My Experience With Breeding Colorado River Toads

[demon amphibians]

That is a really cool experiment and very educational. Sounds like you put a lot of work into it. I soon hope to breed my cane toads which i believe i may have to do something very similar. what i found during my extensive research is that the size of habitat that is required to breed them is very important. I found that you will need something much larger. I am talking about swimming pool large. Maybe what you could also do differently is give them a longer hibernation period.

For my set up idea, you may find a wal-mart brand type of swimming pool for an affordable price. Then another idea i had to simulate rain is stretch out wires across the pool, maybe 4 or 5 should be sufficient then stretch out drip hoses across the wires. (You can find these at the garden center they are meant to water grapes and such.)This will save you loads of time and shouldn't be to expensive. Most pools will come with a pump if you had basic plumbing equipment, hooking this up should be fairly easy. As for the plants well i don't have any ideas for that. Hopefully this gives you a basic idea for a larger set up. I would do it right now and let you know how it works but i have one problem i live in an apartment. So the space is all that is preventing me from doing this. I think the price would be worth it and I have already contacted enough buyers to purchase the babies to pay for the whole set up. (If they breed that is). Honestly for any species of the size of toads you have this is the most sure way to get them to breed. Hopefully you have good weather where you live. Also to de-chlorinate the water at an affordable price. You can buy it in bulk at pet stores sold for ponds. pretty cheep as well.

I know this is sort of a long shot but it is the best shot. I really doubt that they will breed in something the size you are trying them in, even if everything else you do is absolutely perfect.

[demon amphibians]

Wal-mart has a 10X6 inflatable pool for 25 bucks. I am certain that may be big enough, they also have a 9'2" x 9'2" Octagonal Inflatable Family Swimming Pool for 39 bucks. i just hope they cant get out of these. If so there are more options to choose from. But with these you will need to buy the pump separately, or maybe even use the one you already have. Just some ideas.

[n321]

yeah I think maybe if I had a bigger enclosure and maybe more toads together that may have made a difference.