https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/13152/poison-dart-frog-with-a-wound-on-the-leg Hi, I have seen a 2g poison dart frog that developped a wound on her leg, near the ankle. There is pus coming out of the wound. I managed to take a swab from it. At the moment, I am treating it with topical application of gentamicin. I wanted toen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/75056?ContentTypeID=1Wed, 17 Oct 2012 17:44:05 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:c566409c-5536-472e-8950-a55ebc4b34dcMarie Kubiak<p>Hi,</p> <p>Any culture samples or cytology? You can get some really weird bacteria from amphibians and fungal/protozoal infections can also be responsible. I am wary of gentamicin in amphibia due to the potential for concurrent dehydration and renal toxicity of gentamicin. Is it a deep wound? If only superficial then I&#39;ve had good results with fucithalmic eye ointment topically. If deep you may be better off using systemic antibiotics like enro or ceftazidime. Worth keeping it under clean conditions in a hospital tank if possible to prevent environmental opportunistic pathogens complicating the situation.</p> <p>I use meloxicam but am cautious with dosing and give 0.1mg/kg sid in small amphibia - it can be diluted down for such a small animal if the owner is able to administer it. An alternative is butorphanol but needs dosing far more frequently and dosing levels are even less understood.</p> <p>I use bicarbonate of soda to buffer the MS222 until at pH6.5-7.5.</p> <p>Marie</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>