Are there any bigger type toads to keep as pets that are safe to keep and care for and that are easy to take care of also ,good type for a beginner that care alot about the happiness and health of the pets she takes care of
Judy
Hi Judy! Not sure what you mean by safe. None of the large toads will attack or bite you; so they are what I call... safe
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Like frogs, toads are look but don't touch pets. Many have parotoid and other glands that produce noxious secretions so in the case of handling; you should wear rinsed with dechlorinated water gloves (myself recommend disposables). Should a pet (like a cat or dog) grab one of them; it will require an emergency trip to veterinary because the secretions in their mouth could harm them, and the toad will probably be injured too.
Here is a good article that list some of the most common ground toads you can keep and their care: Frog Forum - Toad Basics - Keeping ground-dwelling Toads. A care sheet for Bufo, Anaxyrus, Spea, Scaphiopus, Ollotis, Alytes, Pelobates. Good luck!
Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog!
Cane toads (Bufo marinus) definitely fall on the "bigger" side of things. Someone can call me out on this if I'm wrong, but I feel most Bufo are pretty easy to care for, if you make sure to actually read a care sheet and stick to it. No need for specialty bulbs that need changed. Room temp is almost always fine for them, so no need for heaters and a thermostat. A timer for their light is good, but that costs like four dollars. You need to dust their food and make sure they have clean water, but that's about it. Mine might just be a punk, but I swear she even prefers more spartan cage setups than the fancier things I've tried in the past.
Ironically, in terms of food expenses/diversity, hardware, time spent daily, and space required, the roaches/crickets I raise for her food take far more effort.
Hi Carlos ,thank you for all your help.I will be very careful with the frogs ,toads and pets wouldn't want to see anything bad ever happen.
What i was meaning is are the bigger toads safe to pick up ? like you said I can get and use the gloves in necessary ,I have two Firebellied Toads and One Pacman have picked them up to move them then sanitize my hands right away ,I hear if you wash and water down your hands you can hold a Pacman or Pixie briefly.Thanks for the article i will look at them .
Judy
how do you raise the roaches and where can you get them ?
I have been seriously considering getting a cane toad they look neat. And that's what you feed yours ,does she eat earthworms ?
A lot of people feed their toads earthworms, but I don't. They're a nutritious, easily digestible food item, but toads hunt by motion. Earthworms simply don't move enough to capture my girl's interest. Some people say their toads go right after them from day one, though.
I'm working on tong feeding, and if/when we master that, hope to try feeding her earthworms again. If for no other reason than extra variety in her diet.
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This is a pretty good place to start for roach info. Two species to pay particular attention to are dubais and red runners. I do want to stress that they're not exaggerating when they say it'll take half a year+ to get a colony going, though. I occasionally feed out of mine for variety, but am mostly ignoring them right now. I've been trying to get my population of dubias up since September, and red runners since maybe... October? Plenty of babies in each, but months left until the babies are sexually active.
Crickets have a life cycle that is just so much faster. They're stinky, messy, have large die offs, and are generally a pain compared to roaches, but you just can't beat them in egg yield and turn around time. If you're going to start raising roaches, doing crickets as well isn't too much more difficult. They do take some trial and error before you realize the right way to breed them, though.
You can get all the feeders about anywhere; just search the internet. I actually got my Dubais off Ebay.Only advice I'll give is that they frequently are shipped with some sort of beetle, usually dermestids. Kill all of these off day one. It's kind of fun to think of them as a feeder crew, cleaning your bins, but they're not useful in practice. Cricket die offs will be far too big for them to cope with, and roaches typically cannibalize their dead before you even notice something died. The beetles add nothing useful, and dermestids can actually be something of a pest if they get loose.
For the record, I don't actually have a cane toad, just know some people that do. Keep in mind they get pretty damn huge, so will a much greater amount of prey. There are perks to having smaller pets.
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