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    Default Re: Cane toad ate a piece of wood...

    Hi! I hope I can help. First off, I would recommend switching to coco fiber substrate or just plain dirt-anything with large chunks is an impaction risk. You can try a soak in warm water with a little honey mixed in, and I think I remember another possible fix. The warm water and honey usually helps and encourages them to deficate. If he/she is a full-size adult toad it may be passable, depending on size/shape of the wood, but 1-2 inches is pretty sizeable. That vet visit may be a necessity. I don't know, as I've never had to deal with impaction personally, but have read about it quite a bit. Good luck, I hope your Cane Toad comes out okay, and I hope someone with personal experience gets on with more advice.
    Edit: re-read. At around 7 inches, it's a pretty fair sized toad. My African bullfrog is around 5 and it leaves pops around and inch or so in width. It's not the same species, but depending on the width/thickness and how it passes it may go through. I'd advise you find a vet with reptile/exotic experience if you haven't already either way. I'm going to look for more into and check some stuff. I'll add more later if I find anything useful.
    Edit: Found more detailed soak instructions:

    1. Draw a warm bath (no deeper than your poor impacted froggies chin) and put a few drops of honey in the water. Let him soak for 20mins.

    2. Then Draw him a warm bath without the sweet honey and gently massage his sides to help loosen his blockage up.
    (Thanks to DigitalPunk, I copied it from one of his posts.)
    Should help if you decide to try this. I don't know if it will do any good immediately after ingestion, you may have to wait a few days for him/her to be ready to poo. I wish I knew more, but hopefully someone with more experience can help more. Again, good luck.
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