Breeding pair of toads! :D

[Zach]

Ok to start of, yes the eggs turning white are dieing. Don't worry unless more than 1/4 of them turn white. As for the others, some hatch earlier, while others wait until they are more developed in the egg to hatch. You want to have some water movement but not enough that it tosses the tads around. Make sure there isn't a yucky film on the surface of the water. Mortality rate is going to be very high in the wild or captivity, their is no way around that. Personally I don't think you can feed 20 toadlets. Keep in mind that in the wild they would eat countless amounts of insects every night. You should let the majority go. Also let the parents go. When you found them the female was carrying the male to a spot to lay eggs, which wouldn't have been the creek you found them by. Well best of luck with those tadpoles, currently iam raising 200+ wood frog tads.

[Deku]

Ok to start of, yes the eggs turning white are dieing. Don't worry unless more than 1/4 of them turn white. As for the others, some hatch earlier, while others wait until they are more developed in the egg to hatch. You want to have some water movement but not enough that it tosses the tads around. Make sure there isn't a yucky film on the surface of the water. Mortality rate is going to be very high in the wild or captivity, their is no way around that. Personally I don't think you can feed 20 toadlets. Keep in mind that in the wild they would eat countless amounts of insects every night. You should let the majority go. Also let the parents go. When you found them the female was carrying the male to a spot to lay eggs, which wouldn't have been the creek you found them by. Well best of luck with those tadpoles, currently iam raising 200+ wood frog tads.

I don't think she was going to take him anywhere since theres only that creek around.. and I always see the eggs where the female was by(not kidding--- ill take pictures if I ever see them again).

I will put the adults back EXCEPTION of the very first toad I had. I had her since she was a toadlet. Iam quite fond of her and attached to her. I'ved had her for a year and she seems quite content and plump.

As for the moth idea. That seems like a good idea; but not the best since I tried doing something LIKE that with a box turtle once. It ended escaping and I was in grief. Rather not have that happen again----for whatever reason.

Look up the fruit fly culture. Look at how easy it is to breed fruitflies. lol. I thought the same way as you did. But, when I found out how easy it is to breed them--- then I figured why not go for it. I will release alot of them when they turn already into toadlets. But not by that creek. I find it they will do better in another woodlands where I found a great deal of toads last summer(5-7 please note Iam very clumsy and have not the best pair of eyes) lol.

The male and female I found mating I will release them where I found them. But not exactly WHERE i found them. Same area, but more in the land portion of where I found them. They're quite done with mating, so Ill find a good area that they will hide and find lots of bugs then ill release em there, within the week(after I fed them a bit--- it would be quite mean of me if I let them go without feeding them for the road ill make sure to get extra large dusted crickets for them lol).

As for the white taddies its only a small percentage of the dying eggs. I can count 20eggs(not kidding) so far that turned white lol. The rest seem to be hatching.

[Zach]

I don't think she was going to take him anywhere since theres only that creek around.. and I always see the eggs where the female was by(not kidding--- ill take pictures if I ever see them again).

I will put the adults back EXCEPTION of the very first toad I had. I had her since she was a toadlet. Iam quite fond of her and attached to her. I'ved had her for a year and she seems quite content and plump.

As for the moth idea. That seems like a good idea; but not the best since I tried doing something LIKE that with a box turtle once. It ended escaping and I was in grief. Rather not have that happen again----for whatever reason.

Look up the fruit fly culture. Look at how easy it is to breed fruitflies. lol. I thought the same way as you did. But, when I found out how easy it is to breed them--- then I figured why not go for it. I will release alot of them when they turn already into toadlets. But not by that creek. I find it they will do better in another woodlands where I found a great deal of toads last summer(5-7 please note Iam very clumsy and have not the best pair of eyes) lol.

The male and female I found mating I will release them where I found them. But not exactly WHERE i found them. Same area, but more in the land portion of where I found them. They're quite done with mating, so Ill find a good area that they will hide and find lots of bugs then ill release em there, within the week(after I fed them a bit--- it would be quite mean of me if I let them go without feeding them for the road ill make sure to get extra large dusted crickets for them lol).

As for the white taddies its only a small percentage of the dying eggs. I can count 20eggs(not kidding) so far that turned white lol. The rest seem to be hatching.

Thats interesting, they don't usually breed in creeks because they prefer still quit water. For the bugs, you don't have to take them outside, you can make a bug trap around the light and bring the bugs in. This video is pretty good about how to feed YouTube - Raising tadpoles into Frogs /Toads pt . 2 of 3 -How 2 feed Fruit flies are harder than you would think, trust me I've done it several times with several species and you just aren't going to get by with just fruit flies. It probably doesn't matter where you release the parents, as long as its the same general area.

[Deku]

Thats interesting, they don't usually breed in creeks because they prefer still quit water. For the bugs, you don't have to take them outside, you can make a bug trap around the light and bring the bugs in. This video is pretty good about how to feed YouTube - Raising tadpoles into Frogs /Toads pt . 2 of 3 -How 2 feed Fruit flies are harder than you would think, trust me I've done it several times with several species and you just aren't going to get by with just fruit flies. It probably doesn't matter where you release the parents, as long as its the same general area.

So fruitflies will be hard to culture? ill still give em a whirl, and today Iam going to get some of those springtails and breeding them.
Ill see what other things I can find. Im going to put the toadlets once they are fully toadlets into small containers big enough for them to not be cramped too much. The ones they use at reptileshows to carry out other animals. That will be a better solution for me. Since I can specially focus on one toad per container, keep their data, write up how they are doing, etc.

But I wouldn't keep more than 20toadlets I guess if a few people are suggesting me on not to. Thanks! Ill keep some of the smaller toadlets as my 10/10 10of the smallest and 10 of the largest. I do like it when I find petite toads like that. Though I won't mind what they actually grow into. lol. I just wanna have something I raised. I guess it gives me a stronger bond/interest into what Iam owning. That's what happened with my toad kero/krote(her name changes constantly).

It's a weird instinct I have call it at that. If I catch it and its adult, ill take interest in it; but its most likely to study it for the week and release it the next week. I do that sometimes.

Most of my stuff I had as a baby so I guess it brings me closer to them. Not sure how other people are. But that's how I work I guess. My turtle I had it as a hatchling. My goldfish I had em since they were 1inch long. Guppies= ehh I just like em lol.

The pacman I have, my friend gave it to me when it was an inch big, basically when it was fully morphed from a froglet-- he kept it for an extra month to make sure it was fine.

I mean ill take on adults no doubt. But it won't be the same way ill look at them as. lol hard to explain. xD
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Yeah like I said they were breeding in the creek just in a quieter part of the creek. I don't know how to fully explain it. But

There's a part that branches off from the creek--it still gets some water movement but its not a powerfulll flow. Its ussually covered by aquatic weeds too --- allover. The toads just blend into their environment. So its sorta hard to spot them there. lol. Maybe why they like it there. xD

[Zach]

So fruitflies will be hard to culture? ill still give em a whirl, and today Iam going to get some of those springtails and breeding them.
Ill see what other things I can find. Im going to put the toadlets once they are fully toadlets into small containers big enough for them to not be cramped too much. The ones they use at reptileshows to carry out other animals. That will be a better solution for me. Since I can specially focus on one toad per container, keep their data, write up how they are doing, etc.

But I wouldn't keep more than 20toadlets I guess if a few people are suggesting me on not to. Thanks! Ill keep some of the smaller toadlets as my 10/10 10of the smallest and 10 of the largest. I do like it when I find petite toads like that. Though I won't mind what they actually grow into. lol. I just wanna have something I raised. I guess it gives me a stronger bond/interest into what Iam owning. That's what happened with my toad kero/krote(her name changes constantly).

It's a weird instinct I have call it at that. If I catch it and its adult, ill take interest in it; but its most likely to study it for the week and release it the next week. I do that sometimes.

Most of my stuff I had as a baby so I guess it brings me closer to them. Not sure how other people are. But that's how I work I guess. My turtle I had it as a hatchling. My goldfish I had em since they were 1inch long. Guppies= ehh I just like em lol.

The pacman I have, my friend gave it to me when it was an inch big, basically when it was fully morphed from a froglet-- he kept it for an extra month to make sure it was fine.

I mean ill take on adults no doubt. But it won't be the same way ill look at them as. lol hard to explain. xD
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Yeah like I said they were breeding in the creek just in a quieter part of the creek. I don't know how to fully explain it. But

There's a part that branches off from the creek--it still gets some water movement but its not a powerfulll flow. Its ussually covered by aquatic weeds too --- allover. The toads just blend into their environment. So its sorta hard to spot them there. lol. Maybe why they like it there. xD

Its not that they are hard, its that you will need a ton of them. Kepping one toadlet per container sounds like a great idea. Keep us updated on their development.

[Deku]

Its not that they are hard, its that you will need a ton of them. Kepping one toadlet per container sounds like a great idea. Keep us updated on their development.

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.

[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.