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corvus
at Fri Sep 26 00:16:23 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by corvus ]
When my family and I decided to raise some tadpoles this past summer we had no idea that they would be morphing into little pigs. I actually thought that tadpoles turned into frogs, or toads. How foolish of me. I had no idea. I’m going to have to take out a second mortage just to feed these little guys! I told my 8 year son -- it was his idea to undertake this little project in the first place -- “pig-toads or college kid, you decide.”
All kidding aside, it has become increasingly obvious that if we are to keep these 4 toads, Bufo Americanus, I will have to seriously consider raising crickets in order to minimize cost. As a matter of fact I’ve already made the committment and 1000 crickets will be arriving on Tuesday. This coming weekend will be spent preparing the breeding environment. Of course, I have many concerns but, I’m feeling confident that I’ll have some measure of success. I’ve had so many questions and a lot of them have been answered though scouring this site and the web, as well as books from the library. Why, just about a month ago a few folks on this forum were kind enough to advise me though my maggot-feeding fiasco. I really appreciated that. BTW all of the toads are doing fine.
One thing that I’m not quite clear on is a matter of supplemental feeding. I’m sure these toads can survive and possibly even thrive on “fortified with 8 essential vitamins and iron” dusted crickets but, that seems just so unnaturalistic. Currently I am supplementing with woodlice, ants and earthworms. This is just occasionally, like when I’m fresh outta cricks and I can’t get to the pet store. However, winter is approaching here in Western PA, and these critters won’t be available much longer. I’m thinking that raising earthworms would also be a good idea but, I’m not sure which kind of worm to buy. I see that some websites offer something called red worms (compost worms?) that promise to be extremely prolific and easy to raise. Is this a good choice? If not, what should I be looking for and where can I get them?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
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corvus
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 Bufo Americanus, Porcus? - corvus, Fri Sep 26 00:16:23 2003
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