New Huge Cane Toad

[Larry Wardog]

My God is that a big toad lol



I am happy that you shared this on the forum I am seriously in awe of that toad.

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[Hart24601]

My God is that a big toad lol



I am happy that you shared this on the forum I am seriously in awe of that toad.

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Thanks!!!

Funny story. My wife is a very nice person, but has not been 100% team toad, particularly at 1st. It didn't help that shortly after I received the toad, I was changing some water or doing some sort of work on the enclosure so I picked the toad up and showed my wife saying "how can you not love that face!" which is funny because the toad looks so grumpy all the time, and right after this the toad started peeing...

I swear it just wouldn't stop! I kept holding her out of pure shock and I swear it must have been a half gallon of water right on the floor. I wish that I had a camera to capture my wife's horrified face.

In retrospect it makes sense, toads normally pee when you pick them up, and a toad this size can pee a lot!

I pretty much never handle her so it's not been an issue, but it was great when she also showed off that skill to the vet.

[Hart24601]

Her new pose now, over the food bowl! I also took a slow motion video but doubt it will come across. She now will eat adult dubia.

[Axqu]

What a BEAUTIFUL big girl! Thank you for sharing the video of her! Nice slow-mo! It seems like once she decided being in captivity is a good gig, she settled in perfectly. Happy ending to a months-long saga.

[Hart24601]

Another update. She ate one of my male wide horn hissers today. I was shocked - these are not regular hissers but the largest hisser species I know of. Figured it was worth a shot since the males are only good to look at and fight each other. Took her a few tries! They don’t grow fast enough to be anything but a treat, still is exciting.

[elly]

Magnificent. I'm not surprised she could handle a whole hisser.

[Larry Wardog]

Magnificent. I'm not surprised she could handle a whole hisser.

Wow haven't seen a post from you in a long time stranger!

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[Hart24601]

The light wasn’t best but got a hisser video. It wasn’t my largest male, he is for show!


Action is 45s in.

[Hart24601]

Worth an update: after some work she now eats earthworms very well. I can put half dozen in her bowl and she is able to eat them up pretty quickly now that she learned to more shovel them in her mouth. These will save me a whole lot of money using them as a staple and supplementing with hornworms and roaches. I think people underestimate the cost of feeding a big girl like this. She has been out at the bowl the past couple of days in the morning looking for food! I was surprised to see her out at her bowl today as I fed her 2 hornworms and 14 large earthworms yesterday...