Bumblebee toads ~ eating question.

[Charis]

These are the only pictures I have so far. I guess for size reference, I have small hands and wear a size 2 ring on my pinkie. Which probably doesn't help much.

[clownonfire]

Beautiful little bugger! Well, I think it's a young adult, not a year yet. Feed him more than less, as mentioned in the previous comment.

Where did you get it?

Eric

[Charis]

Went into a Petco fairly close to where I live and they had just gotten a few of them in. They have never had them before, that I'd seen. I had about four hours to research them online before having to decide whether to get one or not, so I know less about them than I like with a new pet. But I had everything habitat wise that was needed already and the article by Seth Doty said they could eat other things than crickets, my main concern, so I went for it.

[jkooiman]

They love termites.JVK

[clownonfire]

Went into a Petco fairly close to where I live and they had just gotten a few of them in. They have never had them before, that I'd seen. I had about four hours to research them online before having to decide whether to get one or not, so I know less about them than I like with a new pet. But I had everything habitat wise that was needed already and the article by Seth Doty said they could eat other things than crickets, my main concern, so I went for it.

Seth article was my reference, it was very useful when I first got my Bumble bee walking toad. I feed pinhead crickets to mine occasionally, but mostly fruit flies. I'm telling you, once you get your few cultures going, it's a piece of cake. And it's much more economical!

[joshsfrogs]

I've found that wingless melanogaster work well for young bumble bee toads, while adult bumble bee toads prefer hydei fruit flies. Check out the Josh's Frogs care sheet on bumble bee toads:

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