Emergency! Sick American Toad... IDK what’s wrong!

[Animallover3541]

I'm sorry to hear about your loss. I personally exclusively tong feed or feed out of the enclosure to prevent substrate ingestion. However, sometimes this will still just happen, and with toads being such ferocious eaters they'll go after anything, including micro fauna. I'd consider trying to remove the isopods (roly pollies) if your other toads are going after them.

When feeding worms and such that live in and tend to get substrate stuck to them I always rinse them off thoroughly. You did the best you could and clearly know what you're doing. At least you kept him comfortable.

[ToadilyNuts4Nature]

They won’t feed from the tongs, I have tried & tried! I’ve also tried putting them in a separate plastic container, without any substrate, but that just stresses them out and all they do is pee all over. However, I am going to keep trying that, letting them in there a little longer each time to hopefully get them acclimated, especially when feeding worms. As you said, the worms get covered with substrate and I rinse them off as well but they squirm away to quickly back into the substrate. If I can get them acclimated to a separate enclosure, I could rest easy feeding them the rolies and the worms!