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05-05-12, 11:32 PM
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"Rescued" toad from back yard
lol
So, hubby found him in our back "yard"...a 10ft square concrete area, with some potted plants we have.
I have no idea if one of the dogs got to him or he came in from under the fence from somewhere.
Either way, we felt sorry for him so he lives inside now, and has happily settled in to eat crickets at his leisure.
We call him "ugly toad".
It looks like he's had an old injury, or like, a stroke or something...maybe he was squished. Anyway, it's just a saggy eye and lip...but he eats and poos just fine! lol
He's far away from everyone else in the house, and doing well. Just a silly poor lil thing!
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05-06-12, 06:57 AM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
he is cute for an "ugly toad" I bet hes pretty fun to have around. 
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05-06-12, 07:05 AM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
He not ugly his adorable.
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05-06-12, 08:01 AM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
What does he eat?
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05-06-12, 02:14 PM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
He hunts crickets in his moss all day, and then falls asleep.
He's noticeably fatter already. lol
Hubby was like "look what i found, let's keep him!" and i'm like, no it's just a toad...lol but then i saw he was hurt so weather new injury or old, he can live out his life being fat on crickets and safe : )
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27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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05-06-12, 02:20 PM
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queen of the Chicken Dance
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
He is so adorable!!!
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05-06-12, 02:47 PM
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Super Genius
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
I hate to be "that guy", but how is keeping a wild animal in captivity for the rest of it's life "rescueing" it? Sounds more like imprisonment to me.
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05-07-12, 12:07 PM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
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Originally Posted by mykee
I hate to be "that guy", but how is keeping a wild animal in captivity for the rest of it's life "rescueing" it? Sounds more like imprisonment to me.
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She did put it in quotation marks 
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05-06-12, 03:21 PM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
i know, i know "that guy". I figure he's got a lessened change of survival out there with one eye. He seems pretty okay with his imprisonment so far. Eating and pooing away and getting fat.
I always have mixed feelings about situations like this. I try to call it on a case by case basis.
If he was freaking out, or not eating, i'd let him back out somewhere. He seems pretty content though, so *shrug*
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27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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05-06-12, 03:37 PM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
Ok, cool..
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05-06-12, 08:44 PM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
yeah yeah point out my inconsistencies why don't'cha =P lol
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27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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05-07-12, 10:10 AM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
How much humidity do you keep him in? Just out of curiosity.
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05-07-12, 10:56 AM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
Who cares. Better to be kept in a terrarium because you got hurt, and be fed crickets than to be speared by a birds beek
He's awesome, hopefully he lives a good long life
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05-07-12, 12:02 PM
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The Original Urban Legend
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
He is adorable! I too, am not really big on keeping wild animals that were found outside, but in the case of an injury that would likely cause death or predation if the animal were to remain in the wild, I think it can be better to keep them. Best of luck with him- toads are awesome!
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05-07-12, 08:08 PM
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Re: "Rescued" toad from back yard
lol mykee says he doesn't want to be "that guy" but...he does...LOL
Temp ranges from 70 to 80 during the day, 65 at night. I have him set up near the fish lights. All the other critters are upstairs, so he's away from them for now.
He's got some moist moss, and a dry spot to climb out of it, and a water dish big enough to get inside. He chases crickets, and burrows in the moss. He's started to come out and sit on the moss and watch us. I think he's learned to beg *lol* seems like all animals are good at that!
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27 snakes (7 sand boas, 4 hognose, 5 ball pythons, 1 bolivian boa, 2 dumeril's boas, 2 carpet pythons, 5 garters, 1 corn snake), 1 cave spider, 9 tarantulas, 1 tokay gecko, 2 dogs, 2 frogs, emperor scorpions 1,000 dubia roaches, & tons of fish.
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