White's Trouble Eating: Stuck Tongue?

[irThumper]

This remind me a bit of my new WTF "Honey-Lime", who we've had for 10 days; she's a baby abt 2" long. The first time I gave she and her companion crickets Honey leaped enthusiastically for one on a flour pot, HARD, and then sat there for a moment with her mouth open and eyes closed with an "OW!" look. After that she went back to catching crickets and seemed fine. Honey seems otherwise normal but a bit slow right now, she developed loose stools about 4 days after we got these guys, though her companion's stool is normal, as was hers in the container I brought them home in. Can Vit A deficiency cause loose stool? I also remember that she jumped out of the tank at petco before we bought her and landed SPLAT on the floor... could that be a cause of the loose stool? We've changed her diet from crickets fed cheerios and wheat germ to crickets (smaller, she had a lot of trouble with the so-called medium ones) fed the dry Flukers cricket diet fed at the store. If she hasn't started clearing up within a few days of the changed diet will be sending a fecal sample off to P&G's Vet Checked Reptiles. Will Vit A treatments effect the outcome of a fecal test though...?

[LilyPad]

Thumper, I would send the fecal test off asap rather than waiting to see if it clears up. You're having multiple issues with her and that might clear up everything. I highly doubt it's a cricket diet issue, especially when the frogs came from petco. For the record, fresh fruits and vegetables are the perfect cricket gutload.

[irThumper]

Thumper, I would send the fecal test off asap rather than waiting to see if it clears up. You're having multiple issues with her and that might clear up everything. I highly doubt it's a cricket diet issue, especially when the frogs came from petco. For the record, fresh fruits and vegetables are the perfect cricket gutload.

Yeah, you're right... was thinking about that after I'd said it too. Now to wait for her to produce another stool sample-- and it's the weekend, oh joy. Apparently a sample will still be viable if refrigerated too, just have to make sure it stays cool in transit... how would I do that? Cool packs of some kind? Imagine I'd have to ship UPS...

Would thawed frozen broccoli and the like be ok for crickets? We have a lot of frozen broccoli/cauliflower/carrot mix in the fridge, lasts better than the fresh kind.

[LilyPad]

My crickets love broccoli. I do spinach, carrots, sweet potato, broccoli, squash, oranges, pears, apples, and etc. I try to fit a variety in there so I know that my frogs get well rounded nutrition.

[irThumper]

My crickets love broccoli. I do spinach, carrots, sweet potato, broccoli, squash, oranges, pears, apples, and etc. I try to fit a variety in there so I know that my frogs get well rounded nutrition.

Dang, we need to follow their example. Your crickets eat better than we do, lol!

How about this Vitamin A oil I keep hearing about...?