Quote Originally Posted by FLUGATRON View Post
Thanks Cathy!
(second time typing this, hopefully I don't leave anything out)
I gonna go down to the store in a little bit to get some Vita-Sol and give it a try. I'll try to mix in some isopods as well in their feeding schedules. Do you have a schedule for how often you feed with calcium/multivitamin/nothing? I'm heading out of town this weekend and someone else is going to be taking care of them while I'm gone, but I'll tell them the situation with the water. Once I get the Vita-Sol I'm going to make sure that they both end up getting a soak daily as well. Just as an update - they seem to be doing better today.

Thanks!
Caden
Your welcome! I dust 6-8 crickets with Reptivite w/D3 and feed my toads every 2-3 days. Since we're in winter season and it's still pretty cold here in Eastern Pennsylvania, my toads aren't very active. Plus, I always have waxworms & mealworms in their feeding dish, which I also dust them but as they crawl around in the dish, some dust comes off. Each toad has its own food preference... yeah, they can be picky! It's hard to tell which toad is eating how many insects from the dish(especially when they are hopping around and eating at night, and I'm in bed and can't see them) but I usually put 4-5 waxworms and 3-4 mealies in the dish every night, then check in the morning to see how many are missing. It gets to be time consuming if you stand there and watch/wait for them to eat. As for the Rolys... Speckles likes the Rolys and since his condition has improved, he can catch them but I toss them right in front of him. Shima doesn't go for them as much but because of his size, I think he's eating his share from the dish and I'm not overly concerned, plus I often see him soaking more often than Speckles so I know he's getting the nutrients he needs and I feel better knowing that they are getting benefits from the UVB light (which is on for 12 hours). I tend to take more time with Speckles and I will offer & watch him eat. I make sure to see him eat at least 1 waxworm, 1 mealy & 1 roly each day but there are some days that he won't eat for me, which could be because he has eaten from the dish. If you're toads are healthy... they can easily go a day or even two between feedings. When I give them crickets, I always find a couple running around the following day. I feel toads are like people... some will overeat if given the chance, others like privacy, some are lazy and won't chase their food. The best you can do is dust what you are feeding, offer each day and if crickets or rolys are still running around the following day, then either offer less or skip a day. I just did a complete cleaning of the enclosure/replaced substrate and I easily found 20 Rolys that had dug themselves under moss and fixtures. I really do think the liquid vitamins will help but just be careful not to add too much because it could be too toxic for them. Most importantly would be the gutloading, especially with carrots as they are rich in vitamin A. All my crickets, rolys, mealies & roaches are in separate bins/containers but I feed them all the same foods (carrots, celery, squash). However, I feed the crickets an additional supplemental food called Zoo Med Cricket Care and fish food flakes, which are high in calcium. Flukers makes a good supplemental cricket food and in one of the threads I listed there are a few more mentioned that I haven't tried yet but will be soon. Larry Wardog recommends some excellent products!