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I decided to add to the collection; got this 4-inch marine toad from a reputable pet shop on Wed. I have it in a 20 gal. long tank with a large water bowl and several log hollows to hide in, on a few inches of forest bedding. He spends most of his time half buried. Hhe ate about half a dozen crickets the second day.
Anyone who has one of these; how fast will this toad grow? Any other info on your experiences with having them would also be apreciated.
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*~Ginevive~*

I'm not really sure how fast they grow, but they sure like to sit in their water bowls, so make sure you have a fairly large one for it. And mine ate 2 dozen superworms a few days ago(not a standard feeding) I was cleaning out the superworms cause I am making an additional mealworm colony and he was still lookig a bit skinny fromthe pet shop I got him at. Oh he's over 5" long by the way. Oh and to add on to Gin's questions, what kind of cat or dog food is used with these guys, or is it even healthy for them?

I do agree with him, they really know how to foul up a water bowl! I do recommend that you get the toad dewormed, which is not hard to do with such a large frog. My only experience with cane toads were ones that were heavily parasitized.

I sure would like to know where the use of cat and dog food got started from. I can only assume that since they had been observed eating this in the "wild", that people thought it was okay to feed it to them. If you look and Dr. Frye's book (can remember exact title, but costs $175 per volume) you'll see horrible pictures of reptiles that had been fed cat or dog food. Most of these animals suffer while going through some type of organ failure. I've never seen dog or cat food being recommended for an amphibian in any credible literature I have come across. I say as long as they are perfectly safe alternatives, stay away from it.
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Ok, thanks. I figured cat and dog food was pretty unhealthy for them. I'll stick to nightcrawlers, mealworms, and crickets.