My Marine Toad is to Lazy and....

[Canetoadgirl]

Hi,after he she shed he is being too lazy.He only eats 3 freeze dried crickets at nigth.Also I change his setup.he she soak 5 to 4 times a day!!!!!He She and some dark brown spots on his belly.

[Mentat]

Hola Elizabeth! Thanks for sharing pics; I like the second one, such a cute smile. Did frog had those spots before? Appears there is a slight reddish area on belly close to your index finger or is that camera? I do not keep Toads but appears to me, the nutrition on a freeze dried cricket must be low. Have you tried feeding it earthworms like night crawlers? Those are much better nutritionally. Have you seen the forum's care article on toads: Frog Forum - Toad Basics - Keeping ground-dwelling Toads. A care sheet for Bufo, Anaxyrus, Spea, Scaphiopus, Ollotis, Alytes, Pelobates? Buena suerte y saludos !

[demon amphibians]

I wanna go out on a limb here and say something is wrong. On its belly looks to be red leg. But i really can't tell for certain. also if your toad is lazy and has a lack of appetite those are also symptoms of this. Now when you flip your toad over onto its back did it try to flip back over or did it just lay there? This will be the 4th sign of red leg.

[Mentat]

I wanna go out on a limb here and say something is wrong. On its belly looks to be red leg. But i really can't tell for certain. also if your toad is lazy and has a lack of appetite those are also symptoms of this. Now when you flip your toad over onto its back did it try to flip back over or did it just lay there? This will be the 4th sign of red leg.

If Red Leg is present in your frog; you might want to get familiar with this deadly condition ASAP. Red Leg is a bacterial disease usually caused by stress or improper housing practices that lead to lower immunity and then an infection by gram- bacteria; usually Aeromonas. Main symptoms. as stated by Demon, are abnormal red skin on belly and thigh underside; loss of appetite, apathy, and laziness. It is lethal to frogs so first thing is to isolate it from other frogs. Need to identify cause and correct it. Make sure cage is clean and nothing in there could cause an injury to your frog. I would either set-up or convert it's cage to a hospital. That's a full cage clean-up including removal of all decor and substrate. Line bottom with 4 ply's of daily changed paper towels (spray to moisten) and just a clean water bowl (dechlorinated water changed daily) and a hide-out (helps with stress).

If caught in early stages, a daily bath in Sulfamethizine (1.5 ml./1 liter dechlorinated water); or potassium permanganate (2%); or copper sulfate (2%) for two weeks is recommended. If no improvement is seen or the frogs gets worse during first week; then a visit to veterinarian for an antibiotic treatment (usually tetracycline) is recommended. You can read more on subject in here: RedLeg . It is important to keep your frog as stress free as possible during treatment. Although I would do the baths and follow-up with vet care; the following article is a good read on how to reduce or limit stress: www.froggie.info - Redleg . Good luck and hope frog gets well !

[Canetoadgirl]

He flips in his back,and he dont have red leg,he was wild caugth about 3 to 4 months ago.

[Canetoadgirl]

In Puerto Rico is almost imposible to find some nigthcrawlers for sale and as far as I know here we dont have reptilesvets.

[demon amphibians]

He flips in his back,and he dont have red leg,he was wild caugth about 3 to 4 months ago.

Red leg is just a nickname. The redness does not necessarily have to be on its legs. i have more commonly seen it develop in that same spot your toad has the red blotches. Also if it is a wild caught toad the chances of it being red leg is 10 times more likely.
Now i am not saying that it is red leg. but at this point this should be your biggest fear. It could have easily had this infection when you caught it, and is now just appearing. I have had wild caught American bullfrogs for 6 months before the red leg started to show itself. I have even had frogs bounce back from red leg without antibiotics but in time it came back and proved fatal. Depending on your toads immune system will determine how long it will take this infection to kill your toad. It may be days and then again it may be months. I just hope it isn't red leg. If it is, there is only one hope for of survival. READ THE ARTICLE HERE AT BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Frog killer fungus 'breakthrough'
this is the page to the red leg cure. Just in case your toad does have it this should help. better to be safe then sorry.

[Mentat]

In Puerto Rico is almost imposible to find some nigthcrawlers for sale and as far as I know here we dont have reptilesvets.

Hola Elizabeth! You can get an earthworm start colony (European Nightcrawlers or the smaller Red Wrigglers) at many online shops including Amazon: Amazon.com: European Nightcrawlers Composting and Fishing Worms 1 Lb Pack: Home & Kitchen. Lot's of information online if you search to include Youtube videos on subject. I raise my own due to high cost for them locally (shop wants $3.50 for a dozen). Maybe you could raise enough to sell in there and recover your inversion. Buena suerte !

[Canetoadgirl]

thanks

[Mentat]

Care articles on your toad: Cane Toad Care sheet - The Amphibian.co.uk. Cane Toad, Marine Toad, Giant Toad, Bufo Marinus, captive care, feeding, breeding, housing and more.. Good reading on it's history and biology: Cane toad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leer es aprender !

[toadstillcane]

Sadly I lost one W.C toad I don't know how he died just found him at 1st on his own he was fine an active but I felt that it would need a friend so I wss silly an introduced another cane toad but I feel this is were i went wrong also as I fed them in same tank anyways I feel terrible and guilty so now im tryin to keep lilly alive she loves locusts and ive tried crickets but she dont really like them mybe to big also I've tried worms in rub an she cant pick it up the worm lol so I put it a smaller tank with worms but she freaks what im I doin wrong please also it will not eat a dead mouse im not into giving live food like a mouse as i think its cruelty for mouse an what happens if mouse hurts my toad etc help me out please oh my toad anit that active unless eatin also toads are nocturnal and are you turning your temperature down at night I do