New to Toads; general advice would be appreciated.

[daybr4ke]

I usually just dump the food in for my toads in the terrarium with them, from crickets to worms and roaches. Even adult dubias are fair game. They chase them down and gobble them down. When I caught my toads I kept them in a small empty ice chest, and left food in for them overnight the day of, and it disappeared, so that kind of unwillingness to eat is somewhat worrying to me. I would try leaving in the crickets, since they're easy to keep track of. You could even add more than 2. Good luck. Also, how did you force feed the toad?

[MrPeeps]

It's concerning to me as well. I've been looking online for any info on it and all I can find is possible diseases related to appetite. I don't have any amphibian vet specialists near me so I'm out of luck in that department.

To force feed I wrapped the toad in a wash cloth and used a thin card to separate her upper and lower jaw and used the card as a slide to push the worm into her mouth. From there it was all her. Hopefully it doesn't turn her off nightcrawlers. Appreciate the help and the luck!

[daybr4ke]

Wow, okay. I've not had to do it, and didn't even know how, I've got a pacman that won't touch worms. The ones I've fed him live in a "colony" under the water dish lol. As for the toad, something to remember is theyour can go for a while without eating and can get stressed, but my toads, wild caught when freaking out after water switching, etc, would eat and calm down when offered food, and from day one were eager eaters of pillbugs and crickets, and easily adapted to dubias, with worms taking some coaxing, but in the the end they too were easily assimilated into their diet.

[MrPeeps]

I'm crossing my fingers at this point honestly. Hopefully something works for her or else I'm unsure on what to do. I appreciate the help! I'll be trying to add more plants in the next few days too. See if it helps.

[MrPeeps]

Success; to anyone following this forum. We have successfully fed the toad. Solution: heating lamp and crickets. Booya successful derp to Herp

[daybr4ke]

That's great, I should have thought of heating being an issue. Glad the toad went for the crickets, I hope it'll go for the other foods, too. Congrats!

[red green hawk]

Don't forget to dust the crickets with calcium. Also you should get a uvb light so she can produce vitamin d. Most tanks filter out uv light. My toad got metabolic bone disease because I didn't do this. The lack of calcium and vitamin d caused her to take it out of the long bones in her body. Now she has a gimpy leg. Have you tried feeding Dubia roaches, my toads love them. They are packed with protein, while mealworms are more like a sugary snack. I mix up what I feed them.