Quote Originally Posted by Poly View Post
No offence, but that is why you do research, and lots of it, before taking the animal out of it's natural enviroment, and placing it in captivity. Besides it is better to take a juvenile WC amphibain over a sub adult or an adult, as the juvenile will adapt more quickly to life in captivity and grow up "knowing it" per say, where as a WC adult has grown up knowing the wild. It looks to me, that all of your toads are sub adults.

When you noticed one was eating less frequently, if you had done the proper research, you would have known to take it out, place it in a quarantine tank for a week or two to monitor it's food intake, actions, etc.

There are far to many WC (most of the time WC) amphibains on this site dying, and it being excused as "It was my ignorance" but "I learned something". If research is done ahead of time, before the animal is captured there should be no reason for it's death.

Too many people are learning from the death of their animals when they could learn before they get them and subsequently prevent their pet's death by caring for it properly.

I guarantee that toad would have lived much longer in the wild, which brings up another point, toad's arn't social, so that's why it had to compete for food.

I don't mean to give you a speach, but all it would have taken were a couple hours of reading before you got your toads and they would most likely all still be alive.

Royce
hm...love the 'no offense' at the beginning but then the obvious digs to make me feel like **** that continuted after.......thats super beneficial, thanks.

Royce, I appreciate your obvious passion and love for these animals. I understand your frustration and respect your knowledge. I am not proud of being one of the masses that does it backwards and does the research after the fact. That is not how I normally act. I have no excuses, I know I am at fault and it isn't something I take lightly.

POSITIVE SIDE NOTE: I am happy to report that my toads have been given a clean bill of health by Dr. Kevin Fitzgerald. They are being watched like hawks by me now.