Hi there!
This may seem a little odd,but do a Cane toad ever stop eating?
I have 3 of those eating machines and a B.paracnemis. They all eat very much,in fact they have never ever refused food. Of course i do not give them 5000 roaches at a time,but even if i feed the smallest of them 30 adult dubias,she still jump around like crazy,biting everything that moves,including my fingers,forceps and the glass when i close her cage.
She even bites plants,hideouts etc when i feed her.
She shares the enclsure with the paracnemis,and that one is a bit smaller. The paracnemis have got the same behaviour,so when i feed them,i must fool the cane toad so she hop away from the rococo. Or else they bite each other in the face,the cane almost swallowed the head of the rococo once! Immediately after she spit out the toad ,the rococo shoot her tongue in the face of the cane instead!
Very funny to watch,but is this normal or what?
They both seem very healthy,fast moving and alert so i guess they just are like they supposed to be. OR?
My other 2 Canes are the real monsters from Suriname.
They do eat VERY much too,and i once fed them mice,i never do that again i tell you!
The largest of them (23-24 cm BL) did go total berzerk and destroyed every plant in the chase of the mouse.I Know that mice is not good food,they have only eaten that once in the 1,5 years i have had them.
These toads are fantastic creatures,and i absolutely love them with all my heart.
My concern is if they accidently swallow something bad in the feeding frenzy,i feed them with forceps,but they get in a different state when offered food.
Is this behaviour uncommon,or am i just lucky with healthy toads?
I've never had my cane toad refuse food, then again in the wild they wouldn't be constantly bombarded with 100 superworms in one sitting either.
It's up to you to be the judge of how much is enough. You wouldn't leave a full bag of dog food out for your dog either would you?
The more you feed them, the more poop they will produce .. and cane toads produce ALOT of smelly poop. If they look plump when not puffed up and agitated there is no reason to feed them more then one or two bugs here and there.
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Just a good rule of thumb though to, if your larger toad can fit the other toad's head fully in it's mouth (or from what you can judge, can) , it's best to house the toads apart until the one catches up in growth.
Toads will eat each other especially if they are hungry enough. I even had a well fed cane toad "attempt" to swallow a smaller one on me before, which lead to it getting stuck in it's mouth (which killed the other toad still).
She can not fit the entire head in her mouth nowadays.
I know im the judge,and i actually just give them a few raoches here an there.
There was one occasion i just wanted to try if she ever gets full,i stopped at about 30 dubias,feeling it was enough. But she did not think it was enough at all.
But it is a little weird though,in the wild they live in the rainforest.
In the rainforest there are tons of insects,but why does not all wild cane toads be very fat? Perhaps they move around more in the wild than in captivity.
But,as you said they don´t get 100 superworms in one sitting.
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