New baby/juvy American Toad (wtf?)

[Duriel]

Was taking out the trash and this little guy skittered out from under the can. I pick up my trash to take it to the curb because I am all that is man... or dragging things and making lots of noise just annoys me. Either way. If I dragged it (bout 40-50 lbs), he would be paste on my driveway (and then I'd have to fight my puppy to not eat it on walks...)

This is a little odd, because it's October and it's been pretty cold around here lately. It only got up to about 55 today. I'd expect toads to be burrowing to keep warm. He's a little under an inch, which is also strange, as I thought this species didn't breed so late in the year. Weeeeeird...

[Misschievou2]

Keep him! He is super precious <3. Plus I doubt he will make it much longer in the weather you are having. He probably was born the same time the others where but didn't get enough food so didn't grow nearly as big.

[Duriel]

Keep him! He is super precious <3. Plus I doubt he will make it much longer in the weather you are having. He probably was born the same time the others where but didn't get enough food so didn't grow nearly as big.

Oh I'm keeping him (her?). Your post (bolded part) kinda scares me though as I had an American bullfrog die (proper care etc) that was about 1/3 the size of a normal froglet (if you've seen photos of their tadpoles, you can appreciate my "wtf" on that). my parents came to visit and brought an old 10G and 20G L that were collecting dust (mostly spiders, but some dust I assume?) in the crawlspace. I'll quarantine him/her for a bit in the 10G and put it in the toad enclosure. The larger toads coexist happily with 4 random treefrogs (local... closest ID would be Cricket Treefrogs). It seems American toads are not cannibalistic (or "semi" cannibalistic, as if we were to eat Homo Erectus...). It might just be because I feed them regularly and all that, but they don't have the reputation that American bullfrogs have (I have 4).

[Duriel]

Maybe not keeping for long. He has red leg. Really slowing down. Probably won't last the day.

[Misschievou2]

Maybe not keeping for long. He has red leg. Really slowing down. Probably won't last the day.

aw... so sad.. keep me undated! poor lil dude.

[Duriel]

Odd. He "appears" to be healing. Much of the redness is gone and the string-like growth over the red has disappeared. He appropriately flees from me now and has plenty of energy. He also ate 4 small crickets. Yesterday his breathing was slow to the point I thought he was dead. Nudged him and he ended up on his back. If I poked his stomach he'd move a little and take a gasp of air. From what I've read, red leg is pretty much a death sentence. Let's see if he heals completely.