Toadlets growing!

[LilyPad]

Some of the toadlets are growing so quickly!! There is a distinct size difference between them now.

Here is a picture from the first week...



And now it's been 3 weeks...

[DonLisk]

Hi Amy, Great pics. Bet it is a lot of fun watching them. They sure look great.

[nicodimus22]

Wow, you weren't kidding about the difference in size. You might need to separate them soon. Grow faster, little ones! Cute pics, anyhow.

Out of curiosity, do you see any correlation between the ones growing faster to the amount of time they bask in the light, or a difference in appetite between the bigger and smaller ones?

[LilyPad]

Thanks guys! Yes, the size difference is quite impressive considering they're being raised in the exact same environment.

They all eat the same (I keep a close eye to make sure they all get their fair share) They bask the same, they all equally active. The biggest one (Clarice) is the one that does the toe twitching that I was worried about, but I guess she's just extra healthy!

The only difference up to this point is that the bigger two have started burrowing, the smaller ones do not, they might find a crevice between the moss to sit in, but that's all.

I am going to work this week on getting the 29 gal tank up and running. I will leave the two smaller ones in the 10 gallon and put the big ones in the 29 gallon tank. I don't want one of the tiny ones to become lunch.

[BG]

Hi Amy the little toads bring me back to my childhood years when we had toads everywhere in NYC and on Long island we loved them and now with all the pesticides you can't even see a fly so sad but yet enjoy them while you have them god i miss those days thank you for sharing these precious frogs you brought me back to my you youth.

[LilyPad]

BG, we have HUNDREDS of these toads in our yard! We are an anti-pesticide family though with a very large property, so this may be why!

Hopefully people will eventually get the hint about fertilizers and pesticides and some of these little guys will make a bigger comeback.

[Whistly]

Nice little toads you have there. I love the second photo it looks like the bigger toad is eyeing up the little one, "I'm gonna eat you" says the big toad.