Sick Toad

[cjen19128]

I Check On My Toads Every Day I Was Gone For Two Days , Before I Left I Made Sure That They Ate Thier Usually Feeding And Made Sure They Had Extra Water. I Come Home To The One Dead And The Other One Really Sluggish . They One That Was Dead Didnt Feel Like A Dead Animal Should. Now I Know This Is Sick But I Swear To God I Love My Toads, I Really Gave It Cpr Like You Would Do A Baby And I Got It To Start Breathing Again A Little Bit And It Stayed That Way For A Least 2 Hours Then It Just Sdtopped Breathing / I Buried Him This Morning . Now Im Really Worried About The Other One She Seems A Little Bit Better Than Yesterday But I Dont Know Exactly Whats Wrong And Cant Really Find Anything On Internet Which Im Not Really Good At . Can Someone Please Help. Got Any Ideas?

 

[Mark]

I'm not sure what killed your toad. You've given us almost no information to go on. Maybe it would help if told us what species they are, how you are keeping them and what you feed them.

Please do not use a capital letter for the start of every word. It makes it very difficult read. Thanks.

 

[John]

Please learn to write correctly in English and read the forum rules regarding spelling, punctuation and grammar. You lower the tone of the site with your disregard for proper communication. Our non-native English speaking members are doing much better than the average native English speaker lately. You can do better. We've started giving negative reputation to native English speakers who do not make a real effort.

 

[MRIGUY]

Toads in general are quite hardy. To go from "normal" to sluggish and moribund in 2 days requires something significant. What type of toads were they and please provide lots of details regarding their enclosure and husbandry.

 

[MRIGUY]

I forgot to ask... CPR??

 

[findi]

sick toad

Hello,

It would be useful to have more details but one thing you might wish to check is cleanliness - toads and other amphibians can be deceiving because you rarely if ever see waste products. Never-the-less, ammonia and other toxins will build up over time, even if the substrate, such as soil or paper towels, appears "clean" to the eye. Same goes for the water bowl.

Also, toads purchased from pet stores are usually wild -caught and likely carry a variety of internal parasites. Parasites that cause few problems in the wild may kill a newly captured animal if its immune system is not working properly due to stress. Also, parasites can build up much larger populations in terrariums than in the wild, due to the enclosed space, especially if the substrate is not changed regularly.