Hi,

Thank you for your reply, I really appreciate it.

Unfortunately, the little froggy died last night and I found him floating on top of the tank this morning

I had spoken to a pet shop yesterday and they sold me some live Artemia, which they said might perk him up. They also put me through to one of their suppliers, a frog enthusiast, who drove to our place on the way back from a delivery in Germany, and arrived at 8pm in the pouring rain to give me some advice as well. He said that Bloodworms ( not exclusively my little frog's diet, but probably about 90% ) were so high in iron that a bloodworm heavy diet would eventually lead to iron poisoning and he thinks this is what killed the little guy. I've not heard that before - I appreciate that having a variety of food is important, and we had actually started to put amphibian vitamins into water once a week, and I used to mix up the food a little between the usual frozen stuff ( he also said don-t feed him frozen, they lose nutrition that way )… We also had an issue with the freezer a few weeks ago and some bloodworms defrosted for a few days. I kept them outside in the cold, but perhaps it wasn't cold enough, and he continued eating them so I figured they were not off. Maybe I was wrong.

Anyway, thanks a lot for your advice, I think these little things are a learning curve but it's disappointing and sad to lose one if I did something wrong. I guess I'm looking back over the past few weeks and wondering what it was - he had alway eaten bloodworms, so why overdose now? Plus, would he still eat food that was bad?

Thanks,
Matthew