Our new FBT and their palaudium

[John]

Yes they are always in amplexus but nothing ever comes of it. They don't need to be cooled down a lot to breed, I believe, but they do need a cycle.

[Kurt]

Well, I am going to give it a try and hopefully next spring I will have tadpoles.

[SludgeMunkey]

Excellent. I was unaware that this was constant behavior in this species. I will give it try this fall also, I will have no problem with brumation temperatures in the new frog section of the critter room.

Could anyone suggest a care and breeding reference for these animals? The little bit I have been able to find so far seems somewhat incomplete.

[Greatwtehunter]

Awesome tank Johnny!

I've always put my toads in the fridge for about a month and a half to get them to breed. I tried one year just cooling them down in the tank but only one female cycled so I never bothered trying that way again.

[lraulston]

Heck I saw some the other day in a petsmart that had tadpoles in the tank. I told a guy and he was just like "are you sure they aren't crickets". Um yea. Pretty sure. lol

[Kurt]

Was this a fire-bellied tadpole?

[lraulston]

I assume

[Kurt]

Billy said that he was going to write a care article. If he doesn't, I will next year after I successfully breed them.