Fire Bellied Toad Age

[jen63]

OMG!!! 21!!! Fantastic!!! I really want to see a pic of your tank!! My toads are 8yrs old, they live in a un heated tank with gravel, basking areas and 2 deep ponds. Would really like to know your secret as 21 is a fab age Well done. x

Hi Samantha
As you can see from the date, I did that post 2 years ago, but both my toads are still going strong! I know for sure the date I got my first, from a pet shop, as I was in my second year at Uni. I got the second to keep him company a few months later.
Here's some pics I've just taken

The tank is 30" long by 12" by 12". It has ordinary compost base with moss and ivy growing on it. There's a flat stone where I put the small earthworms they eat, to stop them wriggling away too quick. The toads jump out of the pond and on to the rock when I move the lid, ready for food!

They have one, shallow pond, and I only feed them earthworms. I had to try waxworms and mealworms in the summer, when I couldn't find any earthworms, but they didn't like them.

They have a small overhead bulb on each evening. That's basically all I do, apart from keep the water clean. They're so easy. I would have liked to breed them, but mine are both males. (They both jump on each other occassionally).

[Mentat]

Very nice tank Jen ! Your 19 and the OP's 21 year old FBTs are really long lived frogs .