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    is it true that in the wild they only live a year? a website i went to said so... as well that they last 30 years in captivity .. so would i have a chance at finding young ones?

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    They most likely live a year or two, that's why toads and other amphibians produce large amounts of eggs, so some survive to grow up. It would be easy to find young toads, you just have to wait until the spring/summer rains, and go to recently filled ponds and try to collect spawn, tadpoles, or recent morphs

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliygh and Mia 2 View Post
    They most likely live a year or two, that's why toads and other amphibians produce large amounts of eggs, so some survive to grow up. It would be easy to find young toads, you just have to wait until the spring/summer rains, and go to recently filled ponds and try to collect spawn, tadpoles, or recent morphs
    soo that would increase my chances in geting young females?

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    It would increase your chances of finding young toadlets, but there's no way to tell their gender when they're that small. Here were my Fowler's toadlets, so you can get a gist of how small they were:

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    It would increase your chances of finding young toadlets, but there's no way to tell their gender when they're that small. Here were my Fowler's toadlets, so you can get a gist of how small they were:
    those look cute. im thinking of buying them from carolina bio so i can take em to vets

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    I suggest that too

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliygh and Mia 2 View Post
    I suggest that too
    im thinking of buying the fowlers from kingsnake... i only want girls because apparently males dont fare well in captivity.. or so i read.... sides girls dont sing

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    nvm she cant promise gender and she only takes paypal... i abhor paypal...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
    im thinking of buying the fowlers from kingsnake... i only want girls because apparently males dont fare well in captivity.. or so i read.... sides girls dont sing
    I can tell you that's myth, I owned a adult male Fowler's toad for 5 years before he moved on. In all that time, he only called 3 times, and only when there were spring thunderstorms

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
    nvm she cant promise gender and she only takes paypal... i abhor paypal...
    Well what you could do, is get them, but buy a large amount and rehome all the males on here. You could PM members such as Kueluck and AlanLynch to see if they have any toads available

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliygh and Mia 2 View Post
    I can tell you that's myth, I owned a adult male Fowler's toad for 5 years before he moved on. In all that time, he only called 3 times, and only when there were spring thunderstorms
    i once had a male american that i took care of he also lasted like 2 years but to be fair i never did take him to the vet to get de-paratised (yes i just made that word up lol)... He called constantly... And the other male i had lasted 3 years and did the same with the calling and mate with a gravid female.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliygh and Mia 2 View Post
    Well what you could do, is get them, but buy a large amount and rehome all the males on here. You could PM members such as Kueluck and AlanLynch to see if they have any toads available
    It's 10 dollars a toad and she doesn't accept anything other than paypal, check or money order all which i hate. I am thinking of going for carolina bio. They can guarantee me some females and different colors. I want atleast one red phase. I just love those. Do you think i could house 6 toads in a 36x18x18? Also ive seen them take pinkies. Could that be nutritious? Would they be able to sell me some?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
    It's 10 dollars a toad and she doesn't accept anything other than paypal, check or money order all which i hate. I am thinking of going for carolina bio. They can guarantee me some females and different colors. I want atleast one red phase. I just love those. Do you think i could house 6 toads in a 36x18x18? Also ive seen them take pinkies. Could that be nutritious? Would they be able to sell me some?
    Yes, they should be fine in a 50 gallon, which is the same dimensions you mentioned. Pinky mice should be occasional, as they are hard to digest, frogs and toads can't really ingest and digest bones well

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
    Yeah, I had found one, but I fed him something too large and he died. This was my Orange morph (He would have grown to look like the one in the first picture):

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    Yes, they should be fine in a 50 gallon, which is the same dimensions you mentioned. Pinky mice should be occasional, as they are hard to digest, frogs and toads can't really ingest and digest bones well
    So how do they get their vitamins and calcium?

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    Yeah, I had found one, but I fed him something too large and he died. This was my Orange morph (He would have grown to look like the one in the first picture):
    Nice!! Now if i can only find that as a female. Do you have them in your area? You should sell some t o me.

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    So how do they get their vitamins and calcium?
    Either by UVB, (Best option) Gut loading their food, (Feeding the prey food) or by dusting it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliygh and Mia 2 View Post
    Either by UVB, (Best option) Gut loading their food, (Feeding the prey food) or by dusting it
    ill take dusting then

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deku View Post
    Nice!! Now if i can only find that as a female. Do you have them in your area? You should sell some t o me.

    Sorry man, I'm not in the US right now, we've moved to Jordan. We may come back though, I'll update you if I can get some for you

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