Looking for Help with my Toads

[JimO]

Is your peat moss damp? If so, you might want to have an area with some soil and leaf litter that is a little drier. American toads don't like to be constantly wet. If you have a place to catch moths and grasshoppers where there have been no chemicals sprayed, it would be good to vary their diet, as Malachi pointed out. We have a few Southern toads as "yard pets" and they hang out under the porch light and eat moths, beetles, and other stuff attracted to the light.

Although I've seen toads many times eat beetles (especially June bugs), I don't recommend them because they are hard to digest and probably pretty prickly going down (I can only imagine). Also, I've seen lots of toad poo and often see beetle remains that are nearly fully intact, so I'm not sure they getmuch nutrion from them. You could also feed them a couple of meal worms once a week or so. Check their poo though and don't feed stuff that comes out undigested. Crickets are a good staple, but do dust them with calcium supplements frequently and vitamin supplements at least once a week.