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[kueluck]

Moved the lima beans, which are starting to look more like limes now, back into the exo terra but in easy to clean form. Nothing is going to be planted until I get 3 negative fecal reports.


Rufus (one on right) showed up today, ate a few dusted roaches and just hangin' out at this point. Rufus is my favorite Bufo. Morph is just such.....well she's a Southern Toad and not as friendly. I love the Fowlers.

[yoshimi]

Moved the lima beans, which are starting to look more like limes now, back into the exo terra but in easy to clean form. Nothing is going to be planted until I get 3 negative fecal reports.


Rufus (one on right) showed up today, ate a few dusted roaches and just hangin' out at this point. Rufus is my favorite Bufo. Morph is just such.....well she's a Southern Toad and not as friendly. I love the Fowlers.

I only see 2, but there's something about a frog from the back (talkin bout the little one) that is just too cute. Have you gotten any negative fecals yet? Since I want to keep Banjo, I really should see if there's a herp vet nearby. Haven't gotten 2nd toad yet, this guy keeps claiming I'm the one he'll give her to, asked me when I was available to pick her up and I told him, but he never got back to me. I'm keeping on him anyway. Emailed him today to tell the news of my 1st litter of baby dubia roaches (FINALLY). Do you breed or just keep your red runners as feeders? I was beginning to think it'd never happen, that that all my preggo roaches would abort, so yesterday I purchased some, cuz he hasn't had roaches for a while, and it was a good deal. Then this morning, there they were. http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...tml#post165497 YAAYYY! I probably asked before, but have your frogs tried dubia? Banjo just loves them, and I'm too skittish to feed anything with "runner" in the name.

Didn't know toads could be "friendly"... The guy from craigslist claims his toad doesn't mind being handled, and I've heard of toads who would come up to the front of the tank for feeding or whatever, but Banjo ducks when he sees me. :/ that's ok, cuz he'll eat a cricket from my (clean) hand. And I would duck too, if a giant toad was looking in my window.

Banjo has the stripe down the back like a fowler's, but the spotted belly and warts of an eastern american. I'd have to get a good look at potential new toad to tell which it was. She (almost positive it's a she) was found in NH, and Fowler's can be found as far north as southern NH, so maybe. They can live together so it's ok either way.

The guy hasn't said anything about her hibernating, and Banjo's been awake, eating and growing, all winter long. Morph went down for the winter too? I know I have so many questions, (won't ask about the other little ones) but I just can't figure it. How are toads further south going to bed, and ones up in MA having insomnia. Maybe cuz it was Banjo's 1st winter, and he spent it inside, that he didn't know he was supposed to. Well that would just mean I keep him forever. Can't have him wandering out there alone in a blizzard next winter. I know he'd figure out what to do, but I just want to keep him anyway.

Your updates are always interesting. So they provoke a novel from me..

[kueluck]

There are 3 beans in the tank. I check all the time, just looking and starring at them. I'm off on Fridays so I spend most of the day watching tanks. 2 frog tanks, 1 toad tank, and 1 snake cage & attempt to clean the house, do laundry blah blah blah.

I don't have the fecal rechecked until March 22^nd, that's when the Vet wants them. The poop is looking a lot more normal now, and there isn't that spoiled rotten smell either.

I don't raise feeders, tried it, pain the butt, easier to just order from Feeder Source.

Get some good clear top photos of Banjo, then we can identify what kind of toad he is, besides being a cutie.

My toads usually go down for a few months in late fall, early winter even though I keep their lighting 12 on/ 12 off. Temps & humidity stay the same, guess they just can't fight their internal clock.

My Rufus has always been the most “friendly” toad out of the bunch. He will climb up into my hand, then climb my arm and just sit there. He's my boy and I love himdearly. During the summer I take them outside to hop around in the grass and during the cold days I give them a leg stretch down the hallway for exercise. They are housed in a 40 gallon breeder tank which gives them enough room, but I still like to let them get a good hopping work out.

I only see 2, but there's something about a frog from the back (talkin bout the little one) that is just too cute. Have you gotten any negative fecals yet? Since I want to keep Banjo, I really should see if there's a herp vet nearby. Haven't gotten 2nd toad yet, this guy keeps claiming I'm the one he'll give her to, asked me when I was available to pick her up and I told him, but he never got back to me. I'm keeping on him anyway. Emailed him today to tell the news of my 1st litter of baby dubia roaches (FINALLY). Do you breed or just keep your red runners as feeders? I was beginning to think it'd never happen, that that all my preggo roaches would abort, so yesterday I purchased some, cuz he hasn't had roaches for a while, and it was a good deal. Then this morning, there they were. http://www.frogforum.net/food-feeder...tml#post165497 YAAYYY! I probably asked before, but have your frogs tried dubia? Banjo just loves them, and I'm too skittish to feed anything with "runner" in the name.

Didn't know toads could be "friendly"... The guy from craigslist claims his toad doesn't mind being handled, and I've heard of toads who would come up to the front of the tank for feeding or whatever, but Banjo ducks when he sees me. :/ that's ok, cuz he'll eat a cricket from my (clean) hand. And I would duck too, if a giant toad was looking in my window.

Banjo has the stripe down the back like a fowler's, but the spotted belly and warts of an eastern american. I'd have to get a good look at potential new toad to tell which it was. She (almost positive it's a she) was found in NH, and Fowler's can be found as far north as southern NH, so maybe. They can live together so it's ok either way.

The guy hasn't said anything about her hibernating, and Banjo's been awake, eating and growing, all winter long. Morph went down for the winter too? I know I have so many questions, (won't ask about the other little ones) but I just can't figure it. How are toads further south going to bed, and ones up in MA having insomnia. Maybe cuz it was Banjo's 1st winter, and he spent it inside, that he didn't know he was supposed to. Well that would just mean I keep him forever. Can't have him wandering out there alone in a blizzard next winter. I know he'd figure out what to do, but I just want to keep him anyway.

Your updates are always interesting. So they provoke a novel from me..

[kueluck]

And this is just another reason why you should wash your hands after handling your frogs.


Jewels thought I was lunch.

[yoshimi]

Ouch. Nice shot tho.
I'm pretty certain Banjo is an Eastern American, he's got one or two warts per black spot. The other toad has more black on her so it's hard to tell, but she has the cranial ridge shape of an Eastern American. Banjo's is less defined. Not that it matters, any other type is unlikely to make it up here. And she's still somebody else's pet... for now. I'll see if I can snap a good pic later. I hate to use flash on him, so I usually take pics through tank walls with macro, and out of 10 I get maybe 4 decent shots.

[kueluck]

I’m taking Shadrack into a new Vet tomorrow. His fecal matter is still like pudding, which I was able to get a good fresh sample Saturday, AND found a Vet within 20 min that knows reptiles and amphibians. He’s still putting on weight, eating like crazy & acting normal, but the fecal has me concerned.