transmitable diseases between amphibians and chameleons

[leedragon]

I am wonder if anyone know if there is common diseases in the hobby that can be transfered from amphibians to chameleons. I am to buy feeder insects from someone who has frogs. I know that here the whole salers keep wild large african frogs together with the small species, and that can cause spread of chitric fungus and others. But the question is if there is any common diseae in the hobby that be transmited. Before I buy the feeders.

 

[kinyonga]

I’m no expert on the specific things that may be transferred…but I do know a few to be careful of. I’ll list them further down. Also, in over 30 years of keeping reptiles, I have always been careful about transmission of diseases through good hygiene…and I don’t think I ever got anything from a reptile or the odd amphibian I’ve had…and I don’t think any of the critters have developed anything from any type of transfer ei5er.
Good hygiene goes a long way towards preventing transfer of diseases/illnesses between animals and people and between different species…so I recommend practicing good hygiene. Wash hands frequently, don’t use the same “tools” from one cage to another without properly disinfecting them, etc.

In addition to this, many of the bacteria, viruses, etc are species specific…meaning that only that species will get a bacteria, etc …it won’t affect a different species.

There are a number of bacteria that are possible to be transferred not only from animal to animal but from the reptiles, etc to people… Aeromonas, Klebsiella, Salmonella…to name a few.
Ranaviruses, Mycobacterium might be transferable…not certain.

Are you concerned that the “disease” could be transferred to the insect container, etc or through the insects?

 

[leedragon]

Yeah, Its the first time I would be buying from this person, he keeps frogs and dont know the hygen rutins of this person, would be getting walking sticks by mail. Problem is if coccidia those you mentioned followed with. The person may not notice them or may not think too much when handling animals in between.

 

[leedragon]

I’m no expert on the specific things that may be transferred…but I do know a few to be careful of. I’ll list them further down. Also, in over 30 years of keeping reptiles, I have always been careful about transmission of diseases through good hygiene…and I don’t think I ever got anything from a reptile or the odd amphibian I’ve had…and I don’t think any of the critters have developed anything from any type of transfer ei5er.
Good hygiene goes a long way towards preventing transfer of diseases/illnesses between animals and people and between different species…so I recommend practicing good hygiene. Wash hands frequently, don’t use the same “tools” from one cage to another without properly disinfecting them, etc.

In addition to this, many of the bacteria, viruses, etc are species specific…meaning that only that species will get a bacteria, etc …it won’t affect a different species.

There are a number of bacteria that are possible to be transferred not only from animal to animal but from the reptiles, etc to people… Aeromonas, Klebsiella, Salmonella…to name a few.
Ranaviruses, Mycobacterium might be transferable…not certain.

Are you concerned that the “disease” could be transferred to the insect container, etc or through the insects?

the walking stick insect would transfer something that was pass by handling other animals or that have got somehow.

 

[JacksJill]

Salmonella was the first thing that came to mind. The coccidia sp. tend to be host specific or more broadly family or genus specific.

 

[leedragon]

Salmonella was the first thing that came to mind. The coccidia sp. tend to be host specific or more broadly family or genus specific.

thank you

 

[kinyonga]

In all the years I’ve kept chameleons and many other reptiles, only once did I have a necropsy or any other test come back say in there was salmonella…so was it luck or what? I had many reports of pseudomonas, and other bacteria that humans and other reptiles could pick up from the one that had it though.