Can I feed my toad "Super Worms?"

[arielgasca420]

I have thought of another feeding question to ask you guys, so I though I would tack it onto the last one and hopefully someone will take a look and maybe have an answer

I have had my toad (about 4 inches) for only a few weeks. The first week he didn't seem interested in eating anything but he's finally started eating and boy is he hungry! Two days ago he ate 4 earth worms about 4-6 inches long. Yesterday he ate 3 super worms (I chopped their heads off and gave them to him with tongs) along with 2 medium/large crickets, and today he ate 6 medium/large crickets dusted with calcium and D13.

Should I keep feeding him if he's willing to eat or should I only offer food once every 2 days or so? Do I need to buy additional supplements to dust his food with? The crickets are being gut loaded with carrots, broccoli, dry dog food, and tropical fish flakes. How often do adult toads need their food to be dusted?

Sorry for my million questions. This is the first adult toad I've ever had and I'm just starting to learn about supplements and diets for large frogs.

This is a tough question because I am assuming the toad is wild caught. If you are not sure on dusting than I wouldnt dust at for now. less is more and you can over dust. If you are gutloading your crickets than there is no real need for dusting. I never dusted my wild caught western toad because I wasnt sure how it would react to him anatomically.

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This is a tough question because I am assuming the toad is wild caught. If you are not sure on dusting than I wouldnt dust at for now. less is more and you can over dust. If you are gutloading your crickets than there is no real need for dusting. I never dusted my wild caught western toad because I wasnt sure how it would react to him anatomically.

Okay good point, I never thought of the fact that a wild toad might react differently. He is not longer going through any growth spurts so I'll assume he's getting some nutrition from the crickets for now

Any idea how often/how much I should be feeding him? I've heard before that it's difficult to overfeed toads but I don't want to end up hurting him. I know chitin can be harmful...

[arielgasca420]

Okay good point, I never thought of the fact that a wild toad might react differently. He is not longer going through any growth spurts so I'll assume he's getting some nutrition from the crickets for now

Any idea how often/how much I should be feeding him? I've heard before that it's difficult to overfeed toads but I don't want to end up hurting him. I know chitin can be harmful...

feed one every week. feed crickets and earth worms every two days. earthworms are the most nutritious in my opinion