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exciting news!

Today the two young smooth sided toads (rhaebo guttatus) I ordered have arrived! they are my favorite toad species, and they will likely be around 1 year old in May. These toads reach maturity in around 2 years, so they still have plenty of growing to do! At the time of arrival they are around 2in long which is quite a bit bigger than the excepted length of 0.75in! Full grown rhaebo guttatus are BIG toads, with males reaching around 6-7in, and females around 7-9in, with a rare few reaching 10in! I am hoping for one male and one female, not for the prospect of breeding, but for seeing the differences in sizes! (I just hope at least one is female, I’m hoping that they will be as big as possible!)

The larger, more adventurous one (who is sitting on the left in the first photo and in the moss in the second) is Guts, named after the character from Berserk. The thinner, more shy one (who is on the right in the first photo and in the plant on the others) Will be named Deimos, after the smaller of Mars’ two moons, and of the Greek god of Terror and Dread. Two very edgy names for two very cute toads. (:

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What do they be looking at

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Possible sudden cause of death in pet toads?

I’m gonna go ahead and preface that I’m weird and like preserving animals that have died from natural causes, so shortly after Chai passed, I stored him to make him into a pretty wet specimen so that his cuteness could surpass death. I just finished the process and noticed some things that I hadn’t been able to when he was alive. I wanted to share my speculations for anyone who is interested or plans to buy a toad in the future (since they’re usually 99% wild caught)

If you plan on buying any type of toad, please keep reading! Its possible that it could help you not end up with a tragic story like Chai and many other toad owners, and hopefully help you in your process of buying a healthy creature.

Also gonna go ahead and mention that I’m definitely no frog expert or vet (yet!), so I may be completely wrong in my assumptions. As you probably know, frogs themselves are pretty well established in the pet trade. The branching group of toads such as American toads, Asian toads, etc, however, are not. Many that you will find for sale are unfortunately wild caught and imported. I don’t believe that theres been many breeders at all that have focused on toads long enough to basically ensure that they’re free of diseases/parasities/etc that can be picked up from the wild.

The process of wet preserving a small guy like Chai is basically injecting their body all over with a special fixative fluid before letting them soak in it for a while so they dont rot and such. It was during this injection process that I noticed that spots I had simply thought were some kind of softer dark warts on him had now turned a pale pink. I unfortunately have no pictures of these spots while he was still alive since I wasn’t majorly concerned with them, but think noticably dark spots that are squishy and soft to the touch. Theres no way that the pink was a cause of post-mortem injury or anything since his body was frozen almost immediately after he left us. For Chai, there were four noticable spots: one on his lower right side, two on his belly, and one on his inner thigh. All of these are now pink and were extremely easy to pierce (which they shouldnt be). After having his body fully injected and soaking in the jar, it was very easy to see that skin was actually peeling off on the spot on his inner thigh. These had actually been open sores in disguise, and the poor baby had his skin rotting off slowly.

So after researching a bit, I’ve come up with two possible explanations. I have almost no doubt that Chai was wild caught and imported. Its possible that he had some type of red leg due to the open sores, but there was also no visible reddening anywhere on his body. I know it can be possible to have red leg WITHOUT the actual red legs though, so its a possibility.

The second one that I feel more inclined to is something called chytidriomyhosis. To sum it up, its a fungal infection that comes from a water fungus. This fungus feeds on certain nutrients found in the outer layer of the skin. It seems to be a rather big cause of decline in many frog/toad species in the wild. It is very possible Chai and any other toad he was caught with had chytidriomycosis before being sent out. This is basically a fatal disease and theres no real cure for it that I could find.

So heres my TL;DR tips for any toad-interested people in their search for one: make sure that the person selling you it lets you kinda get it out and examine it closely. I bought Chai without even waking him up from the dirt he was buried in. Besides the obvious frog disease symptoms, look for any abnormal dark spots that stick out and are soft to the touch. If you come across a toad with these, I’d really reccommend not giving the seller your money. If you come across an honest breeder that has captive bred and raised common toads for domestication, thats fantastic! But also not very likely unfortunately. So when you’re buying any common-type toad, make sure that you are extra prepared for the possibility of it being sick and dying. I know its a big debate on people catching toads from their own yards and making them pets, but plenty of people do it, so I’d also like to ask that anyone who does this simply watches out for all these signs as well! And as always, never let your wild-caught toad share containers or come in contact with any captive bred amphibians you have. Just be EXTRA careful in your handling precautions!

AND if anyone does know of any healthy captive-breeding common toad sellers, please do let me know! Toads have always held a big place in my heart and I’d love to have a healthy one as a pet one day. Fingers crossed that in the future, toads will get the love they deserve and healthy pet toads will be more common and available!

#sorry for the length but im still really sad and hope this helps any other toad lovers #amphiblr #frogblr #toads #american toad #asian common toad #toad #frog #frogs #amphibians #amphibian #pet toad #pet toads

Wanted to get a picture of Spud buried neck deep in the substrate, but the second he saw the camera he lunged out of the earth to get his portrait taken.

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CHAT

what if I used @sleepykings name idea of River (ty for that again :D) for one of my toads and I named the other Brook so they’re like River and Brook so they match, BUT I WOULD ALSO USE THE NAME BROOK TO NAME ONE AFTER BROOKLYNN BECAUSE THE CHARACTER OBSESSION IS BADDD AND BROOKLYNN IS PEAK

what do we think…?