Toad (over?)feeding video

[Maharg]

So as some of you know I have a large female Rococo Toad. She eats monstrous amounts. Crickets are useless. She can easily eat 100 and after still act like she has still been starved for weeks. Ive fed her a couple mice like the video below. After I stopped feeding I dropped in 5 Goliath Worms out of curiosity and they were all gone as they hit the tank. How often is it safe to feed mice? As you can see its barely a mouthful for her. Ive heard the risks of obesity but she is VERY active and doesnt seem obese to me. Just thick. Bare in mind this is a Rococo Toad. They are evolved to be garbage disposals. Small prey items are essentially useless to her. And get very expensive.

[Misschievou2]

damnnnn she gulped it up like it was a cricket~! I love her appetite - you must be thrilled! I've seen toads eat birds before too. There feathers are way easier to digest than feathers and they are less fattening. (Think chicken babies, goose babies, duck babies and I assume pet store birds). Aslong as the item you are feeding the lovely rococo was monitored by humans and was fed nothing poisonous or dangerous it is far game. Also anything consumable to humans at the grocery store is a good idea too! aslong as you can jiggle lets say a piece of chicken breast or flounder safely. Anything being consumed by humans is illness free BUT I would make sure nothing you feed to your frog was fed hormones or was injected with colors or dyes. . Good luck!

[Maharg]

damnnnn she gulped it up like it was a cricket~! I love her appetite - you must be thrilled! I've seen toads eat birds before too. There feathers are way easier to digest than feathers and they are less fattening. (Think chicken babies, goose babies, duck babies and I assume pet store birds). Aslong as the item you are feeding the lovely rococo was monitored by humans and was fed nothing poisonous or dangerous it is far game. Also anything consumable to humans at the grocery store is a good idea too! aslong as you can jiggle lets say a piece of chicken breast or flounder safely. Anything being consumed by humans is illness free BUT I would make sure nothing you feed to your frog was fed hormones or was injected with colors or dyes. . Good luck!

I am very thrilled. Both my Pacman and this big girl are absolutely voracious.
It probably is a good idea to try small birds but pet stores here in Calgary are fairly lacking with anything but crickets. And they are pricey! I love hornworms but the cheapest you can find them here are around 1.50-1.90 each. Nightcrawlers are around 8$ per 24 and so are a pack of 100 crickets. Ill look into small bird costs cause at the rate she is eating its costing me a minimum of close to 20$ a week for her alone!

[FriedrichsFrogs]

Holy hell that mouse was a 1/4 its size that rococo is a monster! Cant give any advice i only have FBTs i just loved the video lol

[Maharg]

Holy hell that mouse was a 1/4 its size that rococo is a monster! Cant give any advice i only have FBTs i just loved the video lol

FBTs. Hmmm. The pet store has them for only 5$ right now. Thats a good idea for a treat...LOL.




Im not serious dont worry haha

[FriedrichsFrogs]

dont think fbts would cure ur rococo's appetite if ur feeding it mice the size of my tv remote, nonetheless YOU ARE ONE SICK HUMAN BEING!

[Maharg]

Hahaha dont worry, as an amphibian lover I obviously would never do that. And besides, that mouse was only one dollar.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

a buck? its worth less than its weight in crikets

[Maharg]

Yea around a buck, buck and a half. Less then a single Hornworm. Thats why its so hard to justify buying anything else and only feeding a mouse every month like most care sheets recommend. Its just so convenient and inexpensive to give a mouse every week or two.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

wow, kinda feel bad for the mouse hes gettn the wrong end of the stick, gets raised in a lab as dinner and then isnt even worth anything

[Maharg]

Lol true. But any mouse that is purchased by me I feel is getting the best deal of all the possible fates out there. If I were the mouse, id rather be eaten up in a single gulp by my Pacman or Rococo then slowly suffocated by a snake or voilently eviscerated by a Tarantula or Centipede.


Althouh I suppose bathing in stomach acid isnt the best deal on the planet either...

[FriedrichsFrogs]

Lol true. But any mouse that is purchased by me I feel is getting the best deal of all the possible fates out there. If I were the mouse, id rather be eaten up in a single gulp by my Pacman or Rococo then slowly suffocated by a snake or voilently eviscerated by a Tarantula or Centipede.


Althouh I suppose bathing in stomach acid isnt the best deal on the planet either...

Lol as ive said, you are one sick human being. I know that feeding larger frogs + toads mice is normal but I would be afraid of the rat hurting my frog from the inside, like scratching or biting, has that ever happened? Has your rococo just started spitting blood at one point? On another note I think id rather be suffocated by a snake...maybe. Although they bite first i think + then coil their prey...yea i think im cool just being a human and avoiding all of that.

[Maharg]

Lol as ive said, you are one sick human being. I know that feeding larger frogs + toads mice is normal but I would be afraid of the rat hurting my frog from the inside, like scratching or biting, has that ever happened? Has your rococo just started spitting blood at one point? On another note I think id rather be suffocated by a snake...maybe. Although they bite first i think + then coil their prey...yea i think im cool just being a human and avoiding all of that.

Haha yes. We have it pretty good compared to feeder mice to say the least. And so far no, it hasnt been an issue for my Rococo. The mouse in the video is as large as ive ever fed her, and as you said its still only about a quarter her size. These toads, along with Pacmans and Pixies I feel are pretty safe with anything that goes down in one gulp. She is probably capable of eating a small mammal twice that size, tho I would never try it. My main concern is that fat content and risk of impaction. But you can see how filthy that water bowl is in the video, and I change is every day! Very regular bowelled Toad. No sign of impaction.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

Thats amazing how resilient they are, I guess evolution prepared them for the worst. Although ur rococo seems one of a kind, like it might take my fingers down to my knuckles, hey nothing like a good game of chicken

[Pluke]

The thing I feel worst for about mice is that they always look so hopeful when you drop them in the tank for their demise. "Oh joy a new home! Hey, what's your name?" *GULP* ..Every time. I love all animals and I know these are raised and bred to be fed to an animal, I'd just feel terrible regardless, haha. If I went to the store to buy mice for my frogs, I'd befriend them on my way home and have a hard time sending them on their mission. I'm going to have to here in a little while though. I have a couple frogs I'm trying to fatten up a bit and I'm either going to have to buy some frozen or living mice. I'd hate to buy a bag of frozen and then not have them eat it.

Anyways, cool video Maharg. You should post them on youtube. This and your pacman feeding video are good ones, better quality than most you see on youtube.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

lolol poor guys, i hear u pluke. lukily i only have to worry about crikets + worms at the moment and i have no remorse really for them. Not until i get myself a nice pac sometime in the future. Until then, eat up my children!!

[Maharg]

The thing I feel worst for about mice is that they always look so hopeful when you drop them in the tank for their demise. "Oh joy a new home! Hey, what's your name?" *GULP* ..Every time. I love all animals and I know these are raised and bred to be fed to an animal, I'd just feel terrible regardless, haha. If I went to the store to buy mice for my frogs, I'd befriend them on my way home and have a hard time sending them on their mission. I'm going to have to here in a little while though. I have a couple frogs I'm trying to fatten up a bit and I'm either going to have to buy some frozen or living mice. I'd hate to buy a bag of frozen and then not have them eat it.

Anyways, cool video Maharg. You should post them on youtube. This and your pacman feeding video are good ones, better quality than most you see on youtube.

Thanks. I actually have posted them on youtube already lol. I dont even have a computer, just a phone so this all has really been a tough task. My phone is a very high quality phone although with an HD camera so its worked out well.

[FriedrichsFrogs]

arent u special

[Maharg]

Samsung Galaxy Note represent! Its got a stylus and everything...

[FriedrichsFrogs]

lol pretty sweet