Quote Originally Posted by Psychotic View Post
My big girl has always reabsorbed the eggs. I have a male now and I hope they will breed this year.

A female American Toad gets very very fat when she has eggs. They also may change a darker rust red in color.

Here is a picture of my girl when she is not full of eggs. The indoor lighting gave the darker pictures a yellow hugh that is not there in real life:





Here are some pictures I took just now for a comparison. She is very gravid!:





I did not weigh her last fall before brumation. But just now weighed and measured her. She is 4" snout to vent. She weighs 154 grams with all those eggs in her. Once she either lays them or absorbs them I will weigh her again. While gravid the sides of her belly hang over the sides of my hand lol!
What a beautiful toad! Do you know how old she is? Mine is coming up on 2 years, but she's still just over 2 inches long. I'd love to see her get over 3" eventually.