He wont eat. I found him and a few others in my window well in march and have been hinernating in my garage ever since. I need help with what to do. Ive moved him inside also should i do the force feed thing with the card
He wont eat. I found him and a few others in my window well in march and have been hinernating in my garage ever since. I need help with what to do. Ive moved him inside also should i do the force feed thing with the card
Just thought i would give an update an hour later, it appears that my captive pet toads have tought him how to soak its kinda funny, anyways i tried feeding him some mealworms but he did not take any
maybe give it til tomorrow, he's probably pretty stressed and may not eat for a bit. if he doesn't eat by tomorrow id force feed him a little
He is very stressed and also still slow from the winter. Give him time to adjust and please do not force feed.
Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 (White's Tree Frog)
Lampropeltis triangulum hondurensis 0.1.0 (Anerythristic Honduran Milk Snake) Tliltocatl albopilosus 0.0.2 (Curly Hair Tarantula)
Aphonopelma hentzi 0.0.1 (Texas Brown Tarantula)
Avicularia avicularia 0.0.2 (Pinktoe Tarantula)
Brachypelma smithi ex. annitha 0.0.1 (Mexican Giant Red Knee Tarantula) Monocentropus balfouri 0.0.2 (Socotra Island Blue Baboon Tarantula)
Harpactira pulchripes 0.0.1 (Golden Blue Leg Baboon Tarantula)
I agree! With being stressed, it's normal for him not wanting to eat. I'd give it a couple days for him to adjust to his new environment. Very interested to see how things work out, so please keep us updated!
Last week I started to do a little cleanup outside and as I was raking leaves, I uncovered a toad and it was cold & barely moving. I thought about bringing him in with my 2 captive toads but then decided not to because I didn't want to mess up his natural/biological system. It is an adult toad and my goal, or the project that I've been working on, is to overwinter juveniles and re-introduce them to the wild in the Spring. So, it just didn't make sense that I mess with the order of things and bring him in, risk stressing him, and then turn around and place him back outside in a few weeks. However, the nights here in PA are quite cold and I obviously disrupted his temporary lodging and insulation that the leaves provided... so what was I supposed to do??? Well.... I found a log flower planter, dug a shallow hole in one of my flower beds, partially buried the planter and filled with mulch, then placed him inside. Must be really cozy because he's been hanging out in his new home ever since! He'll eventually hop away but at least he knows where he can always return!
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