Re: Southern Toad/American Toads hibernating or sick?
"Adding the heat ??? Just don't know. It could be confusing their biological clock since they are recently wild caught."
Yeah I woke up this morning to them all crowded in the dirt on the side of the tank where the heat pad is not, making me think the pet store advice to get the heat pad wasn't accurate. After all, it is Florida, and 70-75 during the day but down to 60 at night.
Interesting thing to note is that they all stopped eating simultaneously as the temperature dropped so it may be a hibernation thing.
"Are they digging backwards in the dirt?
Are they coming back out ,at all at night? Have you gotten up to peak?"
They dig backwards when they burrow in. They blend in and turn camouflage a little bit with surroundings too, so it's easy to lose them. Sometimes they come out at night and can be found in the morning when I wake up, and sometimes they roam during the day but not often and they never eat. Food is always in the tank's water bowl in the morning.
As for the type of toad, I'm thinking southern judging from photos looked up online, but the two are hard to tell apart. I'm also assuming the same species as they successfully have mated for about 6 days (They got the life).
"Maybe put a photo of the rest of their enclosure up?
Could they simply be in need of more vegetation, places to burrow naturally and access to a different kind of water set-up?"
Photos attached but they're hard to see. I don't have any vegetation as their tank is about 2ftx1ft or so and I don't want them too enclosed, but there's a small concrete slab for easy eating before the worms get into the soil and don't come out. Water bowl changed every other day or so and big enough to fit all three. Since substrate is dirt and almond, they can burrow no problem.
"Oh ! Welcome to Frog Forum !
Lynn"
Thank you for all your help. I just dont' want them to starve.
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