Toad feeding related issues

[Larry Wardog]

Feed this to all your feeder insects it will make a huge difference!

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[cwebster]

Have not had experience much with toads. Pacific treefrog males typically eat less during breeding season. They are focused on getting to a pond, calling, and finding a mate. Females join them at the pond later. Once they mate, lay eggs or fertilize eggs, and leave the pond, they eat a lot more. Hope your toads do well! Do your toads get vitamins and minerals as well as calcium?

[Trout hunter]

I appreciate your reply, My feeding schedule for them is usually three days feeding per week Monday Wednesday and friday, Monday is gut loaded crickets that are dusted with the calcium plus from repashy and Wednesday and friday is usually nightcrawlers or an alternative feeder such as mealworms , butterworms or hornworms also pillbug (summertime). I was under the assumption that the calcium plus contained multivitamins within it so I have not been giving them any multivitamins as idid not want to have them overdose on supplements

[cwebster]

The supplements i use have either calcium plus D3 or are multiple vitamins and minerals. I use them on alternate days.

[Trout hunter]

I forgot to ask you cWebster are the supplements you use of the reptical brand? and what is your regular feeding schedule with these supplements

[cwebster]

Right now for our various frogs and toads am alternating days dusting the feeders with Rep-Cal Calcium with vit D and Rep-Cal Herptivite multivitamins. every other day Mon through Friday but skipping Sunday. Have tried Repashy Calcium Plus in the past. Mr Toad who is recovering from MBD also gets a tiny tiny drop of calcium gluconate orally 23% every night and occasional ReptiBoost. Just purchased some Repashy Vit A plus but havent had the nerve to use any yet with Mr Toad. Also just bought Mazuti Better Bug Gut Loading Diet...have four rubbermaid containers of crickets (pins, 1 wk, 2 wk, 3 week) plus hydeis and melanogasters, small dubias, nightcrawlers, waxworms, and phoenix worms. Have mealworms but use them for birds, not amphibians. Not sure whether to use the Mazuri gutload for feeder insects right before feeding the feeders to the toad or just use it as a staple grain for the crickets? I hate to waste it. But would love to never see another critter with a calcium deficiency.