Urgent... In Need of American Toadlet Advice!!!

[CreatedByGod]

Hello everyone,
I have 13 little baby toadlets that i raised from tadpoles. they emerged from the water over a week ago and they are growing quickly. after they emerged, i kept them on dry gravel with a water dish in a new tank. however, now i have them in a tank with eco-earth substrate. i removed them from the gravel because some of them are big enough to swallow small pieces of gravel and i know that's dangerous. so i moved them to a coconut fiber substrate... but i'm still worried that they are too small to live there too because i hear eco earth can cause impaction as well. what should i do? what kind of substrate would you guys recommend for my tiny toadlets? or am i good keeping them where they are at?

[Heatheranne]

It depends on their size. As they grow, the coco fiber will be okay. As babies I like to use paper towels. It also makes it easy to see if they they have eaten their bugs and are having stools.

[CreatedByGod]

Most of them are about 3/4 of an inch and more, however I do have a few late bloomers that are smaller. I'll take ur advice and put the tiny ones in a separate cage with a wet paper towel. Thank u!! And have a blessed evening!

[Heatheranne]

We fed ours flightless fruit flies and springtails. Remember to lightly dust their food with calcium with vita D3 every other day and very lightly with amphibian multivitamin powder one day a week .

[CreatedByGod]

thank you heather... as soon as i pick up some calcium powder, i'll sprinkle those flies for sure!

[Heatheranne]

Awesome!

[kueluck]

Also use paper towel that is bleach free. Don't want those little bellies suckin' up the chemicals. I also used clumps of moss for them to climb on and they could also burrow their little butts into it. Made them feel safe. Also fed fruit flies & springtails to the tiny ones, and small red runner roaches would work for th 3/4 inch ones.