I have two Bufo spinulosus sold to me as Chilean Christmas Toads. After speaking with several others who have kept them I was told much the same thing. "I wasn't able to keep mine alive after 2 or 3 months"... Well I am coming up on 5 months now in October.



ANYWAY, one of them came out just before lights out, hanging out at the entrance of their cave that I have built them. (A curved piece of drift wood turns upside down and partly burried under the bed a beast making them a sweet little undeground cave to tuck away on. They love it!!!



Well the one was sitting at the cave opening and looked to be panting, mouth open and all. And it's face, mostly around the nose and eyes was very moist like it's nose is runny and its eyes are watering.



Any idea what this could be?



I have them in a temp tank which is only 10 gallons. (we are going to construct a larger enclosure for them once we move into our new house) they are on Bed A Beast with some live moss covering just an area here or there. A water dish large enough to fit both of them at the same time, water is changed every day if not twice a day. (they like to use it as their potty) Temps are mid 70s day and high 60s low 70s in the evening. (they prefer cooler temps coming from the mountains of Chile) And finally, I feed them about 4 large crix (just befor they chirp) every other day (had to cut back, they were getting kinda chunky hee hee) and I dust every 3rd or 4th feeding.



What can I do while I try to locate a herp vet around here? Dang money is tight because of buying the house. Of course this couldn't happen in two weeks... AFTER we are in the new house and bills are back to norm again.



Any help would be great please!!!
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Heather

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• Need a bit of advice, toad may be ill... - ellasmommie, Thu Sep 18 21:39:41 2003
• RE: Need a bit of advice, toad may be ill... - Lonny, Thu Sep 18 22:22:33 2003
• Thank you Lonny - ellasmommie, Fri Sep 19 00:54:02 2003
• RE: Thank you Lonny - Lonny, Fri Sep 19 15:28:36 2003