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.