Breeding pair of toads! :D

[Deku]

While I remember here's 2 photos of my woodlice colony I've taken out the sticks, egg carton and most of the leaf litter so you can see it properly. When I took everything out they went straight to their tunnels in the stones so that explains the lack of woodlice.

Nice.

[Whistly]

Any photos of the tads and toads?

[Deku]

Any photos of the tads and toads?

Well I will try to take some pics soon of the tads and toad. The tads actually have doubled in size!!!! they look twice bigger than a regular toad tadpole. They look robust. Like a tadpole version of arnold schwinger(whatever his weird name is) from the terminator movie--- the guy that goes "hasta la vista baby". Yes so cliche. But that's what I could think of that alot of people would know.
I been giving them extra food. As well as pellets for turtles(hikari brand), and frogbites(reptomin---- for small frogs), algea/spirulina wafers(hikari), color enhancer fish flakes from omegaone. I sorta feed twice a day and I leave the light on all day/night(almost every day/night. I turn off the light atleast 3days a week). Because the light keeps the algea growing like crazy.



Don't worry. They have lots of covering from the light. Plants/hide outs/etc. Last night though something was wrong with the power. My poweroutlet(I'm talking about the extension cord with the extra slots on it) made a popping sound and it smelt like smoke.


Turns out there was a tad of water on the furniture(from previous water change--- I didn't even realise that there). So I freaked out and turned the power off through my garage(the huge power switch for the house).

I turned off the one for the bottom room out of fear of any fire or anything. Had it off for a day. Turned it back on today. Good thing too since I had a fever/severe cold and still sorta do. But I'm getting better. Anywho, the power being back on I may have to turn it off tommorrow. Good thing is I have an overly sensitive nostril. So an unfamiliar scent tends to wake me up quickly. :x

[Whistly]

Well I will try to take some pics soon of the tads and toad. The tads actually have doubled in size!!!! they look twice bigger than a regular toad tadpole. They look robust. Like a tadpole version of arnold schwinger(whatever his weird name is) from the terminator movie--- the guy that goes "hasta la vista baby". Yes so cliche. But that's what I could think of that alot of people would know.
I been giving them extra food. As well as pellets for turtles(hikari brand), and frogbites(reptomin---- for small frogs), algea/spirulina wafers(hikari), color enhancer fish flakes from omegaone. I sorta feed twice a day and I leave the light on all day/night(almost every day/night. I turn off the light atleast 3days a week). Because the light keeps the algea growing like crazy.



Don't worry. They have lots of covering from the light. Plants/hide outs/etc. Last night though something was wrong with the power. My poweroutlet(I'm talking about the extension cord with the extra slots on it) made a popping sound and it smelt like smoke.


Turns out there was a tad of water on the furniture(from previous water change--- I didn't even realise that there). So I freaked out and turned the power off through my garage(the huge power switch for the house).

I turned off the one for the bottom room out of fear of any fire or anything. Had it off for a day. Turned it back on today. Good thing too since I had a fever/severe cold and still sorta do. But I'm getting better. Anywho, the power being back on I may have to turn it off tommorrow. Good thing is I have an overly sensitive nostril. So an unfamiliar scent tends to wake me up quickly. :x

Good to hear you didn't have a fire.

That's a lot of food variety I just fed mine fish flakes which had added vitamins and minerals and tadpole tucker which also had added vitamins and minerals and they ate any algae that grew. Maybe you forgot to add steroids to the list if they're like Arnold Schwarzenegger they must be big.

Lucky you smelt the smoke I was blow drying my hair about 2 months ago and it smelt like smoke but I only noticed it after the blow dryer had set on fire so I blew that out quick as a flash, scared the life out of me though.

[Deku]

Good to hear you didn't have a fire.

That's a lot of food variety I just fed mine fish flakes which had added vitamins and minerals and tadpole tucker which also had added vitamins and minerals and they ate any algae that grew. Maybe you forgot to add steroids to the list if they're like Arnold Schwarzenegger they must be big.

Lucky you smelt the smoke I was blow drying my hair about 2 months ago and it smelt like smoke but I only noticed it after the blow dryer had set on fire so I blew that out quick as a flash, scared the life out of me though.

Yeah it is a huge variety. They look like they're on steroids. They're almost the size of a dime. Well I think they ARE the size of a dime. Anywho my other toad has just "shedded" her skin. Gosh she looks glitterish and beautiful. I wonder why this toad has a "hump" like the bullfrog saddle". Look at the back of an american bullfrog and you will get what I mean. Maybe it means age?

The male has a yellow--bumble bee pattern when his color is the brightest. Gosh darn it! I wish I could have taken the picture right now! D: I couldn't use the cam my mom has cause she was using it the whole day. Now I forgot to ask her and shes sleeping. If I wake her up--- hell will break loose.

Well the reddish one that just shedded has larger warts than the other ones. She has a beautiful pattern. Yes that was the one I was supposed to let go. I had said I did because I thought I was going to that day--- and well. I ended up not releasing them. So far they have been doing good though. Eating like pigs and such. I hope the male sheds his skin. His skin is olive green with yellow. Sorta looks like an african bullfrog persay. or a bumblebee with olive green instead of black. lol. He's a stud. Sorta tries to hump the females a lot. I have to seperate him and her sometimes. It gets obnoxious. Since they're done mating.
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AS for hazards. That's the only place luck actually ends up kicking in. My luck is purely on self preservation and my own survival. Many times a fire should have started--- never did. Few times I "should" have been ran over(I say should because at those times it was supposed to happen in the sense that say the car was going too fast--- or the fire should had started-- etc... not like I wanted it obviously).

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Toads are my favorite animals well along the top 5 which are all tied:
1)Rabbits
2)Turtles
3)Toads
4)Millipedes/beetles
5)Ants/termites/bees/wasps(I like things that work in perfect unison/harmony--- the way these insects work is uncomparable. There is NOTHING in the world that compares to the society of these. Human societies are okay--- but not as organized and perfectly kept as these).

They're not in order and are all tied if anything.

American toads have a wide range of color/pattern templates. I love it.

[Deku]

Bad news: My mom won't lend me her camera--- long story.

Good news: I found some tadpoles in the tadpole colony that have a lighter coloration than the other ones. Does this mean anything? They're still brown. But tan brown and you can see some of its organs. It's not white coloration. But like grayish/brown/tan. If it makes any sense.

The coloration is like this(think of the body--- not the leg colorations or tail. Just the coloration of the body. It doesn't have those spots though. They are active and feeding well. Does this mean a color morph? I got 5 of those colors. The rest are jet black and some have the darkest black coloration(I seperated those too as well as the largest ones and smallest ones)

[Whistly]

Bad news: My mom won't lend me her camera--- long story.

Good news: I found some tadpoles in the tadpole colony that have a lighter coloration than the other ones. Does this mean anything? They're still brown. But tan brown and you can see some of its organs. It's not white coloration. But like grayish/brown/tan. If it makes any sense.

The coloration is like this(think of the body--- not the leg colorations or tail. Just the coloration of the body. It doesn't have those spots though. They are active and feeding well. Does this mean a color morph? I got 5 of those colors. The rest are jet black and some have the darkest black coloration(I seperated those too as well as the largest ones and smallest ones)

Bummer about the camera.

The different colourations sound awesome which ones are you going to keep?

[Deku]

Bummer about the camera.

The different colourations sound awesome which ones are you going to keep?

TO be quite honest. I'm thinking of keeping 20 of them when they turn into toadlets. BUTTTTT!!!!! and here is the big BUT ONLY till I see a big difference in color schemes. If they ones that are lighter color turn to be like half albino or something or fully albino. Ill sell some for lower prices but ill make sure to keep ATLEAST two of those. Then I'd keep for myself the nicest colored ones and perhaps sell or give away some of them to anyone who wants them(provided they pay for shipping/handling). The rest will go out into the wild--- unless anyone wants some american toadlets. :P
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I'm wondering if itll be safe to use a product called "reptoguard" by tetrafauna. Supposed to prevent and aid in helping with stuff like salmonella and any other illness. It's made of:
calcium sulfate hemihydrate, sulfathiazole, sulfadiazin sodium, sulfamethazine, ura.

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P.s. Tadpoles that are lighter colored look sorta like the one on the right.
http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/...-Tadpole-1.jpg

almost like the one with this lighter color:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/r...inoTadpole.jpg

The closest color that it gets to would be this:
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0...l-tadpoles.jpg

I'm wondering if their albino-ism develops while they grow?

[Whistly]

TO be quite honest. I'm thinking of keeping 20 of them when they turn into toadlets. BUTTTTT!!!!! and here is the big BUT ONLY till I see a big difference in color schemes. If they ones that are lighter color turn to be like half albino or something or fully albino. Ill sell some for lower prices but ill make sure to keep ATLEAST two of those. Then I'd keep for myself the nicest colored ones and perhaps sell or give away some of them to anyone who wants them(provided they pay for shipping/handling). The rest will go out into the wild--- unless anyone wants some american toadlets. :P
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I'm wondering if itll be safe to use a product called "reptoguard" by tetrafauna. Supposed to prevent and aid in helping with stuff like salmonella and any other illness. It's made of:
calcium sulfate hemihydrate, sulfathiazole, sulfadiazin sodium, sulfamethazine, ura.

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P.s. Tadpoles that are lighter colored look sorta like the one on the right.
http://photos.travelblog.org/Photos/...-Tadpole-1.jpg

almost like the one with this lighter color:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/r...inoTadpole.jpg

The closest color that it gets to would be this:
http://c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0...l-tadpoles.jpg

I'm wondering if their albino-ism develops while they grow?

It looks like they could be part albino. Set up a thread and see what others think. I don't know about reptoguard I'd set up a thread on that to.

[Deku]

It looks like they could be part albino. Set up a thread and see what others think. I don't know about reptoguard I'd set up a thread on that to.

just did.

[5280]

Albinism should show up immediately after spawning. I don't think any of your tadpoles are albino; Just a lighter coloring on the tadpole/toad. Could be wrong though.

[Deku]

Albinism should show up immediately after spawning. I don't think any of your tadpoles are albino; Just a lighter coloring on the tadpole/toad. Could be wrong though.

well what would that mean? They all started black. Then some started turning that color. The rest are all black. I mean I can see the innards of tadpole when I'm looking it from the bottom, and sometimes sideways. They're incredibly healthy. No sign of illness. Only 12recorded tadpoles died in this stage. The rest are living and kicking. A great deal didn't hatch. But more like 1.5/3rd of the population.

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Question will they be a different color as adults due to light coloration?

[Deku]

Well oddly my tadpoles(a few of them) seem to h ave a white thing hanging off the sides. Wondering what that is? It's sorta long and stringy. Not too long(about the size of the tadpole possibly--- in length. not width. It's actually quite skinny)

[Whistly]

Well oddly my tadpoles(a few of them) seem to h ave a white thing hanging off the sides. Wondering what that is? It's sorta long and stringy. Not too long(about the size of the tadpole possibly--- in length. not width. It's actually quite skinny)

Maybe a worm or parasite of some sort.

[Deku]

Maybe a worm or parasite of some sort.

ahh. Well I guess ill wait and see.

[Wormwood]

Could be a trematodes worm larva, they attach and burrow into tadpoles causing funky limb development and even total limb loss. They are often found in snails it seems, so if you have them in the tank that might have done it, possibly even a clam. They can also be moved in through water transfer, algae, etc. Wild tads not in tanks seem to be less affected by it from the articles I've read about it.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1021185059.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trematoda

[Deku]

Could be a trematodes worm larva, they attach and burrow into tadpoles causing funky limb development and even total limb loss. They are often found in snails it seems, so if you have them in the tank that might have done it, possibly even a clam. They can also be moved in through water transfer, algae, etc. Wild tads not in tanks seem to be less affected by it from the articles I've read about it.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1021185059.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trematoda

crud. That maybe it! I have a clam in there. D: And a snail to help clean the tank. :c Can I treat them for parasites? Like I would for fish? What meds will kill the parasites but not the tads? I do know that the wormy thingies are attached to the exterior of the tads and are going in the gill passage.

[Deku]

anyone?

[Whistly]

Maybe check the frog first aid. I'd seperate the wormed tadpoles and remove the clam and snails and change the water.

[Deku]

Maybe check the frog first aid. I'd seperate the wormed tadpoles and remove the clam and snails and change the water.

ok thanks.