When do toads start to hibernate

[Malachi]

Almost bugs go , toads go?

[Greatballzofire]

As the days get shorter and the temperatures especially at night drop, my California toads have gone from being diurnal to being nocturnal, and are in general less active than they were this summer, staying buried most of the time. They still do feed, so I keep a supply of crickets, slugs, and sow bugs for them. I expect as the season moves into fall that by November they will be officially hibernating.