I have a toad with an eye issue too! She is one of the wild ones that has been visiting me for the last 2 summers and I named her ROXIE. She came out of hibernation, looking all skinny but she plumped up nicely and then a month went by and I hadn't seen her. Well, 3 weeks ago she came into my garage and I noticed her left eye had a white, hardened lump, dead center of the pupil and under the cornea. She was also very skinny again, so I fed her some juicy nightcrawlers for a few nights and her belly was plumping up again. I took her to our local environmental center and they treated her for a couple weeks with antibiotics but when they released her back to me they told me it could be a cataract. IDK??? I didn't know they could form that quickly?? I also researched and another possible diagnosis could be corneal lipidosis, but that is more common with captive toads. Regardless, she cannot see out of that eye and I am worried about setting her free because she is obviously having difficulty catching prey. I've been keeping her in my garage and watching her movement/behavior when I toss in some worms. If they are at her right, she goes into stalk mode immediately, but if on the left... she just sits there! She's an old gal for the wild... I'm estimating 4-5 years old and I'd hate to take her out of the wild but afraid she won't make it on her own. What to do???![]()





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