Breeding pair of toads! :D

[Zach]

I guess. Jeez the tadpoles are a mm long.... they seem to be doing okay. But lay on the bottom alot, then move from time to time to feed. But are not acting like regular sized toad tadpoles that are like half an inch long. These are tinier than them. One algea disk I think would feed the whole crew. That's how small they are. Maybe two algea disks. I tried taking out the white eggs and threw em out. I got alot out---- but a great deal of them broke and the pearls stayed in the water but not the gelatin thing(gross btw).

Iam afraid of using the water vacuum since some of the taddies bury themselves in the gravel a bit. Well hang about on the nooks and crannies. The tadies are the size of a black ant--- maybe a LITTLE bit larger.

Yea for the first few days they will hang on the sides of the tank or other things as they absorb their yolk sack. You don't need to feed the until they are free swimming and have the normal tadpole shape.

Wood lice should be fine to feed as long as they are the right size.

[Deku]

Yea for the first few days they will hang on the sides of the tank or other things as they absorb their yolk sack. You don't need to feed the until they are free swimming and have the normal tadpole shape.

Wood lice should be fine to feed as long as they are the right size.

Nobody told me that! not even google! D: They're freeswimming persay. but don't have the normal tadpole shape.... Like they look like a tadpole only smaller and flattened. They have the tail, mouth. But yeah. I sorta... uhh.... threw out alot of the eggs out. The white ones. Along with the yolk. Though it made a mess, and the pearls are in the tank floor. Some pieces of egg yolk is still there. :x

[Zach]

Nobody told me that! not even google! D: They're freeswimming persay. but don't have the normal tadpole shape.... Like they look like a tadpole only smaller and flattened. They have the tail, mouth. But yeah. I sorta... uhh.... threw out alot of the eggs out. The white ones. Along with the yolk. Though it made a mess, and the pearls are in the tank floor. Some pieces of egg yolk is still there. :x

No worries, the yolk is attached to the tadpole. They will look very untadpoleish for a couple days while they feed on the yolk while being attached to the side, rocks and any other stuff in the tank. When they get the "normal" tadpole shape and are no longer stuck to the sides but instead swimming around, that is the tie to feed them. This can be anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks depending on water temperature.

[Deku]

No worries, the yolk is attached to the tadpole. They will look very untadpoleish for a couple days while they feed on the yolk while being attached to the side, rocks and any other stuff in the tank. When they get the "normal" tadpole shape and are no longer stuck to the sides but instead swimming around, that is the tie to feed them. This can be anywhere from 2 days to 2 weeks depending on water temperature.

I drop in wafers every now and then. :x Iam wondering... could I put in my ghost shrimp with the tadpoles? Or will the shrimp try to eat them? The shrimp are passive but Iam just making sure.

[Zach]

I drop in wafers every now and then. :x Iam wondering... could I put in my ghost shrimp with the tadpoles? Or will the shrimp try to eat them? The shrimp are passive but Iam just making sure.

yea you shouldn't put any food in until they are more developed. At this size shrimp would eat the tadpoles, but it may be possible to mix them when they get older.

[Wormwood]

It's highly doubtful, unless you have a very large farm that you'll be able to raise enough woodlice to keep a couple toads happy. The largest wood lice is generally smaller then a mature cricket and a healthy adult American Toad can easily go through 25 crickets a week in average house hold temps.

It'll be a good food for raising the toads though, once the toadlets are large enough to feed on them that is.

Depending how many toads you keep though, if it is 8-10 you might want to consider just buying a box of crickets from a local reptile show, or online. They generally last two weeks, come with 1,000 crickets, cost like $16 bucks. It feeds 13 American and American sized toads and makes up a majority of two cane toad's diet. There are also boxes of 500 for $12 bucks and that might work just as well if the toads are the only thing your feeding insects. $24 dollars a month to feed 10 animals is nothing to sniff at, and it lowers the risk of catching parasites and other nasties wild feeders can bring.

Breeding 500-1,000 of anything every two weeks is gonna take a big operation. Good luck!

[Deku]

It's highly doubtful, unless you have a very large farm that you'll be able to raise enough woodlice to keep a couple toads happy. The largest wood lice is generally smaller then a mature cricket and a healthy adult American Toad can easily go through 25 crickets a week in average house hold temps.

It'll be a good food for raising the toads though, once the toadlets are large enough to feed on them that is.

Depending how many toads you keep though, if it is 8-10 you might want to consider just buying a box of crickets from a local reptile show, or online. They generally last two weeks, come with 1,000 crickets, cost like $16 bucks. It feeds 13 American and American sized toads and makes up a majority of two cane toad's diet. There are also boxes of 500 for $12 bucks and that might work just as well if the toads are the only thing your feeding insects. $24 dollars a month to feed 10 animals is nothing to sniff at, and it lowers the risk of catching parasites and other nasties wild feeders can bring.

Breeding 500-1,000 of anything every two weeks is gonna take a big operation. Good luck!

I highly doubt they eat that much. They're not out travelling constantly like they would outside in search of food. I feed a dozen and a half for my toad(the one I got last summer as a toadlet), and she only consumes 12 of them in that same week, and the rest she eats the following monday. lol. I even feed her large earthworms occassionally. But I may make that her staple. Well part of her staple. Along with those lil woodlice and some other stuff Iam thinking of breeding.

She's already fat as she is. Feeding her more will make her fatter and that's probably unhealthy since she already looks fat as a pacman. I let her have a roam of a small room everyonce in a while. She sits there for a bit, then she moves around then sits there, then moves. lol. The room is humid-- so thats no prob. The temp isn't too high or too low. It always stays at 70 at most. Sometimes lowers to 68. She's basically a temperate toad. So she's okay with those temps.
As for a whole farm just to breed woodlice, that's sorta preposterous because they're pretty small and you find alot of them in just one log. Over 200 I found last summer in this huge rotten log. I say 200 as an estimate. There were alot. I mean part of the log was completely covered in them. Sadly I didn't catch em back then. Now Iam starting to breed them. So Iam going to get several kritter keepers thatt size to breed them and have a cycle so they don't get exhausted in numbers.
I'd say 3-4 containers that size should be good.

I'm going to breed earthworms too. I did it last year, it went far. Untill I stop using them for some reason-- ended up forgetting them and found them dead. lol. I was busy I guess. But ill start again. As for parasites and all that stuff. The insects are local-- therefore the toads/toadlets are all local as well. They were from the outside. Were not captive bred persay so any bugs or whatever will not harm them. Plus, after a while if you keep the culture going long enough and its kept clean whatever maybe onto them-- will die out.

I will also breed roaches eventually. I don't know which yet. But something that doesn't gross me out visually and is small and easy to breed. Iam thinking banana roaches, domino roaches, sand roaches do not gross me out. American roaches, german roaches and the sort DO gross the heck out of me.

Remember I do come from the tropics(was born there and raised there) so as well for us--me and my family roaches are not really our allies. My mom hates roaches MORE than anything out there. She will mutilate a roach if she thinks what shes looking at is a roach.

I'm avoiding crickets too much. Maybe feed them once a month or twice a month--- but because I am not a fan of crickets to be quite honest. I'd only use them for dustings.
I also plan on stocking up on other worms like mealworms, waxworms and let them grow into adult forms. Mealbeetles, Wax Moths, etc. To feed to the toads occassionally. I plan on breeding multiple insects now. Iam getting fascinated by insects as well so it shouldn't be a problem. Going to a forum for insects will help me(it has been). I already know what to do with some of them.

Now Iam just going to buy the equipment for all of that and put them in a large container to keep them from being outside(like okay the critter keeper will be inside a larger storage container with plenty of holes all over for breathing--- this is to keep them dark and moist. As well as out of sight. lol. They will be stacked up inside the larger container(the small containers) in order and class. Hopefully this will help me a great deal. My parents hate messiness so this should help me keep it all clean.

[Deku]

yea you shouldn't put any food in until they are more developed. At this size shrimp would eat the tadpoles, but it may be possible to mix them when they get older.

Okay. I will do that if they grow bigger. :]