My Woodhouse's toads absolutely love pinky mice! The pink mice are small enough for a 2+ inch toad that the mice easily stick to the tongue and are eaten in one gulp. I use frozen/defrosted mice. I just put the hungry toad in a feeding cage (critter keeper, in my case) and drop the defrosted mouse in front of the toad with feeding tongs. Usually, the toad will snap at it when the mouse lands. Sometimes, you have to repeat the drop a time or two if the toad misses, since for the most part, the food needs to be moving to attract their attention. My biggest toad (Junie) is good with tong feeding, so I just hold the mouse (adult mice, in her case) in front of her and she takes it from there. The others will strike at mice held in the tongs but have a hard time grabbing them, so the "drop method" works better... Let me stress that not everyone thinks mouse are good food items for toads and frogs (so don't flame me, please!) and I only use them as "sometimes foods" (Sesame Street/Cookie Monster reference).
Here is Junie eating a mouse...
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