Have you tried monitoring their weights? If not, I'd recommend starting that now. I used to use a postage scale to weigh my frogs, especially my last fire-belly, Almond, who also went through a time where he wouldn't eat anything and definitely lost weight. My vet eventually recommended force-feeding him canned cat food to keep his weight stable and keep his digestive system functioning until he started eating insects on his own again. I had to (gently) pry open his mouth with a business card, then try to (gently!) squirt the cat food into his mouth with a syringe before he could push the business card out of his mouth with his front feet, and we both hated the process, so I hope you don't have to do that for your toads and that they're actually just eating when you're not looking...
And, yes, healthy toads excrete fairly often (mine excreted about as often as I fed them, if I'm remembering correctly, or about every other day - I fed them in a separate cage without any furniture or water so the toads wouldn't get distracted, the insects couldn't drown or hide and attack the toads later, and I knew exactly how much they were eating). If you don't clean out the whole cage, though, I guess they could be excreting in a place where you wouldn't find it? If only one of your toads wasn't eating and excreting, I'd be worried that he/she might have swallowed a piece of gravel and blocked his/her digestive system, but it seems unlikely that all four toads would make the same mistake at once...still, if the gravel pieces are small enough to fit in a toad's mouth, you might want to remove the gravel just in case (and bring the toads in to a vet if they're showing any symptoms of impaction).
Best of luck to you and your toads!
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