Help! Frog may be impacted

[lovenokia]

Huge mistake. Never feed them mealworms or superworms. very dangerous for baby frogs. they can't digest the chitin that the exoskeleton is made up of and impaction is usually the result.

This was what petsmart told me to feed till I found out of the frog forum. I don't think that two days could be this bad. I have been dusting his food and herptivite and treated water so outside out the two days I don't think I did too much wrong.

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[GrifTheGreat]

This was what petsmart told me to feed till I found out of the frog forum. I don't think that two days could be this bad. I have been dusting his food and herptivite and treated water so outside out the two days I don't think I did too much wrong.

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It only takes one superworms to impact a baby frog. Even a few mealworms once can cause it. Trust me when I say they are unsafe. You would have been better off if you would have Fed him waxworms instead.

[lovenokia]

It only takes one superworms to impact a baby frog. Even a few mealworms once can cause it. Trust me when I say they are unsafe. You would have been better off if you would have Fed him waxworms instead.

So the crickets that I have been dusting with calcium d3 and herptivite did not cause any of this? The mealworms from the first day and the superworms on the second day are what caused this? I want to know because I do not want this happening again.

[lovenokia]

I would like to add that the frog is completey buried underground, it has not done this since yesterday in the almost two weeks of owning him/her.

[GrifTheGreat]

I would like to add that the frog is completey buried underground, it has not done this since yesterday in the almost two weeks of owning him/her.

The only way the crickets would cause this is if you are feeding crickets that are too large.

They do occasionally burrow themselves all the way. That's nothing to worry about.