other then insects what else can i feed a toad?

Question

is there a nutrient rich diet i can feed a toad ? and will a toad eat anything that is not alive and moving?

Answer 1

It depends a lot on what species of toad that you are trying to feed. Some take artificial foods better than others. presentation is also important to get toads to eat non-living foods.

I have seen common toads (Bufo americanus)http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Bufo_americanus.html
that have acclimated to dog food on their own by eating slugs and insects crawling around in open bowls and then starting to eat the dog food straight.

You have to remember that a toads feeding instinct is triggered by the movement and size of the target object. If it is the right size and it moves a in jerky insect like manner it may be preserved as foods by the toad. Moving the food away from the toad may be as important as moving it towards them. If they think that the food is about to escape they may be more likely to strike at it.

Presentation is key with some of the more exotic amphibians that I have kept. I like to use a single long broom straw. I will begin by impaling a live food on the straw that the toad likes and is used to eating. After it becomes used to eating off the end of the straw I will try other foods. I have had good luck with beef liver, fish, shrimp is especially good, and sometimes chicken parts.

Probably not the species that you have but may give you some good general ideas: http://www.erowid.org/archive/sonoran_desert_toad/caresheet.htm
Good Luck

Answer 2

here is a site on How to Care for Toads

a member comment states "Toads mostly like to eat insects (bugs). They eat earth worms and meal worms."

Answer 3

They will eat anything they can fit in their mouth. I've had large toads, and they loved pinky mice. And you might be able to train them to take something from some tongs if you wiggle it in front of them, but normally, in the wild, it has to be alive.