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    Okay...one of my 10 gallon tanks has become a toadlet tank. Apparently the toad tadpoles we released a while back (a month ago??) have grown legs, and they are itty bitty teeny weeny little toads. I am going to go buy some flightless fruit flies but do you have any other advice? What do I do for a water dish with such a tiny toad? Any plants? I only let the kids keep ONE because I didn't want another handful right now, and it was pretty dang cute so tiny and bitty!!

    I did read the toad basic care sheet, so I have a 10 gallon tank, with coco fiber substrate, and a log hide.
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    No water dish - that will be instant drowning death right now. Any old cover objects will do. Just make sure to dust the flies regularly with supplements.
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    Thank you John. I have reptocal and reptolife for the frogs, I figured that would work fine for the baby toad.
    2.0.3 Hyla versicolor "Eastern Gray Tree Frogs"
    2.2.0 Agalychnis callidryas "Red Eyed Tree Frogs"

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    Here is the toadlet. It happily munched 2 dusted fruit flies pretty quickly. You can kind of get the size of it, those two white dots in the front are fruit flies!

    2.0.3 Hyla versicolor "Eastern Gray Tree Frogs"
    2.2.0 Agalychnis callidryas "Red Eyed Tree Frogs"

    0.0.3 Dendrobates auratus "Turquoise and Bronze"
    0.0.1 Anaxyrus fowleri "Fowler's Toad"



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    Springtail cultures will help too. They are smaller than the flies.

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    I have some springtails in my other tank, I might grab a handful of substrate out of that one and try to encourage them to breed in the toad tank.
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    2.2.0 Agalychnis callidryas "Red Eyed Tree Frogs"

    0.0.3 Dendrobates auratus "Turquoise and Bronze"
    0.0.1 Anaxyrus fowleri "Fowler's Toad"



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    I did give my toadlets a water dish right away, but it has to be very shallow (below the toad's shoulders) and be something they can easily climb out of. They have always liked to sit in it and soak.

    I imagine you'll find that the toad will bury itself during most of the day, usually in/under the hide because it feels safest there. I've taken to feeding mine just before bedtime, since they are usually all above ground then.

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    So far it hasn't buried itself, I think it is still adjusting to the viv. Last night I fed it earlier, but it will get fed around 9 pm every night, the same as my gray tree frogs. It ate 2 fruit flies immediately last night, and again tonight, so it's good to know that it is eating!
    2.0.3 Hyla versicolor "Eastern Gray Tree Frogs"
    2.2.0 Agalychnis callidryas "Red Eyed Tree Frogs"

    0.0.3 Dendrobates auratus "Turquoise and Bronze"
    0.0.1 Anaxyrus fowleri "Fowler's Toad"



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