Hello all, meet my american toad friend, Banjo.

[yoshimi]

i thought the same thing about needing a poo after i took pic. gave him warm water soak, think all he did was pee. then when i woke up this morning he was sitting in food bowl which always makes me feel bad for him, cuz i know nothing's going to just appear in there. so a few more crickets and fresh warm water bath. i shouldn't be feeding him if i'm not sure if he's going. took a flashlight to his burrow and didn't see anything. putting honey on shopping list. what else works as toad laxative?

and you guys are so awesome and lucky to find baby toads and release them without having a breakdown about it. i just never see them unless i'm in a car and i've lived here for 5yrs.

still unsure about letting him go in the spring. we have a nature trail where he'd be safe from cars if he stays off the roads (found him on sidewalk), and lawnmowers, but not nature itself. of course i'd rather he be eaten then smooshed before his time. brings me back to thinking that with me, he's safe. no badgers or snakes here, just 2 cats who'd get the fur beaten off of them if they messed with him. and of course me, who is likely his biggest threat. but i have the rest of the winter to love him without having to think about saying good bye.

UPDATE: another warm water bath and he pooped out 12 more phoenix worms and 2 were still wriggling in the water. wtheck?? there were a few casings but mostly whole worms. it's my fault cuz i thought i could dust them with reptivite and not waste them, but that was days ago and i don't recall giving him 12. so no, they're going into the freezer to die along with the cup of poop water. feel bad for them, but worse for my toad who was walking around with them in his belly.