Toad Tadpole with back legs

[YogaFrog]

Great, thanks!

[kueluck]

Here's the pics of the toadlet set up. These guys are tiny, but eating the ff. The arm on the first toadlet is fine, it was just tucked under the body in the shot. The tank is a 2.5 gallon with a pair of panty hose to keep the ff inside. If you use moss from outside just make sure that all bugs are removed. One ant bit would put a hurtin' on these little ones.

[YogaFrog]

Hey! My little Wadabi is already a toadlet! His tail is just a little nub. I wrote another post freaking out about substrate, but then I remembered your pictures. So i went to whole foods and got the brown unbleached paper towels. He keeps sitting up on a perch though and i am worried about him getting too dry. I have some moss for humidity and the paper towels are damp. And do your little guys go for the fruit flies right away or do you leave them alone for a while? Thanks!

[kueluck]

You will need to mist the paper towel and have a tiny water dish for them to soak in. I use a pill bottle top cut down small enough so they can jump in and out. I have 2 containers and swap them out every other day since I have 10 toadlets and it just makes it easier. As for FF I dust with calcium one day, then multivitamin the next, then the third day no dusting. Then start over again. Some times they go for them right away, other times they ignore them. But I love watching them do their kung foo kicks on the FF when they crawl on them. Also don't spray the sides since they can then climb the water and it can be a big fall for a tiny toadlet. Yes I baby them. Also remember these are toads, they prefer their climate dryer than frogs do.


Post some pictures, I would love to see your little one.

[YogaFrog]

Thanks for all your help!! I definitely feel better about his habitat, but am concerned about his not eating. I have put couple fruit flies in and he hasn't touched them. And he has had them crawling around right in front of his face. I have seen him stick his tongue out randomly a couple of times since he morphed, but it doesn't go out very far (or it is just too fast for me to really see). I am only concerned because of how small and skinny he looks. I wonder if maybe the fruit flies are too big. Here are some pics...if you enlarge them, you can see the dates. In the first pic, Wasabi is the one on the bottom. The other one didn't really develop and started looking sickly so I released it (would rather it die in its natural habitat). Wasabi thrived as a tadpole and he was always eating. But in the last picture he looks so skinny!! I am worried!

[kueluck]

Don't worry, the toadlet looks GREAT!! Put about 10 dusted FF in at night and see what is left in the am. Also if you see poop you know something is going in, and the paper towel is great for this.

[YogaFrog]

Okay, good! Actually, when I changed the paper towel I noticed something the looked like a single uncooked rice only dark brown...I assume that is poop. And I just read (on another site) that they contract their eyes to assist in swallowing, and I noticed him doing that when I put the flies in...so maybe he slurped in a fly while I blinked haha. Perhaps he has eaten, and I just need to do a better job of counting the flies so I know for sure. Thank yo so much! I have grown so attached to him, I jus want to make sure he is ok! I too baby anything that is my responsibility