My firebellied toad is half pacman frog?

[John]

It sounds to me like you're not providing the correct temperature and humidity requirements of the toads. What are the conditions in the terrarium.

[mafoo]

humidity is 35% right now and its usualy close to that and temperature is 23.C or 65.F and hes not hiding to much anymore but most of the time he is still hiding in a corner and not being active like the other one. one day he was active and that was a day before a storm so that explains that. i think he is eating because the crickets are disapearing fast and i know 1 frog cant eat that much. also i use the glass bowl trick so i know if the crickets are dieing or getting eaten

[Poly]

humidity is 35% right now and its usualy close to that and temperature is 23.C or 65.F and hes not hiding to much anymore but most of the time he is still hiding in a corner and not being active like the other one. one day he was active and that was a day before a storm so that explains that. i think he is eating because the crickets are disapearing fast and i know 1 frog cant eat that much. also i use the glass bowl trick so i know if the crickets are dieing or getting eaten

Your humidity is way too low, should be 75 to 90%. Your temperatures should be 70 to 80F, 65 is a bit too low for them to be "comfortable". Can you post a photo of their set-up for further reference?

[mafoo]

ok im going to give the tank a good misting and put the heat mat on and see what that does. it just scares me with the heatmat because my frog keeps hiding right beside the glass where the heatmat is, so im probaly going to move it up in a second. also heres a picture of my setup just like you wanted!

[Poly]

Put the heat mat under the tank, this will stop the toad from burning it's self.
For now, I would remove the light, until you can get the humidity back up to an adiquate level. I know FBT's like to occasionally bask, but they can certainly live without the light for a while.

That lid you have isn't helping either, a screen lid for a high humidity tank just won't work, try getting another lid such as an aquarium hood (with built in light, for a light use a Zoo-Med Nature sunlight bulb), this will hold the humidity much better.

Also, for FBT's you want more of an aquitic set-up, the set-up you have is "okay" but not great for firebellies. Try a 60-40 setup, 60% land and 40% water actually using the tank to retain the water rather than a bowl, just take a look at some of the terrariums people on this site have for firebellies, and you will see what I mean.

~Royce

[mafoo]

that has been my plan on what to do for a long time just i dont got the money to set up something like that and the tank i got isnt meant to hold water so i got it planned that ill get that as a christmas present from my parents for sure. ill look into the aquarium hood next time im in the pet store and ill just hope they have one! thanks for the help!

[missfrogger]

there's ways around spending a whole lot on a fbt setup. a 10g tank at petsmart is around $13, one with an aquarium lid i think is in the $20 range. a piece of plexiglass is under $5 (i'm rounding up cause i don't remember exactly) at lowe's, aquarium sealant i think is under $10 (again, rounding up).

you could also check on craigslist in your area - ours usually has some pretty good deals for tanks.