Quote Originally Posted by PhunkeyPhish View Post
Thanks for the reply. I will heed your advice and broaden their diet, I know I should have been doing that all along but fell into what was easy and what they ate the best. Do you have recommendations for good online vendors for the live food?

As for having a vet assessment, I am a veterinarian, although am specialized in canine and feline internal medicine. However, having gone through veterinary school along with post doctoral training in specialty settings, I know very well the severe limitations of exotic veterinary medicine, especially with amphibians. The previous toad of mine was actually assessed by an exotics veterinarian (although little experience with toads) and I think misdiagnosed that toad. That being said, finding a qualified amphibian veterinarian is a challenge and would argue there are only a handful in the country and the majority of exotics medicine comes down to history and physical examination so think that with their history, the previous findings of the now deceased toad and the recent clinical signs of these two I have a strong suspicion of what is going on. My main question is, how often do you guys see these clinical signs resolve when they are fairly mild once vitamin supplementation and variation in diet is started?

Thanks again,
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That's ashame to hear that you think the vet misdiagnosed your toad. I would agree with you that native animals are very difficult for vets to be able to treat. Many go to school and work with exotic reptiles and amphibians. I am in driving distance (2hours) of my vet in Pittsburgh so if your from PA or far east Ohio it would probably be worth the trip. If you are not close to here then the best thing you can do is look near a larger city for an exotic vet because in the states the very educated vets seem to be in the bigger cities.

As for a good place I would recommend Josh's Frogs as the top place. I do business with them often and I have a YouTube channel for my frogs and toads so when I made a video with their crickets in they actually commented on the video so they are very down to earth to take the time to read my email and comment on my video.

Carolina Biological is also a good place to get feeders. I will be ordering from them over the summer.

For the bigger crickets Petco or PetSmart would be good to get those crickets.

The Mazuri Gut Load actually helped my toads with calcium deficiencies and their energy level came back as well as their color. I would strongly recommend it. Herpetologist Frank Indiviglio and my vet who is an Amphibians expert both recommend it. I am waiting for my vet to send me the study done so I can share it with the forum.

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