I've been keeping leopard frogs for about 2 years now and recently had one of them die. I found it in the tank fully extended and in full rigor mortis. It looked it it had just passed (was actually hopping around just an hour ago). On exam, I felt an abdominal mass and when I opened him up I found him to be fully impacted with stool that largely consisted of sphagnum moss substrate; interestingly enough there was no rectal prolapse. I'm guessing he died from an impaction. While I do know other things can cause fecal impaction (ileus from overwhelming infection, parasites), I wanted to know what substrates would be better tolerated by frogs/less likely to cause impaction. Thanks.
So sorry to hear about your loss. Maybe a cocofibre or some Abg mix( the abg is used a lot in vivs). And if you find the coco fibre or soil messy you could probably cover it with some leaf litter. Again so sorry to hear about your frog.
thanks...I think I may give that a shot and may try other live plants/other moss to put on top.
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