Some pics of the girls

[yoshimi]

and the 28th or 29th (i forget which) is the 1 year anniversary of Banjo's abduction. we're already celebrating.

[maxQ]

Great looking girls, how many Eastern American Toads can I put in a 20 Gal L, two? Who's your supplier?

[yoshimi]

Great looking girls, how many Eastern American Toads can I put in a 20 Gal L, two? Who's your supplier?

Their tank is a little over 20gal but I still feel like I want a bigger one for them.
I found Banjo hopping on the sidewalk on a rainy night and took her home. Fought with myself over whether to keep her but it's obvious how that turned out.
Ukulele belonged to a guy on craigslist who'd had her for about 4yrs but couldn't care for her anymore so took the hour long drive into the city to get her in July. Oops, I told him a while ago I'd send more pics of her. Should do that.
They're so much fun but i've reached my space limit. They should be out soon looking for places to hibernate. I lived in Maryland for 6yrs but I was a little kid, not out at night, so never saw any. Spent my time wading thru creeks and playing with bugs in the dirt but I'm sure they were snoozing all around me.

[kueluck]

They're looking good.

[yoshimi]

Yeah they're cute with their dirty faces, and voracious eaters, but I haven't found a poo in what feels like forever. Only when one of them goes in the water dish. Neither seem sick so I'm hoping that they go in the burrows they dig, and when those burrows collapse, the poo gets buried. I don't love the idea that their dirt is riddled with hidden poos, but I suppose I'll find them sooner or later.

[kueluck]

That's why I LOVE the springtails, they will clean that right outta there. Because I use a soil/coco fiber mix I can't tell if it's poop or soil unless it's covered in sprintails, then I know. Unless they go on the moss, cork bark or water dish.

[maxQ]

Their tank is a little over 20gal but I still feel like I want a bigger one for them.
I found Banjo hopping on the sidewalk on a rainy night and took her home. Fought with myself over whether to keep her but it's obvious how that turned out.
Ukulele belonged to a guy on craigslist who'd had her for about 4yrs but couldn't care for her anymore so took the hour long drive into the city to get her in July. Oops, I told him a while ago I'd send more pics of her. Should do that.
They're so much fun but i've reached my space limit. They should be out soon looking for places to hibernate. I lived in Maryland for 6yrs but I was a little kid, not out at night, so never saw any. Spent my time wading thru creeks and playing with bugs in the dirt but I'm sure they were snoozing all around me.

Awesome, I love them, I am out of room too as I have 7 Vivs with different species but I am always making room for more. I picked up a few 20 L and a 90 Custom at Goodwill really cheap so Im looking for something new. Ive been in Maryland for a few years now from Philly, I live at the base of the Cotoctan Mountains so I always go play with the Frogs and Toads up there but I don't bring them home....yet. : )My Tomato's make human size Poo's so there is no missing those.

[yoshimi]

Springtails are pretty expensive, which stinks. Maybe I'll break a pipe and hope for mildew. Hah. I'm jealous of whoever might need the Orkin Man to get rid of them.

[kueluck]

I bought springtails 2 years ago, and it's been going since then. As long as you don't let the viv dry out, and keep food in there they just keep on going. I always have a
piece of bug burger in there to feed the springtails, pill bugs and any stray feeders that might have made a run for it. Jumbo 32 oz Temperate Springtail (Colombella) Culture - Springtails | Josh's Frogs

Springtails are pretty expensive, which stinks. Maybe I'll break a pipe and hope for mildew. Hah. I'm jealous of whoever might need the Orkin Man to get rid of them.

[yoshimi]

I bought springtails 2 years ago, and it's been going since then. As long as you don't let the viv dry out, and keep food in there they just keep on going. I always have a
piece of bug burger in there to feed the springtails, pill bugs and any stray feeders that might have made a run for it. Jumbo 32 oz Temperate Springtail (Colombella) Culture - Springtails | Josh's Frogs

they were the 1st i checked out, and shipping was a lot. is the $8 bottle of springtail food necessary if they're going into toad tank?
Also checked out petco, but skeptical and josh's frogs have plants i like for toady tank. i think they might ship together as live goods,but not sure. i'd go for it, if that were the case. my bank is offering me 10% cash back at petsmart, but they don't stock them at all, as far as their website shows.
Seems like a mighty sound investment, if i can keep them alive.
Someone pooed in the water dish today, so yay...

[kueluck]

For the springtails in the tank I keep a piece of bug burger under a small piece of bark. They still do their janitorial duties, but having the xtra food also increases their production. Now if you don't need to put the whole colony in the tank just keep the others in a plastic container w/the charcoal, water level just at charcoal level and put pieces of white rice on top. The rice will mold and the springtails eat that. You just need to remember to keep adding the rice so they have food, or you can use the bug burger, which I love this stuff to feed to all the feeder bugs.

[maxQ]

I keep looking at your pics and am in awe of how handsome your girls are, I live in The Cotoctan Mountains in Maryland and cant find any Eastern American Toads...ARG. But I now have summoned friends to find me a couple.

[yoshimi]

I keep looking at your pics and am in awe of how handsome your girls are, I live in The Cotoctan Mountains in Maryland and cant find any Eastern American Toads...ARG. But I now have summoned friends to find me a couple.

Rainy nights bring them out. In summer as well as fall. It was about 8:30pm 1yr ago yesterday that I abducted Banjo. She was about an inch and a quarter, now 3.5". Still, Uki seems to dwarf her tho she's not all that much bigger, but Banjo can hold her own.
And thank you; I'm always in awe of them too.

[kueluck]

Not abducted, but rescued.

Rainy nights bring them out. In summer as well as fall. It was about 8:30pm 1yr ago yesterday that I abducted Banjo. She was about an inch and a quarter, now 3.5". Still, Uki seems to dwarf her tho she's not all that much bigger, but Banjo can hold her own.
And thank you; I'm always in awe of them too.

[yoshimi]

Bought some Canadian nightcrawlers a while back, and they're like 2 meals at once so not so bad that you get less in cup ta the Europeans. Banjo had trouble wrangling such a large worm at 1st while Uki wanted seconds. Now roles are nearly reversed but they both like them, tho I still use the European ones too. Banjo devoured a cluster of them at once the other night, and I was like whoa, hold up little girl, save some for your elder. They're becoming more alike every day. I have videos of this morning's feeding, will post when this thing cooperates.

[yoshimi]

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...e_gdata_player
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-KaO90g...e_gdata_player

[kueluck]

Love this!! I wish I could get mine to eat worms, they look at me like I'm crazy when I put them in their viv for food. I always have the canadian night crawlers for my garter snakes & I've offered them a few times, but it's a no-go for the toads.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=y...e_gdata_player
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-KaO90g...e_gdata_player

[yoshimi]

Love this!! I wish I could get mine to eat worms, they look at me like I'm crazy when I put them in their viv for food. I always have the canadian night crawlers for my garter snakes & I've offered them a few times, but it's a no-go for the toads.

Have you tried the Europeans? They're smaller and you get more in a cup, 30 as opposed to 18 at wmart. Maybe they'd be less intimidated? It was hilarious when Banjo took down a tangle of them at once.

[yoshimi]

Banjo emerging from her burrow on Saturday. I came home on break from work to feed them and couldn't find her, so Uki got the bulk of waxworms.

Home again after appt, wanted to feed them but Banjo is shiny and in midshed, so it'll have to wait til tonight and i may as well go back to work.

[maxQ]

I love your girls (Toads)