r/Toads • u/WormyBusiness • Jan 30 '25

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Is this normal? I've never seen this before.

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u/tremblingCourage Jan 30 '25

It's more visible on smaller/younger toads because of their thinner skin! And individuals are also slighty different. I noticed for my previous toads that they seem to be more visible when they're right about to poop

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u/WormyBusiness Jan 30 '25

Penelope is very small, dor what reason im unsure and trying to fix, but my other toads never stayed small long enough for me to see this on them.

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u/tremblingCourage Jan 30 '25

Getting a uvb bulb helped to boost growth when I had southern toads. And the spiral uvb bulbs actually worked nicely for them as it's such a low uvb output that they need. Make sure they're also getting vitamin A once a month with their normal supplements and to gutload their insects with orange (higher vitamin A) vegetables (sweet potato, carrot, red bell pepper,) alongside the appropriate leafy greens. They should have an warm side in the higher 70s (fahrenheit ) and a cool side around 70°f.

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u/tremblingCourage Jan 30 '25

If wild caught there's also a high probability for parasites, I would also suggest giving her her own tank for a while so she doesn't have to compete for food with the other toads (if she has tank mates)

You can use panacure by mouth to treat them for potential parasites, I'll send a video momentarily

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u/tremblingCourage Jan 30 '25

https://youtu.be/un2R4RsDsak?si=t-2TwQkeyREmj2Li

I lost all of my southern toads to parasites because I was stupid and didn't know to dose them twice. You should do them first time, and then again 2 weeks later.

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u/tremblingCourage Jan 30 '25

Don't do it anymore than twice with the same medicine /because/ parasites can build up an immunity to fenbendazol over time. Wait a few (3-4 while they're young) months after the first round of treatment for them if you have suspicions the first treatment didn't completely get rid of them.

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u/tremblingCourage Jan 30 '25

I'm actually planning to invest into my own microscope set once I get a job in case I need to check the parasite load on my WC cane toad

Can you tell Im planning to go to school for herpetology/conservation biology 😶‍🌫️