I live near a reptile shop, and generally defer to their advice on things. Recently I had an interesting conversation with one of their employees. She said pacman frogs usually die of impaction because of a different, unrelated issue, such as weakness from poor breeding, injury or infection weakening them so they are unable to pass the accidentally ingested materials. She said, in addition, that the underlying cause usually goes undetected and impaction is given the full blame. Anyone else ever heard that?
I don't know about pacman frogs specifically, but I know from experience with my leopard gecko that the initial ingestion of something inedible can be related to stress (my gecko got stressed and started eating sand) but I'm pretty sure that if an animal gets an impaction, it's mainly related to what it ate as opposed to another issue. Certain conditions would probably make it worse, but if an animal eats something that it shouldn't it will get sick even if it's been super healthy prior to ingesting it. But frogs may be different, because they absorb liquid through their skin. If something's wrong with their skin, it could make them dehydrated and thus, for lack of a better phrase, their poop gets hard. So I suppose it's possible, but impactions can be deadly just on their own. You should ask the employee for more info next time you're there, because I'm curious to know if she's had any firsthand experience with that.
Impaction is often a secondary health issue in many herps, a healthy digestive tract can pass alot of weird stuff.
For years keepers kept horned frogs on gravel substrate and it was pretty common to see a few pebbles in a healthy poop. I'm not suggesting it thouhgh.
Leopard Geckos eat sand for nutrients. Leaving a small bowl of calcium and vitamins out for them to lick remedies that pretty easy.
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