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Hibernation in "pet" american toads

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Posted by: Deezoo at Sun Sep 27 21:30:13 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Deezoo ]  
   

I found a large toad and was thinking of keeping it, but have concerns because of hibernation. I live in NY, so soon it would be starting to hibernate soon. Should you mimic hibernation if you keep them over winter? I never kept one all winter, used to keep for summer and then let them go in late fall. I don't want to do the wrong thing and have it die over winter. What is reccomended or what have others done with success? I figure that it will probably hibernate on its own because animals usually "know" what to do, even in captivity. Any advice would be very helpfull. thank you


   

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