I need advice raising my toads

[nicodimus22]

However one toadlet I named baby is real small and skinny and has never ate anything. I've tried everything but not even an attempt. I finally got a flash light and a magnifying glass to see if there was something wrong with her face and it doesnt look good. I'll attach some pictures and hopefully I can get some advice. water and a q-tip doesnt seem to "wash it off". I think she never fully formed or has a disease or something. I only see one eye which still looks more tadpole than toadlet. I don't see a mouth or her left eye and the stuff is all over her face/neck. I'm not sure what to do since she has been out of the water for just over a week and never ate a thing. Please help!

Any updates on this toadlet? I've been wondering about it all day.

[Curb71]

Any updates on this toadlet? I've been wondering about it all day.

Yes actually. I took her out and tried what you said but it didnt want to come off even with a wet q-tip. I decided to get our out of the coco fiber terrarium thinking that stuff on her face could be from that substrate and the 4 other toadlets were just hoping and climbing on her and the fat one tad was starting to look at her like a meal.

I went and got a couple hand fulls of rocks about the size of the toad and cleaned and boiled them and put her in a small critter tote with water almost up to the surface of all the rocks. she finally started moving around a little more later that day that forced her in and out of the water a lot. the stuff started coming off her face and later that night I noticed the face had cleared up a lot.

This morning I checked her out and her face looked great. looked normal. still so skinny it was a surprise she was alive. I put a fruit fly in there and she actually made a attempt. followed it a little, struck at it and missed by a mile. But at least then I knew she had a working tongue and mouth and appetite! I changed the rocks around so there were only a few small ones sticking out of the water and the fruit fly could no longer climb up the side of the cage and leave cause it was stranded ontop of a small rock in the middle of the cage surrounded by water. baby swam over and climbed up and after a couple tries got the fly and took it down. Maybe I'm crazy, but I think I saw a tiny little smile after that and she already looks normal instead of anorexic. first meal since removed from the water 10 days ago. sitting up like a healthy little toadlet with her head up high which is also a first.

[nicodimus22]

Awesome!

Time to fatten it up!

[Curb71]

a sad update...
baby gave up today. only had 1 fruit fly in the 15 days out of water and that must of been enough to through in the towel. I always had doubts since she came out of the water. she always looked a lot more tadpole like then the other toadlets. she was always to weak and never seemed to form perfectly. R.I.P. little baby

So now Im down to 4. Tad who is a cow and the other 3, all of which are doing great. Here's a video I made yesterday of Tad having a fly.
YouTube - ‪tad eating a fruit fly‬‏
And here's Tad in 1080p!
YouTube - ‪sdafg‬‏

[LilyPad]

I'm sorry The other 4 are looking good though.

[nicodimus22]

Sorry to hear that. At least the other ones seem to be doing well!

[Rat The Unloved]

Was that The Cure I heard? Nice video!

[Curb71]

Was that The Cure I heard? Nice video!

sure was you sure know your Cure. Or have Shazaam.

[Rat The Unloved]

I know my Cure.

It's good to see other people raising toadlets.