they are driving me crazy i have a couple of questions about them
1. Can i spray them and fill their tank with tap water because i have been doing that for a long time and i wanna know if thats wrong.
2. these toads have not been eating the red worms that i have been giving them and i dont feed them crickets because crickets creep me out and hop out air holes in the tank
3. I have a green/black one and a darkbrown or black/black one. Dark one doesnt even try to eat when i try to feed them, but when the green one does, its never gets the worm in its mouth cuz it ends up letting the worm get away in the water. the worms go directly to the water when it gets in the tank for some reason.
4. the green one hasnt been eating, but it got fat off something what is it??
5. since the toads dont eat, i just put fire bellied toad dust in the water...is that harmful?
6. they dont make the noises they used to either
2007-01-04 09:49:04 · 3 answers · asked by lovely 3 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
tap water is bad for many things, including people! They put chlorine in it to kill of bacteria, and since frogs have porous skin, they absorb it, which in the long run can shorten their lives and kill them.
Look up a fire belly toad care sheet, as I am 100% sure that you need some kind of heating element for them.
Deal with the crickets, it's what they eat, get some long tongs to feed them with, get a cage with smaller holes in it so they don't jump out. Crickets creep me out to. But if it is what the pet I own eats, then that is what it gets. If you truely have a phobia of them and just can't deal, find another home for your F.B.T's as they will not get the care they need from you.
2007-01-06 06:00:22 · answer #1 · answered by Sapphire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you will not get a wart. I extremely have 7 fireplace abdomen toad and have had them for a pair of 12 months. I %. mine up for style of five minutes an afternoon and play with them. I extremely have never gotten a wart from them.
2016-12-15 15:49:08 · answer #2 · answered by hirschfeld 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could it be that they behave differently in winter months? Many reptiles and amphibians eat less in winter and expend less energy. They may be quieter now because (just a guess)...when they DO chirp, it's possibly a mating call and they don't mate in winter.
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2007-01-04 09:51:25 · answer #3 · answered by Lisa E 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋