fenbendazole same active drug in Panacur), D-Worm is 2 tabs of 22.7 mg of Pyrantel Pamoate. Another drug I have forgotten about is Tetracycline tablets which is a fish drug form(Tetracycline Hydrochloride) which is used for Red-leg a problem found in many White's Tree Frogs.
No, I do not think this is a bold statement. What I have just listed are way that these drugs are used other than their intended use. These drugs are not intended for amphibians or reptiles but for the use on dogs, horses, and fish.

Later and Happy frogging,
Jason Juchems