Quote Originally Posted by SethD View Post
Is he just holding his legs close to his body in a normal toad position, not moving and "playing dead" even if turned over or is he stretching his hind legs strait out behind him all stiff? The former is normal for a lot of baby toads, the later is a seizure often caused by a deficiency and stress.
no .. it's the second one. his little legs stretch out behind him and he tries to move, but can't. i don't want him to be stressed out. poor little guy. what kind of deficiency can it be? should i be dusting their fruit flies? if so, with what? when they were tadpoles, i was feeding them pieces of seaweed sheets and food called "hikari tropical first bites" for tropical fish fry. it's a powder and i read in more than one place that it's good for toad tadpoles. and how can i get him to be not stressed out so much? i've had them since they were tadpoles and handle them often, everyday .. at least i was, up until he was having his little seizure-type things .. but, since i didn't know what was causing it, i felt it was best to leave him alone for the time being until i found out what was wrong. i feel so bad for him now. any advice is appreciated.