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    frogfanatic
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    Unhappy Sick Square- marked toad.

    We bought a square-marked toad around 2 weeks ago. We have several other frogs/toads so we are used to looking after frogs and toads.

    His name is Socrates (anyone know knows about Greek philosophy knows Socrates was an ugly bugger!) and when we got him he was active (in the car on the way home at least...!) However, since we put him in an exo-terra tank with heatpads etc, he just buries in his substrate.

    He hasn't eaten in 2 weeks, we reckon - and we have tried all the usual things to get him to eat. He is now getting thin, and this morning is lethargic, not really standing up, and breathing quicker. It seems like he is dying. That said, we have quarantined him now and he has stood up. But we still can't get him to eat.

    No other symptoms. His tank is warm and humid enough...

    Called the shop we got him from and the rest of theirs are fine. He seemed fine when we brought him home. Could be an unfortunate coincidence he has started to fail once we got him home, but are we doing anything wrong?

    Any suggestions anyone? We are worried we might lose this little guy. Maybe Socrates just needs a Plato?

    John and Kim

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    frogfanatic
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    Just an update - we put him in a observation tank with just wet paper towels. I have just been to look at him and have noticed lots of long white worms! So that answers one question on what is wrong...now just need to fix him - no herp vet until monday at least...

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    REDDEV1L
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    Hope the little guy pulls through ok.

    Where did you get him ??
    I've been after a male for my female for a year and ordered one on a recent import but it never arrived

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    frogfanatic
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    Well he passed a whole load of worms Sat night and since then he really has perked up. He now is climbing and hopping to get away which is a good sign.

    We got him from Strictly Exotics in Perth, Scotland. We called them up just to ask for some advice, they said we could bring him in and worm him which was helpful since we couldn't find a vet.
    We took him there but they weren't able to open his mouth and put the medicine in so we put it in his water and just hope some soaks into him. We were told that some have been wild caught and some captive bred and they worm all/ some/ none of them (told 3 separate things so not sure what's true) so it's possible he could have had worms and just hadn't shown yet. We were offered another one as a swap but just couldn't do that to poor Socrates!
    Been told it's 50/50 if he pulls through but odds seems to be looking good since he finally ate 1 waxworm! It's the first thing he's eaten since we got him - it's not enough to survive but the fact he wanted it means he must be feeling a bit better.

    Since then he seems to have perked up a bit..just need him to eat a bit more.

    Still thinking of taking him to a vet just to double check if the worming solution in water helped at all but they would really need a poo sample to test which means trying to get him to eat a bit more so he 'goes'

    If he does pull though and when all is well I think we would like to get a mate for him (just guessing it's a him but we haven't heard a call yet)

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