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The egg crate is a good idea, good way to make them feel safe! My substrate is about that deep also, but my toads don't seem to do much burrowing, they just go in the hides and under the leaves.
Re: I.Love.Toads
The egg crate is a good idea, good way to make them feel safe! My substrate is about that deep also, but my toads don't seem to do much burrowing, they just go in the hides and under the leaves.
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"
Re: I.Love.Toads
I like the egg-crate idea! I may use that one myself. My toads have become less concerned about cover as they have grown older - most of them just sit in their favorite spots, without burying themselves at all. They make toad pyramids a lot! In the winter, however, they do tend to remain hidden for long periods.
Young toads tend to be hungry every day but I don't think it is necessary to dig them up - if they are plump, just feed them when they are obviously out looking for food.
The other thing I've noticed is that toadlets will kind of idle along until something kicks in and they have a massive growth spurt during which they attain more or less their mature size. My (current) largest toad didn't appear to be growing at all for about 4 months when she was a toadlet. We thought that we were going to have to move her to a different cage because her cage-mate was growing and she wasn't and we thought that she was in danger of being eaten. Then all of the sudden, she grows more than 3.5 inches in two months!
Re: I.Love.Toads
I have only had my toads for about a week, but they all started the same size. One has already grown leaps and bounds above the others. I worry about the same thing! Hopefully the others will catch up.Originally Posted by Greg M
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"
Re: I.Love.Toads
By the way Amy, sorry if it seemed like I was trying to hijack your topic. I have already created several threads in the toad forum and I don't want to look like a self-important twit who creates new threads about his pets every day, so I just started talking/sharing in here since you were already talking about toadlets.
Re: I.Love.Toads
No problem! I am a thread hijacker too... sometimes it just happens to fit what you're looking for info on
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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