Ack! Lump ate an Orange Cube

[Baelari]

So, I placed an orange cube in with Lump to keep the couple of crickets in his tank from nibbling on him overnight, and now the cube is gone. I don't think the crickets could have devoured the entire cube, so I'm assuming Lump missed a cricket who was eating, and got the cube itself. I'm hoping that since it's basically just vegetable matter and protein, Lump will be able to digest it and just poop it out, but is there anything I should do to help him out?

[LilyPad]

Yikes!!! My guess, is that since that is what is in all the cricket's stomachs that he eats, it should be okay except for maybe some diarrhea? I'm not sure!! Good luck though!!

[Baelari]

The cubes are pretty squishy and soft, and frogs can digest things like mouse bones, so I'm thinking he won't get impacted. Lump is completely buried in his substrate, like he usually does after a big meal, so we'll see how it goes. I think I'm going to chop cricket food into little bitty bits before I stick it in his tank from now on.

[LilyPad]

That's probably a good idea, or just stick some fish food crunchies in there, the crickets will go after that too and that shouldn't hurt him.

[5280]

Should be fine, my advice would be to monitor him/her closely and react accordingly. Good luck, hope the situation turns out alright.

[DVirginiana]

He'll probably be fine. I'd just keep a close eye on him for awhile, but I don't think there's anything to worry about. Hm.. I've heard of people also using oatmeal flakes for the crickets.