CPR for a toadlet from a new guy

[mikeytoads]

hi all.
new to this site fella here, glad to find a forum of this nature. (bad pun intended)
kept toads for many many years, couple huge RES turtles also live with me, along with cats, dogs, fish, mice and a horse, all rescue animals.
not too long ago i rescued a pantload of t'poles from a tire rut, approx 300.
i gave 50ish to a friend, kept the rest.
but for under 10 remaining toadpoles, they've all become toadlets with almost no mortality at all.
anyway, i'd been keeping my eye on a couple who were about ready to start enjoying air over water but i got called out to rescue a monstrous snapping turtle.
i get home and sure enough, one of the two changelings was blue/grey, stiff, and dead on the bottom of the tank.
i netted him but knew it hadn't been really long so i started ultra gentle chest compressions with a finger and blowing air in his face.
after about 15 minutes his tiny arm twitched.
few minutes later he was semi conscious.
when he wasn't wobbly i put him into the dry tank with his siblings and observed for a while.
after 20 or so more minutes he walked off and became lost in the crowd.
see pics of the zombie toadlet, the turtlesaurus rescue and the crowd.

[mikeytoads]

as the toadlets grew, i split them in half by size and started a second toadrium.
i'm happy to say they are THRIVING!
there are three left in the small tank who eat, poop, act normal but simply are not growing - like zero growth since becoming a toad.
idk what's up with that but they'll live here as long as needed to have a good chance once set free, or forever if they stay tiny.
come chow time, seeing 200 back toes twitching all at once is seriously hysterical.
toadlets are the cutest things ever.

[DC101]

Don't worry about the 3 that didn't grow, its normal. A pet shop in which i bought my frogs frog had heaps that matured late.

Wow, thats a lot of frogs. You much have done well!

[mikeytoads]

sadly, the two that wouldn't grow have gone on to toad heaven despite my best efforts.
however, the rest are kickin *** and taking names.
i've got them on mealworms now as well as flies and they are growing astoundingly fast and fat; many look like beachballs with little heads.
watching them wrestle a worm near as big as they are is good entertainment and they really love the mealies; some even get grabbed out of midair as i drop them in.
i see a possible football scholarship in their future, which is awesome because paying for college for 200 toads would wipe me out.
several are getting big enough that they've begun digging their own foxholes vs using existing cover to hide under.
i'd planned to begin letting them go by now but our republican-sponsored global warming heat wave episode is preventing that for now.
even our adult wild yard toads are only coming out on cooler nights; when it sits at 90 degrees plus they stay underground.