Overwintering american toad.

[Larry Wardog]

I have 2 toads, same species, one hibernates the other doesn't. One borrows down in mid-November and doesn't come back up for food until late January-early February. It's weird and at first I thought it was dead but after 2 straight winters of doing it I'm chalking it up to that's what it prefers. If one wants to stay awake and one wants to sleep it's fine. I wouldn't try to make it sleep or keep it awake. My toad that stays awake is a lot more sluggish and only eats every 4-5 days as opposed to every other day in the warmer part of the year.

Sometimes the toads will burrow buy are not hibernating in your tank. Unless you have them in something like a refrigerator or have them outside they are just going dormant. This is either because it's too cold, the internal cycle of the toad or it has worms and is trying to go in active to kill some off.

Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk

[elymanator]

Sometimes the toads will burrow buy are not hibernating in your tank. Unless you have them in something like a refrigerator or have them outside they are just going dormant. This is either because it's too cold, the internal cycle of the toad or it has worms and is trying to go in active to kill some off.

Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk

the last part about toads going inactive to kill off worms is interesting, I’ve never heard of that before. Do you have any more information about that? I’d like to learn more.

[LydiasMom]

I'm bumping this old thread as this is a subject I'm interested in as well

[Larry Wardog]

the last part about toads going inactive to kill off worms is interesting, I’ve never heard of that before. Do you have any more information about that? I’d like to learn more.

Yes an exotic vet told me this as to why my toads were going inactive as a possible reason why they would burrow in the spring and summer for weeks to months then resurface before the fall season would start. Another close friend said this too but I had not asked them where they got this information but the two sources are trusted and the vet this year just got voted by the town as simply the best vet in my city.

Sent from my BLN-L24 using Tapatalk