Bufo Alvarius Hello

[SethD]

Hello everyone,

I am an amateur herp trying to learn all I can about amphibians and reptiles... Help me learn Thanks!!

ello fellow repti/anphi lovers,

I am looking for advice... I recently(5/25/2010) bought a Bufo Alvarius juvenile(about 4 inches) online, today i woke up to him having passed away, floating in his water bowl... He lived in a 30 gallon terrarium with a repti-bark substrate, a water bowl, a heating pad, and a ceramic heat emitter(60w). I fed him only gut loaded, vitamin dusted crickets. Although I never actually saw him eat, I know crickets where disappearing. I am trying to figure out what went wrong, or what I might have done to hurt his chances of survival.. I am procuring another one, and have read all the care sheets over and over, please if you have any information you think will help please don't hesitate to let me know! Thank you all

Keshava

kesh42@gmail.com

JB you will be VERY missed...

It is strange you never saw him eat, that sounds like a red flag right there. 95% of healthy unstressed toads will eat immediately if you put appropriate sized food in front of them. I really doubt he drowned. More likely he sought out the water because something was the matter with him and eventually died there. For example toads with chytrid will often spend a great deal of time in the water. Honestly though with no more information than we have here no one will be able to venture more than a guess as to exactly what happened.