Thank you for the kind words Gail, and I'm sorry for your loss. Actually I'm surprised to hear that amphibians can become egg bound, I always thought that problem was restricted to reptiles. I'm very glad I've heard this from you though, as all my toads are female and I can now look out for this problem if it occurs in the future. And yeah, true toads are awesome . I live in Canada and we only have the American toad, but I'd love to live in a place with many different wild toads. I went on a trip to Arizona recently and couldn't believe the number of species we found in the wild.