[snmreptiles]

I have also asked someone about these worms before. I seem to have the same ones. I have seen them on my eggs also, but they are mostly grouped up on the glass. I have had them in groups around dead flies before also. Anyway, when I mentioned this to some seasoned froggers here in Colorado they said that if they were attacking the eggs that they were BAD NEWS!! They said that there are harmless ones and bad ones and that if they were found eating eggs that the were the bad ones. :evil: So does anyone here know how to tell the difference?? I was told that you can spray the tank with a diluted batril solution to get rid of them. I have still been meaning to call him again to ask about the dilution amount and if you can spray the tank with frogs still in it or not. If anyone else has ever dealt with this please let me know your experiences. Thanks

-Shelley

 

[snmreptiles]

Soil dwelling nonpathnogenic nematodes can behave in this manner. Often what is observed is not that the nematodes are attacking the egg itself but are feeding on the gel mass that accompanies the eggs as this can begin to decompose before the egg hatches.
I would be very hesitant about spraying a vivarium down with a solution of baytril (enrofloxin) as this will increase the risk of resistance occurring in aeromonads (potential causes of red leg) reducing the chances of a cure if this is an outbreak.


I am also not aware of any published references listing baytril as an antihelmetic of any sort. I suspect (speculation here) that the apparent reduction in the numbers may have been due to a reduction in the biofilm.

In general regarding soil nematodes, they are impossible to eradicate from a system and are nearly impossible to prevent from colonizing a system unless you are keeping everything sterile.

Ed
Ed Kowalski
South Jersey

Okay...you pretty much lost me there! LOL I am a blonde though! :roll: But I think that I got your point. So for the most part, they are harmless and nothing to worry about?! That whole baytril thing was just something that I was told to do. Do they come from the substrate then? Also are they something that the frogs would eat, or even notice? Thanks for the info though.

-Shelley

 

[snmreptiles]

Thanks for clarifying Ed. I guess I will just have to keep wiping them off of the walls when I see a lot of them. So, do you think it is safe to say that they are a good indicator as to if eggs are good or bad? Because I have found them on eggs before also and figured that they killed the eggs, but maybe they were no good to begin with. :?

-Shelley