How do you all tame your toads?

[KMAC]

Yeah I dont think Pavlov's work was really to determine animals natural behaviour or animal care as he was creating certain conditions in unatural enviroments but the guy that made the post seems interested in conditional stimuli and as you know in most proffesions that study conditional or unconditional stimuli will at some point refer to his work.

[latrodectussin]

what do you mean by tame? like come to you by name? :B

as stated, amphibians have sensitive skin! I do, however, love toads for what they are
and have in the past gotten good toad-friendly gloves, sweatpants, long shirt and just sit while they hop/explore around me. sometimes give em treats. let them sit on my clothed leg
but I think
petting them or anything like that makes them stressed! I mean, they typically puff up or may start trying to make threats/toad-swear at you. They're anxious lil fellows as
being so cute and small
they're definitely easy dinner in the wild

[victorsgrace]

Yeah I understand I guess some one will always refer to Pavlov.

Toads are for sure not "petting" pets. They are not like mammals and do not like to be squeesed, stroked or petted. But there are many ways where you can win over their trust and confidence, and have a pet toad that's relaxed around you, actively interacts with you and that you can share alot of cool and really great moments with.

My tamest toad here at home is my 3,5 year old Bufo bufo, Bandit. I've had her since she was a baby (rescue case) and she's so hand weened that she'll often go crazy after my hands and initially totally ignore the feeding bowl or the feeds, until I draw her attention to them, haha! x.D And this was not done by repetitive condition, as with drills or the likes: I just slowly got her used to being picked up and moved to a feeding container and hand fed her every day when she was teeny tiny, all in her temper.

As toads are amphibians hands should of course be toxin-free, without oily/perfumey creams or anything like that and they shouldn't be held or handled for extended periods of time. Normally I'd just move mine out and then interact with them, on their own will (i.e. having them come to my hand for food, instead of picking them up and holding them for company or whatever). Many times after feeding Bandit would just sit and hang out on my leg, until her nightcrawlers settled. Whenever she made indications to want to leave or want to go away, I'd just carefully set her back in her tank and let her walk off my hand on her own will.