fish or frog?

[S13]

Awesome!

[firebellygirl]

Day 4-

I came home today and found eggs in the new tank I moved the adults into! I do not know what I am going to do with all these toads! I am going to have to split the adults up if the continue to breed. I don't know what I did to cause them to breed after all these years.. I thought that you have to cool them 3 months in order for them to breed. Well mine have proved me wrong! so anyway, here is a pic from today of my tads and another of the new eggs.

[S13]

Day 4-

I came home today and found eggs in the new tank I moved the adults into! I do not know what I am going to do with all these toads! I am going to have to split the adults up if the continue to breed. I don't know what I did to cause them to breed after all these years.. I thought that you have to cool them 3 months in order for them to breed. Well mine have proved me wrong! so anyway, here is a pic from today of my tads and another of the new eggs.

You might have played Marvin Gaye's "Lets Get It On" around them quite a few times LOL

Looks like you have a handful to handle D: Tell you what, once they are mature enough to ship out, I'll pay for shipping and you can send me however many would fit in a 20 gal long. Only other thing I could suggest is offering them up for grabs here on the forum, maybe local pet shop can take'em off your hands for a good price? I'm not sure on how that works, or maybe even craigslist.

[firebellygirl]

Yeah- I was going to talk to the pet stores in the area. They seem to always be out of fire belly toads, so I am hoping I can make a deal of some sort with them. I also have people on this forum interested. I am just worried about feeding them all once theybecome froglets. I have read alot on shipping and it is recommended to wait 1 month after the toads come on land to ship. They seem to handle the shipping better. I always seems to over analyse things. I guess I will take it 1 day at a time and worry about feeding them all when the time comes. I have been pricing places online to order pinhead crickets from when the time comes. I hope my toads are done laying eggs. I hope they realize how much they are stressing me out. They can wash their hands of all their babies while I am stuck raising the little buggers! lol! I have also read where only about half make it to become froglets. still, that is like 50 at the moment. I think I need to sit down and have a talk with my fertile froggies. Does this mean they are going to breed every year from now on. I guess I can separate them, but I feel bad about doing that. They have all lived together for years.

[firebellygirl]

I just had another thought. I could become the "Crazy Frog Lady". Kinda like the crazy cat lady, but with frogs. lol! I wonder when Petco is having their next $1 a gallon sale! I could buy a million 20 gallons and keep 5-6 froggies in each one! Lol!

[Amphibious]

Way cool! If all the young aren't signed away to pet shops or members I may be interested.

[firebellygirl]

I need to see how many make it! I have read not to ship until a month after they turn into toadlets. Iwill keep you in mind.

[firebellygirl]

Day 24-

[firebellygirl]

just realized one of the smaller tadpoles has his front legs! why wouls the smaller one have all its legs, but the larger ones only have their back!? guess I need to order my pinhead crickets/fruit flies.he still has alot of his tail, so I have a few days.

[firebellygirl]

should I separate the ones with all their legs from the ones with only hind legs? can the ones with all their legs but still have tails breathe air?

[firebellygirl]

day 25
I lost about half my tadpoles/toadlets over night. i have about 20 or so left. I don't know what happened. today I took out all the tadpoles/toadlets and cleaned the tank and put the survivors back in. what could have happened? they have been doing great. I hope the others survve. now I am worried the others aren't going to make it.