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  1. Spadefootaholic

    Hi, my name is Lindsay, and I am a spadefootaholic.

    I am sure you've probably figured that much out about me if you've ever as much as looked at my profile picture or looking at anything I ever posted. In the real world, I happily discuss them all the time. I am working on getting into grad school so I can work with spadefoots, and of COURSE my thesis project will be on spadefoots. My undergrad thesis was on spadefoots. It's one of the first things I ever mention, and I even have gone ...
  2. *Facepalm*

    As I was getting ready to give The Colony new water and food, I saw this in the water dish and had to take a picture:

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    There is so much wrong with this picture, that I don't even know where to start.

    As far as the "chain" goes, this isn't the first time this has happened. My toads seem to enjoy amplexus in threes. Worse yet, the middle toad is Precious, who is female (she is full of eggs) and the one in front is Snodgrass, ...
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  3. The best substrate for spadefoots

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    I have been keeping spadefoots for about 6 years now. My collection currently consists of New Mexico Spadefoots (spea multiplicata), Plains Spadefoots (spea bombifrons), Couch's Spadefoots (scaphiopus couchii) and Eastern Spadefoots (scaphiopus holbrookii). Unfortunately, I have learned that spadefoots are not common in the pet trade. Because of this, I've encountered a lot of trial and error when it came to housing spadefoots. They're burrowing toads, ...