Tiny's habitat, a 12 quart tub with the screen lid off for the photo. Tiny is in the upper right hand corner partly under his bark hide. The bottle cap of meal is for the crickets and there is a pan of water crystals under the bark hide for the crickets as well. The crickets congregate under the bark hide, easy pickings for the toad,
In his water bowl.
I found him yesterday in the front garden while doing some yard cleanup. A week or so ago we had a rain storm of Biblical proportions, and all sorts of little critters have reappeared, like salamanders and frogs and now this little toad.
He is a bufo boreas halophilus, California toad. He weighed 2.6 grams when I put him in the tub with a goodly supply of crickets. He plumped up on crickets within hours and is now likely heavier. I will weigh him once a week and chart his progress, just for fun. These little animals love to eat and will grow very fast with optimum food supply.
I am calling him a he because everything is a he until later evidence comes to light.
He is way too small to go in with my older toads. He would be lunch!