How often should I feed my american toads?

[Larry Wardog]

The care article on American Toads is not done very well. They claim these toads only live 8-10 years but they can live for over 40.

The second thing is they believe toads can live their whole lives in a 10 gallon. My toads use a 125 gallon every inch they can.

These are two very bad points to educate people on. The article is not something I recommend for keepers.

Not this specific article talks about this but the other one does. This article also has the temps a little low. 60-upper 70s toads do best. But it really depends on where your toads come from. More southern the warmer they enjoy.

As for feeders I respectfully disagree that if a pet then they should be fed primarily captive feeders.

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[Trout hunter]

Hello, Like the others stated, crickets are good feeders as well as the other bugs listed. I usually feed three to five of the medium to larger sized crickets as the smaller ones do not fill my toads and are harder to come by in my local stores. I am unsure on the size of your toads so be wary on the size of feeders you give( my toads are larger so they are able to consume larger insects). Since fall is coming you may notice your toads reduce the amount they consume. The schedule I follow for my toads(just a suggestion you may do whatever you wish) is to feed gut loaded repashy calcium dusted crickets twice weekly( usually Monday night and Friday night) and other feeders on Wednesday as well as Saturday. You may find that your toads may alter their diet in which they may prefer a species of insect over another, for instance mine will still accept crickets however since my local temperature dropped they aren't aggressively chasing them down as they would have in the summer, as such My toads seem to like meal worms and other slow moving grub type worms ( wax butter and hornworms) . If your toads slow down try wounding crickets and place them near the toads so they can catch them with ease. Good luck with your toads it sounds like your off to a great start with them