New Colorado River Toads....(20!!!)

[RikoAustria]

Here is a picture of Rico, the little fatty. (he tried to lick the lens twice!)

Great looking toad..... and that's a SUPER awesome name

[Deku]

Those are some nice photographs. Very nice. Adorable little buggers too! Any names for them yet? ;P

[Mordecai]

Riko: Thank you. It is a very nice name isn't it! haha.


Kevin: Thank you very much. The baby one, Rico, is the only one we have named so far. Well actually, in the batch we received, we got two "pirates" (one missing an eye, and another missing a foot) So, we sort of named one Popeye! The person we purchased them from is sending us 9 more free of charge for the two that are deformed, and the underweight ones. Which I am very happy with. He's a good business man.

Here is a picture of ol' Popeye. He does surprisingly well when eating and is very active!

[Deku]

Riko: Thank you. It is a very nice name isn't it! haha.


Kevin: Thank you very much. The baby one, Rico, is the only one we have named so far. Well actually, in the batch we received, we got two "pirates" (one missing an eye, and another missing a foot) So, we sort of named one Popeye! The person we purchased them from is sending us 9 more free of charge for the two that are deformed, and the underweight ones. Which I am very happy with. He's a good business man.

Here is a picture of ol' Popeye. He does surprisingly well when eating and is very active!

Jeebuz. Thats a s hizzload of colorado toads. :P When you health them up(made up fword). Will you sell them? Or keep them? O: Thats alot of large mouths to feed. but good for you.

[Mordecai]

Oh we definitely intend to sell them. We are working on getting these guys nice and plump. We will grow them, keep logs on them, learn more about them, and then when they reach their full size, we will have them for sale.

[John]

He may be a good businessman but he certainly lied about the captive bred status of those toads.

[Mordecai]

Well you'd have to ask Jeff about that. I thought that before the toads arrived he said they were captive bred. In a email exchange between the guy and Jeff after the toads were delivered, I believe he said he wasn't claiming them to be cb. He is saying that he goes down and collects pairs during the breeding season once a year or something and harvests the eggs as well. But then again, you will have to double check with Jeff. I've just been so consumed with all the little guys, any other information goes in one ear and out the other!

I heard the first noises last night and dropped everything to run over and listen. I know they make two different calls; an advertisement call and a release call. I know it wasn't the advertisement call, but maybe the release? I'm not quite sure what the release call is for, all I know is anytime one toad would hop on another, the one on the bottom would make this (adorable) sound! So I thought that maybe "release" meant "let go"?? I could be totally wrong here. I only read a couple of paragraphs, before I ran back over to listen.

[Deku]

Oh we definitely intend to sell them. We are working on getting these guys nice and plump. We will grow them, keep logs on them, learn more about them, and then when they reach their full size, we will have them for sale.

Nice. I hope you find good homes for them. Could I make one suggestion if I may?
Should you sell them, why not quizz the buyer about colorado river toads? Like ask them if they are educated and what they would do should they not want them anymore. Etc. Make them sign some sort of agreement that is legal? So they never get mistreated again. I wish you the best of luck raising these little guys. They look and sound adorable. If it was possible to hug a toad Id hug them. :P Then again I like to hug things guess Iam very weird.

[Jeff Kennedy]

Hey John,

Just purchased the panacur from a local vet. It is the canine form and contains (3) 1-gram packets. He advised that he thought this and the flagyl might be too harsh on them. I am concerned about the dosage. I know once a week for the next 2-3 weeks so is it ok to just dust the food items? I am concerned I could overmedicate if too much powder is on one bug or a particular frog eats too many bugs with it on there. Am I overreacting here?