My toads are turning black!!!

[Creamballman]

One of my FBT turns dark every night then turns normal in the day, while the other one i have maintains its color. If it is still active and seems happy, I wouldn't worry

[ILuvFrogs]

It usually is a early sign of death. They will play and swim normally, but lose their appetite.
There is a spray that will turn them back to green, and kill the disease, but you have to also make
sure they eat again. You can get the spray that works in one day at magicbleunutrition.com/Pets.html, or
magicbleunutrition.com/pets.html I'm not sure. If you catch it in time you have saved your toad or
frog from the disease, and then work on getting their appetite back.

If another frog or toad has recently died, use the spray first, and get another toad or frog from a pet store.
Then spray that one too. Another mate, even forced, is good to prevent the other(s) from dying.

Then work on the appetite, experiment with foods, not necessarily the routine food like crickets,
mealworms, etc, try Beta Fish Food if they wont eat, or dried shrimp. Even goldfish food. Sometimes
they just won't eat the traditional, and they may feel full, even though they are not.

This will work as long as you have caught it in time and can get them to eat again. The spray, turns them
back to green and kills the disease in 24 hours depending on how soon you notice the color change. It can take a week or more if you catch it later. Use every day until the frog or toad
is bright green again. They may not like it, but it works!

[demon amphibians]

i have 20 fire bellies and in the past week 15 have darkened. 3 are black i mean shining black. the are active and are eating normally. what was explained to me is that light, temp and humidity play a huge part in there temps. I would watch them but i would not freak out just yet. when a frog is sick and dying you will know it because they will not eat and they will be boated or extremely thin and they will be sluggish and inactive. mine are attempting to mate so i know that they are in good health. i will send pics to reassure you if you please. now some frog species yes this could mean a very serous problem. i am no frog doctor but all i am saying is that my healthiest most active fire belly is currently black when its normal color is torquise almost a blue color. i will keep you updated on their status if they start dying I will be sure to post and my very reliable source will be wrong.

[demon amphibians]

So all my fire bellies have returned to their normal bright colors. what i did observe is when they were dark and black colored it was very hot out. but now it is cooling down now at least 15-20 degrees cooler then when i observed their dark color change. So looks to me like ryan was spot on when he said that temps influence their color.

[Froggie85]

Since my FBT turned black he became a little fat hes not bloated though like a pink pong ball , but ever since he has like these spasm problems and goes around in circles on land and a lot in the water . I have no idea what is wrong with him though or how the previous owner took care of him . He is still active and eats though and seems better if hes hiding behind the plants and just sits there but if he comes out in the open he is all messed up . Have no clue whats going on he gets dusted crickets three times a week medium sized with repashy clacium plus supplement . In a 20 gallon tall tank with a 25 watt UVB light and water temp at 74 F 23 C .

[alane]

A few of mine seem to change at will. Yesterday, two of my males were almost black. Then, during the shed, they went green, almost immediately. Today I have six green frogs, not four green and two black.

I'm learning that "the dark one" is not a way to identify them. I need to memorize spots.

Good lord I hope their little warts don't change over time.

[Froggie85]

Mine has been dark for months I have seen it shed once and it never changed back to green

[privet01]

I think some tend to stay darker. The FBT I've had for over six years tends to stay light and bright though his bright green does darken slightly at times. Another FBT I got about 4 years ago was so dark you could barely make out the typical pattern you expect on FBT's backs. At one time he almost lightened up to the same color as the others, but his color changes the most. Sometimes very dark and sometimes light and bright.

So I wouldn't attribute any thing about their health based on color. I've sometimes thought that water alkalinity and lighting played a roll in when mine changed colors, but I think that was just anecdotal.

If they eat and look otherwise healthy, don't worry. The color changes of the individual FBT's may have more to do with their parentage or early environmental factors.

@Froggie85.... As for your FBT that has the "spasms" If it's not that he is shedding and trying to shake the skin loose, then I've no idea.

[Froggie85]

Ya I have no clue either he still is active and eats but does the strangest thing and he actually has mean behavior towards one of my toads he will bark and bark at it and then swim over or jump on it and hold him in the water . and no they are not mating he just seems to be mean , there is def food competition with him and its tough cause he wont eat unless hes in the terrarium they all are like that soooo I have been trying to come up with ideas and I just don't have the right one I don't want to handle them every feeding plus they don't eat hand fed or when taken out so Mr spasm eats and eats one of my other ones eat one is all and my other toad that's as big as my pinky seems like hes getting smaller and I've only seen him eat a few times in the month ive had them other then that he hides in the dark under a rock all day long . It is def complicated to me to try and do whats best for them and nothing still changes. I was hoping with raising my water temp up they would be more active and its been about a week since I rose the temps up and they still are not active at all I never see them hoping around just kinda peeking out and going back in there hiding places but that's it .