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    Floating in water.

    Is it normal for an American toad to be completely submerged and completely stretched out just floating in the water dish?

    I panicked, dumped out the water dish and our toad panicked then. It was...
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    Best substrate for a an American Toad

    The best substrate for an American Toad?

    We had been using dirt from outside, from our (uncertified :) ) organic yard, but can't due to the weather. Also, it contains *some* sand, which I have...
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    Re: Woodhouse Toad Health Problem?

    I am very new to this, so I can't say too much, but our toad was spending long times burrowed, too, and seemingly had a poor appetite. I was very worried. We increased the temp to closer to 78F in...
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    Strike that...upon careful viewing of the Woodhouse's toad's range, I think that we are just easterly of its range.
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    Some more photos of Ted.79134
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    Fascinating about possibly being a wooodhouse toad! I will look into it. Yes, we live within that range.

    Even as a staple food, we are unsure how much nightcrawler Ted ought to be getting. Ted...
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    Thank you AAron and Bryce! Our semi-local walmart had nightcrawlers. The bait store here in our tiny town has nightcrawlers and redworms. I waited to see what walmart had before I bought anything....
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    One more question...When you say earthworm, what do you mean? We find nightcrawlers and redworms available at the bait shop. The nightcrawlers seem huge, even for Ted. In th summer, my children will...
  9. Re: Nutritional question in relation to difficult eating situation for Toad

    Why not redworms?
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    Re: Toad too fat?

    You might find the responses on my post about overfeeding a toad helpful. AAron gave me some good info. Maybe he will respond here, or possibly another knowledgable toad person. It would make sense...
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    Thanks! That's what I need to know.

    At this point, the toad eats everything we put in there very rapidly, even the 2 doz crickets when they had been available, which is why I wondered if it was...
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    Re: How much to feed American toad?

    Thanks, AAron!

    So am I overfeeding it? or is it ok?

    We can't get crickets right now locally because of the outdoor temperatures. We switched to the worms out of necessity, but Ted seems to have...
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    How much to feed American toad?

    Hi! We need assistance determining how much to feed our American toad. We call him Ted and assume its a "he".


    He currently lives in a 10 gallon aquarium with a screen lid. He has an under the...
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    Re: Overwintering american toad.

    Thanks, elly!

    We dug him out last night and put him in a smaller container, with a bunch of fruit flies and a dish of water- all in a warmer spot until we can get his tank in a more appropriate...
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    Overwintering american toad.

    We have an american toad we added to the family this June as a toadlet. We named him Ted. He quadrupled in size over the summer eating fruit flies and crickets and wild caught bugs. A few weeks ago...
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