New Huge Cane Toad

[Hart24601]

Gave some more small roaches this morning, which she ate. So thankfully don't need the crickets to train, however she will quickly deplete my colony of small roaches so I need to be careful how many I offer. She seems to have 'accidently' snagged some superworms while eating the smaller bugs too, so that is a great sign.

My wife found 4 crickets in the office today as I got a very upset text message! I think the rear cord cutouts on the exo terra might not be closed fully. Need to have a happy wife and a happy toad, ha!

I wonder if solider fly larva will be more cost effective long term.

[Axqu]

Awesome to hear your girl is finally eating on her own. It's interesting that she only wanted to eat small bugs. If you need to order bugs online, I have had great experiences with Dubiaroaches.com. They gave me a container of free hornworms when I ordered a big cup of dubias.

[Hart24601]

Thanks!!! I will check them out for sure. I have a large colony of dubia and wide horn hissers in a 29g for a few years, but it's a good idea to supplement the colony before I collapse it from taking too many. Really appreciate the suggestion! I imagine a 4lb toad is going to need an awful lot of small bugs since she wont eat anything large yet....

[Hart24601]

I went ahead and placed an order from some small and medium dubias from there. Might as well beef the colony up.

[Axqu]

I went ahead and placed an order from some small and medium dubias from there. Might as well beef the colony up.

Awesome! Yeah I've had nothing but good experiences from them, and their customer support is apparently top-notch too, though I've never had to contact them about anything. I don't have the patience to keep a colony, and my cane toad would eat all the big adults before they had a chance to breed! I think that's a bit hilarious considering she's only about half the size of yours, but mine was caught as a youngster and little ones probably adapt to captivity a lot more readily. I'm hoping to grow mine into a monster!

[Larry Wardog]

My God is that a big toad lol



I am happy that you shared this on the forum I am seriously in awe of that toad.

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[Hart24601]

My God is that a big toad lol



I am happy that you shared this on the forum I am seriously in awe of that toad.

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Thanks!!!

Funny story. My wife is a very nice person, but has not been 100% team toad, particularly at 1st. It didn't help that shortly after I received the toad, I was changing some water or doing some sort of work on the enclosure so I picked the toad up and showed my wife saying "how can you not love that face!" which is funny because the toad looks so grumpy all the time, and right after this the toad started peeing...

I swear it just wouldn't stop! I kept holding her out of pure shock and I swear it must have been a half gallon of water right on the floor. I wish that I had a camera to capture my wife's horrified face.

In retrospect it makes sense, toads normally pee when you pick them up, and a toad this size can pee a lot!

I pretty much never handle her so it's not been an issue, but it was great when she also showed off that skill to the vet.