Toad ID and help

[victorsgrace]

Hi.

That's great to hear! It's a very good sign that he's eating well.

Well, mealworms aren't bad for him, but they are not a good main food as they're basically just fat and protein and don't contain a lot of nutrients.

Also there's a lot of chitin in their shell that can be hard to digest in excess. Use them as a supplement and gut-feed them with healthy, not pesticide sprayes veggies 24 hrs before feeding

Here at home I feed my young baby every 1-2 day and the adults are fed every 2-3 day.

As to how much, try your way around if you're feeding him crickets try feeding him 6 at a time, in an apropriate size. If he's still hungry, try more.

Just don't leave like 50 if them in his tank LOL mine are fed, if it were crickets, 6-8 a day, or one big earthworm, or crawlers in a bowl


Allright.

There is a lot of debate regarding UVB lights or not, but they do need UV rays like any other animal. And most windows filter these out.

My baby toad used to love his UV light and would crawl as close to it as he could and would hide when he didn't need anymore.

What I do is I buy a NON heating UVB/UVA lamp, like for tree frogs (13w or something), and leave it on a few hours a day, when I'm home. I don't always use it and my guys are doing great

As long as the lamp isn't a heat source, isn't designated for desert animals and place din apropriate height, where your guy can leave if he doesn't want it, I see no harm in it.

Last note is remember to dust your feeder animals with calcium and multivitamin powder once or twice a week, when you feed him, to ensure basic needs you can find these dusts in most petshops


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