Cane toad update

[JButera]

When you say heat mat do you mean a uth type or one you put inside the enclosure?

[jasonm96]

UHT heat mat on the side end wall, on the outside glass

[jasonm96]

added another plant and re-did it abit so to provide shade for the toad to self regulate from the UVB (that's in the mail) will probably use a larger light dome at some point too.

[monster]

Nice setup man, I think the second setup looks better with the added greenery. How big do these guys get? Cane toads can grow fairly large cant they?

[jasonm96]

Thanks dude! They grow pretty big females upto 7" and males 6" max but I've seen larger than that in photos, I'd guesstimate my guy at around 5 inches and he's really tall when he stands up

[monster]

I thought these were the big guys just wasn't sure. And I would have to agree about seeing bigger in photos, I have seen a couple of the documentaries on how there so invasive in parts of Australia and some of these guys look bigger then 7''. Some of them look massive. I take it with them being such a invasive species and so common that a lot of these guys would be wild caught? would that be a correct assumption?

[jasonm96]

Maybe they sizes were just the average, probably that. I seen a picture of one that looked about 10"+ looked pretty cool! Yeah pretty much all in the pet trade are wild caught which isn't too bad if they're invasive and causing problems in places. They get treated so badly in Australia it's such a shame

[JButera]

clean looking setup. have you ever experimented with a deeper substrate?

[jasonm96]

thanks! yeah I have but found it a night mare to clean so just got him that turtle hut so should make him feel secure enough not to burrow but we'll see how it goes