Care Sheet for ToadsAverage Rating Given To This Care Sheet Is 3.74 (1=lowest, 5=highest) Last Updated: 08/08/2003 |
Main Category: | Aquatic/Land |
Sub Category: | Toads |
Care Sheet Submitted By: | Lilshadowthug |
Years Experience: | 1 to 2 Years |
Species: | Fire bellied toads |
Other Species or Phases this Care Sheet May Cover: | fire bellied toads |
Sexing and Characteristics: | Males get spikey rough skin and start to let out a little barking sound during breeding season and usually have thicker forearms then females and are really active and fun to watch |
Mostly Active During: | Night |
Substrate and Water Needs: | These toads do best in 1/2 or 2/3 water and 1/2 or 1/3 land. good substrate are pepples bigger than the toads head made for aquarums water should be dechlornated with a water conditioner and should be completely change every 6 months |
Lighting and UVB: | No specially lighting is needed since their nocturnal |
Temperatures and Humidity: | Tempatures could be between 70 to 80 degrees all day and water tempature could drop to about 64 degrees, humidity should be about 80 degrees daily misting is recommened to keep the humidity up |
Heating and Equipment: | Heating is not needed but recommened and can be achieve be a basking lamp i dont use it one and mine are fine aslo a hide box and submurgable(spelling?) water filter is recommened |
Caging Provided: | A ten gallon tank could house about three, i have two fire belly toad with one newt in a ten gallon tank and they do fine any more after 3 should be in a 20 gallon tank |
Diet: | Carnivorous |
Description of Diet: | They’ll eat anything they could fit in their mouths some examples are crickets, waxworms, earthworms, moths, small fish, and adults could be offered pinkies sometimes however dont feed them mealworms they tough shell could be hard to digest and can cause problems, feed them about 3-4 times a week and dust food items once a week |
Supplements, Nutrition and Usage: | Calcium/D3 are a must to prevent stunted groth, weak bones, weak joints, and death. i use reptical which provides calcium/D3, dust food items once a week |
Maintenance: | Maintenance is easy if u have a water filter. every 2 weeks take out 1/4 of the water and add fresh water, and every month clean the filter, and every 3 months clean the whole tank and the pepples. do not use any soaps or cleaning liquids as they could kill the toads. |
Some Words on this Species: | Im not a expert and these are not the way you have to care for them its just me way their great for begginers and are very fun if cared for properly |
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