If a species is referred to as 'common toad' or '(place name) toad' and are known for being squished on suburban roads, chances are they're really underrated and often make good pets. Turns out that the kinds of toads that thrive in suburbia also tend to thrive in captivity. Around here it's the coastal plains toad AKA gulf coast toad (Incilius nebulifer), and cane toads (Bufo marinus) are native just a few hours drive away too. Cane toads are super underrated as pets, just watch out for the toxin cause it'll put you in the hospital.
Aside from being used to being fed in captivity, they also lose the gut flora that protects them from wild parasites and diseases after about month indoors.
That was actually a really informative video. American toads make THE best amphibian pet. They are extremely hardy, and edaptable, compared to any reptile, amphibian, or aquarium fish I've ever kept. They are affordable to keep, easy to feed.
I recently lost my whites frog to red leg. When I’m ready I wanna get an American toad. I don’t wanna steal a baby toad from its family. I don’t want to take one from its parents or something and make it’s parents sad. I know they probably don’t care but yeah.
most baby american toads don’t make it to adults because they don’t have families. the eggs are laid an then left to hatch. no need to feel bad about it. you can also release your toads once they reach adulthood so they can continue breeding unless it’s become too domesticated and is just hanging out in the open
I have about 60 toad tadpoles that I rescued from a large puddle that was drying up. Several have developed their rear legs now. I plan to release them on to my property if I can get them to the toad stage.
I have two wild caught male toads. One I could tell was smaller and struggling, but was living in the same area with a buddy so I decided it was best to take both in, as they were both young. They have both been eating like champs for many months, but now the one that I found originally that had seemed to be struggling is on a hunger strike for about 2-3 weeks now, and I’m getting very worried :( any tips or tricks on how to get them to eat? I’ve tried waxworms, mealworms, red wigglers, and crickets with and without calcium and vitamin supplements.
These people talking about adult toads eating "fruits and vegetables", must be confused. Tadpoles eat algae, and very young toadlets CAN eat vegetation as well as fruit, however this is not the "primary" source of nutrition. Once these toads reach the juvenile state they are completely carnivorous.
I think people relate that to them living near gardens. I have loads in my garden that eat the pest bugs. So it makes sense on why people could put that together 🤷🏼♀️ it’s natural pesticides I don’t have really any food eaten from bugs ever since they moved in.
We have them in my yard, ( I live in a swampy area). We see the larger ones eating the smaller ones at times. though mostly we find them eating ants, slugs, spiders, worms, pill bugs (isopods), earwigs, so on. My sons one eats bugs only, though my son calls the isopods his toads "cookies".
@@woodslore8537 I haven’t seen frog on frog action but in Indiana I find mine in the garden mostly because my plants attract loads of grass hoppers bugs ect. They hang around there I actually had LT as a wild before his leg got broken so I made him a house pet. He used the sidewalk up to my house then followed the back yard path. I love LT he hates me still but I love him
@@abby3373 it's weird to see. You have the smaller AT and peepers come out. Then you get the bigger ones (like the size of my hand) come out and they will grab one of the other ones. Where I live we only have Eastern American Toads for toads. So I'm guessing the larger toads are either invasive or just large AT.
Just found two dime sized babies in my back yard on Saturday. Seen bigger ones in past but thought nothing of it, now thinking, I know my back yard floods during rain, and I’m guessing they lurk around these areas, also have a ditched area that flood past my back yard, I’m sure there’s a bunch of them there 💪🏽
What if your toad gets sick out of knowhere and gets a orange red wrinkled skin and dies. That is what happened to a couple of my toads and there is litterally no information about this illness online and it's really irritating because I can't do anything about it
important question! need to know ASAP! Once the tadpoles go to land and become toadlets, what should you do about food? We have toads living around our property. An adult female was fully eaten by a snake, and then spit the toad out. The toad survived the horrible ordeal, so we one by one picked the maggots off her and she's now fully healed after about 8-10 months. A male toad came onto our property and they got it on! Long story short, now we have tadpoles in a baby pool outside. Once they change into toadlets, they are so small, we can't find much for food. What do you recommend. Thanks
Hmm if they are in the wild they should be able to find food for themselves.. but if there is some not doing as well you could cut up very small pieces of earth worms, and maybe the smallest dubia roaches
This is the 2nd year I’ve watched over baby toads, and I’ve learned it’s better to let them go freely. The babies that we kept wouldn’t grow fast enough, and the ones we let go we’d find in our garden and they would be much bigger. However, I have a “sanctuary” that I built that’s basically a fenced in garden and they do ok. It’s big enough that they don’t feel contained. I got the fruit flies, and that did help. We had a 2 1/2 ft snake try to get in the sanctuary a few weeks ago but failed. I know it’s part of nature, and the snake needs to eat as well. He’s just not getting any of my babies, he can go elsewhere!
Do you know anything about sudden front legs weakness in American Toads? I found the smaller of my two toads lying on its back under the lamp about a week ago. It was getting dehydrated, so I hydrated and isolated it but it seems to suffer from front legs weakness. It can't turn back around if it's on its back, and its front legs will end up under it like dead weight if it tries to move forward. But it's still able to move them (including the fingers), albeit weakly. I'm really at a loss about what's happening to it. I had just introduced Multivitamin 2 days earlier, and it had been getting Cal+VitD every meal for at least a month. I continued with them for a few days, but haven't given it supplements for the past 5 days. I was thinking maybe hypervitaminosis D3 from too much Cal+VitD? Maybe it somehow broke a bone, like its clavicle? Any help you could provide would be appreciated. If it doesn't improve in the next 1-2 weeks, I might go see a veterinarian.
Look into hyperparathyroidism. This is also referred to as, "rubber bone disease". It is common in reptiles and amphibians that have a calcium phosphorus ratio that's off. I'm not a veterinarian. I'm a licensed vet tech. I would have your pet evaluated by a professional and his/her diet looked at. Let me know how it turns out! Good luck;)
@@heatherangel7703 Thanks, but it ended up dying... Couldn't find a vet that treated toads in my area. It wasn't eating so in the last few months I had to manually feed it. I was hoping it would end up healing, but I think it got an abcess on its flank and died. Still don't know why it lost use of its front legs.
I have owned American toads for many years, if you feed them vegetables or fruit it will not hurt the animal, toads are insectivorous but not “purely”. i personally feed mine meal worms and wax worms because it is a better diet for them. unlike dogs who are allergic to chocolate, American toads are not allergic to fruits and vegetables, it’s just unlikely that they will eat them because it’s not a moving insect. your videos are helpful on pet care keep up the good work!
Fruit will cause issues when eaten.It will give them diarrhea, and/or induce vomiting, causing them dehydration and possibly internal erosion and bleeding. In fact, any time you give an animal any food that is outside of their normal diet, it will cause these or similar symptoms due to their bodies not knowing how to process foods outside of what its body is designed to process. Many animals, including humans. Can develop a tolerance for and even adapt to different diets over time. However, toads, and many others most likely will die of their reactions before even reaching that point. It is better safe than sorry to just simply say not to feed toads fruits and other foods outside of their natural diets.
I have 4 American Toads, I plan on keeping them in the house through the winter and back out in my man cave type garage in the warmer months. The lowest temp in my basement in the colder months that I will be keeping them in is right around 64 degrees. Their substrate will be either coconut fiber or cypress mulch. Will 64 be too cold for them? I can slide a heating pad under them. Plus they will be in a 40 gallon tank.
hi! i know this comment isn't about toads but i'm looking into getting a crested gecko but i'm not sure if it would be a good idea too since i'm still in school and wouldn't be home all day to care for it do you have any advice? Also i have done tons of research on them and know that they don't need much attention but i'm just worried haha
My daughter caught 2 toads one was a rescue and she felt to get another for company . Anyways we’ve had these 2 toads all summer and they get mealie worms or outside insects that my daughter catches for them . Seeing it’s late September and the temperature is dropping and a few days our home was colder than usual and anyways 1 toad was completely burrowed and not moving and it’s been a few hours and it’s still not moving . Is this toad in that state of sleeping so to speak I forgot what hibernation is called for toads but I’m so upset because I honestly didn’t want her to keep them in captivity I felt it was cruel to do but she is so strong minded . Did this toad die and it’s still not moving so i honestly have no idea what happened and the other toad is fine although neither toad has wanted to eat as much or not at all and actually seem frightened of the mealie worms . Lmk what you think and she also mentioned releasing the toads but after watching your video I don’t really think that’s a great idea seeing you specified a few weeks that they shouldn’t be released outside as they are now used to being fed and won’t go back to their normal selves . Lmk about this too . Thanks 😊
I rescued mine from the highway at night it was raining , they were crossing the road and there were dead ones everywhere, I couldnt leave them rip I named them gamakichi and gamabunta
I recently rescued a baby toad from outside...I’ve had him in a properly set up environment for about 4-5 days now and he just doesn’t seem to want to eat..any advice you can possibly give? I’ve tried crickets, mealworms and small red worms, the ones u usually use for fishing lol...he seems comfortable just doesn’t want to eat what so ever
I’d like to think pac attack would also work as a treat for the American toad. My Pac-Man gets it sometimes as a treat item it’s made for frogs so I’d assume a toad could have it too? I’m also gonna start using repashy supplements I’ll have a dragon I have a frog and now my new toad. Seeing as it’s safe for both frogs and dragons I’d also like to include it into my toads diet
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