Need Toadlet advice!!??

[kueluck]

Watch out 4 small ants. They will bite your toadlets, and once they get a hold, it is hard to get them off.

[TrymNois]

Well i found a small spider and i think he ate it but not sure. Then i found a small beetle and watched him eat it. It was so cute watching Coco hunt! I am looking forward to many years with Coco!

[Namio]

Unless you have a toad that is known to specialize on feeding ants, I would skip offering it ants. Usually it takes specialized digestive system to break down the nasty formic acid that ants produce. When in doubt, just don't offer ants.

[UncleChester]

Unless you have a toad that is known to specialize on feeding ants, I would skip offering it ants. Usually it takes specialized digestive system to break down the nasty formic acid that ants produce. When in doubt, just don't offer ants.

Interesting. American Toads, the likely candidate here given the location, will mow down ants they find in the wild. I wonder if they have what it takes.

[kueluck]

I also wonder if it depends on the type of ant. I know I tried to feed tiny red ants to toadlets and one of the ants got hold of the toadlet by the eye. It took a steady hand, 2 pairs of reading glasses, a magnifying glass, bright light & a whole lot of prayer to get the ant off. Never again will I offer ants. And the eye was fine, no damage.

[UncleChester]

I'm rubbish at ant identification, but I've had a bunch of red coloured ants end up in my boots when I was whipper snipping. They enjoyed biting. I now flee from red coloured ants. I would never inflict a bite-happy ant on a toadlet, but I have handed out medals of valour to toads I've found eating these ants in the wild. Black coloured ants seem better behaved.

[TrymNois]

Thank you. I try to feed it the black ants but they are too big for Coco. I was going to feed some small reddish orange ants but i won't now. Also why do the fruit flies have to be flightless? Couldn't just leave the lid open and let some flies go in?