common toad requirements

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Connor0729

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hello guys/girls. yesterday i was helping my parents around the yard when i saw a 1.5-2 inch toad. he looked cute in his own little way. anyways, i was wondering:

-what size tank do they need?

-will a water dish and frequent mistings be ok for a toads moisture needs?

-can you keep more than one in the same enclosure?

-would it be ok to feed a toad bugs and worms from the yard?

i was thinking about using some flowers, because the little guy that i saw was living in a patch of plants. would this be ok?

thanks in advance for your time:)
 
Their pretty much like any other toad I guess right? Correct me people if I'm wrong.

20 gallon tank, prefferably long.

Dirt deep enough to completly dig itself under.

Water dish large enough for swimming. Filtered. Deep enough for total submertion but with shallow spots.

If they are the same size and you have several hiding spots, you may keep 2-3 in a 20 long, for more, a larger tank is required.

Toads will eat earthworms far longer then itself. This is fine. You may also find crickets outside. These black crickets arnt a favorite for toads and I find that they would rather eat store bought ones.

Plants are fine, they help raise humidity and give your tank a natural appearance. Just make sure the plant has light.

Hope this helps.

Z
 
Don't even get me started on toads. They are so annoying this time of year. When I lived at my parents house they would sing outside my window in our koi pond all night long. Not 1 or 2 but like 20 males. I wanted to stuff them in my potato gun and fire them at the moon. Haha, anyways Z-trips set up will work fine. You should probably mist the tank in the morning and evening and keep the temp in the high 70's. Make sure the bugs you feed it are not from a pesticide sprayed yard.
 
Ophiuchus;842257; said:
Wow, Z...no attacks? This has to be your nicest post yet. I'm surprised you didn't drill him about taking the toad from the wild or something.
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hahahah as long as they stay moist..they will be fine..just do potting soil(make sure theres non of tht white ****..and no pesticides), or coconut fiber...or just dig some from your yard..tht would be the cheapest.:headbang2:headbang2
 
what everyone else is saying is pretty much all you need.

I would recommend putting some moss from the yard, and some dried leaves in there for extra cover and to make the setting a bit more natural.

if you get the moss right, it should continue to grow, but the dry leaves would have to be changed frequently.

just keep the tank moist and make sure that it can bury itself completly + waterdish <- those are essentials

as for tank size, i'd personally recommend a minimum of 15 gallons which i believe should be fine for life. if you find a 20 gallon wide somewhere that'd be better :)
 
well, frommy experience...Common toads get BIIIGGG... im serious.... 20 gallon MIGHT work... but ive had this one biggin, SHE WAS MASSIVE!!and you know we kept them in sand. In our old duplex, there was a fire escape for the downstairs in the back, and toads would accidentally make the 10 foot plunge.. and the big fire escape was filled with sand . so the toads would burrow. During summer months, we would get out our fishing poles and put only a litle red bead on the end (NO HOOK) and we would drop the bead down andjust move it around like a bug. A toad would see it, get closer, and wooooopp.... you could actually see its tongue grab on if you watched closely. Then we would reel them up. take it out of there mouths and just go and set them back down in the escape
 
Vicious_Fish;842275; said:
Don't even get me started on toads. They are so annoying this time of year. When I lived at my parents house they would sing outside my window in our koi pond all night long. Not 1 or 2 but like 20 males. I wanted to stuff them in my potato gun and fire them at the moon. Haha, anyways Z-trips set up will work fine. You should probably mist the tank in the morning and evening and keep the temp in the high 70's. Make sure the bugs you feed it are not from a pesticide sprayed yard.
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Dude, I love hearing the toads, and the calls of all other amphibians. I used to go outside at night and watch them. Awsome stuff.

As for toad care, they get pretty big. About the size of a fist (females get alrger). A 20gL might work but a 40g breeder would be better and allow more plant life and individual toads. You don't need much for water, they are mostly land dwellers except when breeding. They should have a constant water source and mistings like you said though. For food, insects and worms will do. If you collect them outdoors make sure you do so in a chemical free environment.
 
i have a spare 35 sitting in the garage, so i might put a few in there. also, the toads that i'm talking about are different than yours (U.S.). the biggest that i have seen was like like 4 inches, and i have seen a lot. oh, that big one that i just mentioned, i found him/her with a garter snake trying to eat its leg, but when the snake saw me he just slithered away. thanks for your help guys, and if there are more opinions out there, please share them.
 
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