Some questions from a new toad mom

[junebug]

My bumble bee toads have arrived. They are in a barebottom critter keeper now for QT and observation.

Well I literally just unpacked them, then realized I have about a million questions regarding QT and their habitat. So here goes lol.

One of them appears to be molting. I don't know if that's what you call it with frogs and toads, but his skin is coming off his body. Is there anything I need to do for him? Is this normal?

I included the media in which the little ones were shipped in their QT, mostly to avoid touching the toads themselves when I added them to the tank. Should I remove it? They are using it as hiding places at the moment and I'm hesitant to remove the only hidey holes in their QT.

How often should I change the water in their water dish? How deep should I keep it? They seem adept enough climbers, but we don't want any drownings. I think it's low enough at the moment that they can escape if they need to.

Should I mist their QT tank just as I will their habitat?

How much and how often should I feed them? I purchased drosophila melanogaster ff for them. I feed these to my smallest (~1 inch) bettas with the tiny mouths, so I imagine they will be fine for the juvie toads.

Okay, I think that's all. For the moment. LOL.


Edit: Forgot to include a photo of the molting toadlet.

[deranged chipmunk]

even though i answered it in your other thread, i'll answer here too. the flaking skin looks like an incomplete shed. he/she will get it off in time. feed daily. make sure they have some hiding spots. a clipping of some sort of plant will work. qt care is the same as regular care, mistings, feedings. change the water bowl daily. use the ro water you mentioned, since you have liquid rock for well water, and no higher in the water bowl than their chin.

[Heatheranne]

Here is a care sheet.

http://www.frogforum.net/content/bum...-breeding-126/

[junebug]

Liquid rock - lol made me giggle, Bill. Thanks for the reply! I will mist their QT and feed in the morning, then. I put a few fruit flies in the QT but I'm pretty sure the darn things climbed out.

I hate those bugs.

Do I need to be concerned with overfeeding, or will these little dudes just eat their fill when they're hungry? I can always monitor and feed like one ff per toad if need be. Hopefully everyone would get one that way.

Springtails and isopods are on their way to put into the actual habitat, so they will likely be mostly on that when I add them in. I plan to supplement with ff and/or other foods. Possibly I will try to teach them to eat from tongs as they grow up, in case I need to medicate them in the future.