fire belly toads dying

[kroberts009]

SORRY EVERYONE COULDNT FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE A NEW POST, BUT HAD AN IMPORTANT QUESTION! slightly concerned, while feed my firebellies mealworms this evening. one of them darted at my hand and picked up a piece of gravel instead. (a pink-purple rock) before i could take the piece out of its mouth, he swallowed it. from what i gathered from the part sticking out, it was roughly small-medium cricket sized. not much i can do at this point is there? if someone can respond ide appreciate them being sent to kroberts009@yahoo.com thank you!

[Hoppity100]

Did you try patting him on his back?

[Hoppity100]

With dogs you give them small amount H2O2 to induce vomiting, can you try giving your frog a few drops with an eye dropper? I don't know if this will work for a frog but t works on my dog. Let me know how your frog is please.

[kroberts009]

With dogs you give them small amount H2O2 to induce vomiting, can you try giving your frog a few drops with an eye dropper? I don't know if this will work for a frog but t works on my dog. Let me know how your frog is please.

he is currently sitting at the side of his enclosure like normal. however, its been about an hour since i fed him and he still hasnt eaten the two meal worms i provided him with. he is in his enclosure alone, therefore i know for a fact he hasnt eaten them. i am in fact pretty concerned, because its an extrememly misfortunate situation. going to continue doing some research. the hydrogen peroxide is the best theory or idea i have at the moment, but i wasnt aware that frogs could vomit? going to do some research on this first, and probably put in a few calls to my petstore

[MantisMan]

if u can gently pick him up and rub his belly to feel for the stone, u might be able to push it up and make him regurgitate it
otherwise, bring him to a vet and remove the mealworms, they r bad food for them anyways

[kroberts009]

thank you for the prompt response. i will see if i can gently feel the stone in there. hopefully he will regurgitate it. i had no idea meal worms were bad for them. thank you for the information. really concerned and hopefull that things work out ok.

[kroberts009]

couldnt feel a rock in there.... but he did decide he was hungry enough to eat his worms (he ate them before i got there) so going to carefully monitor over the next few days, and PRAY we get through this... making a trip to the petstore, and removing the rocks as soon as possible!

[Hoppity100]

Okay, only other thing would be a laxative and if there is an obstruction, the laxative may not work depending on location of obstruction. Do you have peroxide? Other problem is getting it into his mouth, you'd have to hold him and have someone open his mouth. Can you remove your gravel? Replace it with eco earth or live moss. Write when you find out what you can do for him, I hope he is alright.
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[kroberts009]

i am going to head into the pet store tomorrow and purchase some new enclosure materials and get rid of the gravel. while researching it seems gravel swallowing is pretty common, i didnt know this. at least i know now, and can correct the problem.

he has decided to eat, and his enclosure was cleaned this morning. so perhaps i will wait a little to do anything to see if i can find any feces in his tank.

will let you know what ends up happening to him!

thank you very much everyone for your feedback! i really appreciate it!

[Hoppity100]

Oh thank you for letting me know, you're doing the right thing! Hope he keeps eating. Its ok if you write later to let me know how he is doing.

[kroberts009]

Oh thank you for letting me know, you're doing the right thing! Hope he keeps eating. Its ok if you write later to let me know how he is doing.

so far so good, he ate this morning.. and weve moved on to no gravel, and replaced it with moss. hes still very active and exploring around his enclosure. hopefully things turn out alright. thanks for everyones assistance in the matter

[kroberts009]

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! i now have a pink pebble on the floor of the enclousure (all had been removed previously) not sure which end the pebble came from... but hoping this means were through the difficult part!

[jen63]

I feed mine earthworms, placing them on a flat rock (the worms that is) so they don't wriggle away too quickly. My tank base is bark & compost covered with moss. My FB's are 20 years old & eat about 3 or 4 worms each a week, sometimes more. What they don't eat wriggles away.