Toadlets growing!

[nicodimus22]

Pete by the looks of things you're doing a great job. I found a toad at my cousins house in Long island last week. It was more on the tan greenish side with red warts. After i watched it for an hour i released it. Btw did you collect them by your area?

Yeah, they were in a place where lots of people walked by and squished more of them every few minutes, so I decided to try to save a couple of them. A third toad stowed away in some of the soil I scooped up, so I ended up with 3 toadlets. One of them passed away about a month ago for no apparent reason, but the other two have been doing great this whole time. Geez they were little back then...

[LilyPad]

It's just amazing how quickly these little guys grow. I really need to get some picture updates. The toads are in my kids' room though and I only think to take pics after they're in bed!

[LilyPad]

I finally remembered to get some pics done in the morning! The tiny one is still tiny, but definitely showing some growth now and eating like a pig! For now, I'm still keeping that one housed alone. The rest are taking on small crickets easily now, I think I would have to feed them 50 fruit flies each to keep them full. I'm also giving them cut up worm pieces, they love those!

[nicodimus22]

Wow, those are getting huge! Mine are more like your smaller ones so far.

On a related note, I was at a nature center in MD today, and among other things they had a big American toad. It was somewhere close to 4 inches long. I stood there staring at it for a couple of minutes thinking "I'm gonna have two of those a year from now. Sweeeeeet."

[LilyPad]

LOL They do get quite impressive in size! I figured that out finding them hiding out in my garden!

Here is a better one so you can see the size difference between one of the bigger ones and the small one...

[Mushrooms]

Your toads are looking great, i love their spots, really good looking little toads. Well done both you Amy and you Pete

[hannahtheawesomest]

sooo cute