Hi all,
Luckily I work at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital, so we were able to post (autopsy) our little Frog (Gorf) and read tissues under the microscope.
Here's what we found:
His intestine was extremely impacted with substrate. I was told by an exotic veterinarian that frogs will often "invert" their stomaches to clear them of any debris acquired during the feeding process. And, indeed, our little frog did so frequently after eating.
After examining the intestine under a dissection microscope, we found 100's (literally) of undigested coconut husk fibers (same as what an "unpeeled" coconut" looks like). They had wound themselves not only through the semi-digested cricket parts, but throughout and inside of the intestine walls, open space, and colon.
Tissues examined under the microscope found fibers actually "imbedded" into the intestine walls themselves.
Is this something that happens often with pacman(men?) frogs? If so, what substrate do you suggest?
Luckily I work at a Veterinary Teaching Hospital, so we were able to post (autopsy) our little Frog (Gorf) and read tissues under the microscope.
Here's what we found:
His intestine was extremely impacted with substrate. I was told by an exotic veterinarian that frogs will often "invert" their stomaches to clear them of any debris acquired during the feeding process. And, indeed, our little frog did so frequently after eating.
After examining the intestine under a dissection microscope, we found 100's (literally) of undigested coconut husk fibers (same as what an "unpeeled" coconut" looks like). They had wound themselves not only through the semi-digested cricket parts, but throughout and inside of the intestine walls, open space, and colon.
Tissues examined under the microscope found fibers actually "imbedded" into the intestine walls themselves.
Is this something that happens often with pacman(men?) frogs? If so, what substrate do you suggest?