Something kinda cute and Reptivite lethal for nightcrawlers?

[kueluck]

They all seem to like them except Rufus, but I bet if he was hungry enough he would eat them. The only problem is if they hit the ground they burrow right away. The red runners just, well run.

[yoshimi]

They all seem to like them except Rufus, but I bet if he was hungry enough he would eat them. The only problem is if they hit the ground they burrow right away. The red runners just, well run.

they are definitely best fed out of a ceramic dish. can be low too, as long as it's smooth sided; they're terrible climbers. i like that if one gets away from you outside of tank, they're crazy easy to pluck up and catch. chances are they'll land on their backs and wiggle their little legs in the air. without another roach to come along and right them (it happens), they'll stay that way, break-dancing, til they get tired. they do play dead tho, so maybe try mixing crickets and dubia? 1st time i gave Banjo roaches, i wasn't sure she'd eat them so I gave her a mix and a cricket rode around on a roach's back til she ate them both. it may confuse Rufus just enough to go after one and discover he likes them.

[yoshimi]

Letting me know it's time to change her pool water again. Gonna put more water dishes in there I think. I'm a bowl hoarder so have plenty.
Post-worm powder mouth.

[yoshimi]

ok so i just gave her a breakfast of reptivited roaches and the long toe on her left foot started twitching while she was "hunting" them in bowl. i thought at first that one had gotten onto her, but no. i'm hoping she was just excited about them. only happened when they had her attention, and only that one toe twitched. left room and came back to find her completely in bowl and only one roach left.

if toe tapping is normal, then cool; i've just never noticed it before.

[flybyferns]

ok so i just gave her a breakfast of reptivited roaches and the long toe on her left foot started twitching while she was "hunting" them in bowl. i thought at first that one had gotten onto her, but no. i'm hoping she was just excited about them. only happened when they had her attention, and only that one toe twitched. left room and came back to find her completely in bowl and only one roach left.

if toe tapping is normal, then cool; i've just never noticed it before.

Absolutely - normal

Here is an article and a video:

http://zui.com/videos/bufo-fowlerii-toe-tapping

Morse Toad
Morse Toad: When amphibians tap their toes « The herptile blog.

[kueluck]

I got the toad-toe tapping around here also, love it.

[yoshimi]

yep, that's what i saw. that's a relief, tho i had a feeling it wasn't anything malignant. she's most likely done it before, but i've never noticed cuz i'm more interested in making sure she gets the earthworm before it can wiggle off the plate. and that's an all-around more frenzied encounter anyway. her habit of getting in there with her food or hooking back feet on lip of dish and leaning in have probably kept it hidden from me.

something else ridiculous ...
often i'll see her sitting in her water and her face will be wet. wasn't sure how that was happening since i've never seen her go below water surface and the bowl is not all that deep. even if it was filled to brim, which it never is, her head would still be above water line when she got in. i have seen her wash her face with her hands but not in a while and i think it had something to do with frequent shedding that was happening at the time. but the other day i had just changed water in metal bowl (used to be her food bowl when she was smaller, til she went after the reflection of a cricket), so it was nice and clear. she walked up to it, saw her own reflection in the bottom i'm assuming, cuz she had that intent look about her, and stuck her face in bowl til her nose hit water, then pulled back. i should have known that would happen after cricket debacle. i like the metal bowls cuz they're easy to clean and non-porous, but i should probably switch to either the ceramic kidney one or the even more shallow metal bowl, so she doesn't drown herself trying to eat her own face. altho, if it hasn't happened already, it's probably unlikely. the problem with more shallow dishes is once her chubby self gets in and out, most of the water ends up displaced and in surrounding dirt. if she'd stop playing Narcissus with it, it would be the most perfect water bowl.