Bumblebee toad or fire belly toad?

[fruitloop]

Wait so we are not suppose to lick toads? haha

Ha ha ha ha...too funny! Damn it... and here I thought I was buying some cheap drugs that replenish themselves...aren't you suppose to get some cool hallucinations from licking toads? ...lol

[Bumbleluv]

I just purchased 2 Bumble Bee Walking Toads and received conflicting info on care. First, do they require an undertank heater or is room temp ok? Second, I'm providing UVB light but was told not really necessary (I was told to put tank by window but I don't think you can get UVB light through glass). I mist the tank twice a day to keep humidity between 60 -80. Help, I want to make sure I'm providing proper care. They are so cute.

[milky85]

I just purchased 2 Bumble Bee Walking Toads and received conflicting info on care. First, do they require an undertank heater or is room temp ok? Second, I'm providing UVB light but was told not really necessary (I was told to put tank by window but I don't think you can get UVB light through glass). I mist the tank twice a day to keep humidity between 60 -80. Help, I want to make sure I'm providing proper care. They are so cute.

sorry i can't help with all your questions but, having a uvb light is ok, even if they may not require it, it can only help. firstly in the wild they would naturally be exposed to it and it can only help to synthesis vitamin d3.

And you are right uvb can not penetrate glass, plus it is also very dangerous for the frogs and it can seriously heat up the tank and even kill your toads.

[GrifTheGreat]

sorry i can't help with all your questions but, having a uvb light is ok, even if they may not require it, it can only help. firstly in the wild they would naturally be exposed to it and it can only help to synthesis vitamin d3.

And you are right uvb can not penetrate glass, plus it is also very dangerous for the frogs and it can seriously heat up the tank and even kill your toads.

Don't forget it can also cause damage to their eyes. Especially bright UVB lights.

[frogmania21]

There is a wonderful care sheet for these toads on this site. I have 2 of these yellow spotted walking toads and they are awesome.

[df92484]

I'm a new member to this forum, but I've kept a group of five bumble bee toads at room temperature under a standard florescent light. They are hardy, as long as you don't experience an extreme range of temperatures in your home they should do fine without any special heat source. These toads don't require UVB light, and I don't think it is proven whether or not UVB improves health or life in captivity.

[Bumbleluv]

df92484 - I am having a problem finding small food. I have 2 toads but they don't eat a lot. I bought a jar of flightless fruitflies but it produced so many, so fast my toads wasn't eating them fast enough and I noticed they developed wings so I couldn't use them. I can't find pinhead crickets and small crickets are too big for them (they back away from the small crickets). Do you have other feeding suggestions?

[df92484]

If you only have a few toads, a fruit fly colony will always outproduce what your animals can eat. I cull my fly cultures by feeding the fruit flies to my fish (tetras love them). My suggestion would be to purchase some supplies to create your own cultures from a specialty dealer, I like Joshsfrogs.com. In my experience fruit flies are the most successful food item for bumblebee toads, and they are easily reproduced. If your culture begins to grow mold, or if your flies grow wings you may have to start a new culture with fresh flies.

[Poly]

Most fruit fly cultures (and medium) come with mold inhibitors, so that shouldn't be an issue.

[badkelpie]

df92484 - I am having a problem finding small food. I have 2 toads but they don't eat a lot. I bought a jar of flightless fruitflies but it produced so many, so fast my toads wasn't eating them fast enough and I noticed they developed wings so I couldn't use them. I can't find pinhead crickets and small crickets are too big for them (they back away from the small crickets). Do you have other feeding suggestions?

if you go to Welcome to Gulf Coast Crickets -, you can buy 1000 baby lateralis roaches for $10 (plus $10 for shipping). They are the size of pinheads. I've had mine for about a month, and still have many that are itty bitty. The biggest ones are probably 1/4 inch, or slightly bigger. I'm waiting for them to get big enough for my fire bellies