I would move him to a quieter room for now. At least while he gets adjusted.

I'm one for releasing. I hate the idea of wild caught anything. If it was in nature, leave it there. We have so many captive bred stock there is no reason to bring imports into the mix. Plus captive bred is usually healthier to begin with.

and of course saying this, your guy is a little different. Although he did make it at least a year with his deformities. They obviously are not hindering him. I would consider letting him go, but that's just my opinion. He may never adjust to caged life and could die as a result, but he could do just fine. And of course if he is outside, he could get eaten by a bird. Its a toss-up.

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I'm going to put him in my spare bathroom which I don't use unless I have something to add to my bug collection that I keep in there. It's also where I do most of the cage cleaning so that would defenitly make things easier on me as well as Fred.

As far as releasing goes, I'm going to give him another week and if he hasn't eaten by then I am going to release him. I'm like you when it comes to wild caught animals, usually I would just obsereve then leave, but this little guy stole my heart and I couldn't help but try and keep him, but when it comes down to it I am most certainly going to do what's best for him. Even if I have to let him go

One other thing when I checked his cage today his belly looked full and I didn't see any crickets, so maybe he has eaten some, but I'm not getting my hopes up yet again untill I take a closer look.

Those stupid crickets! They're still in there, all four of them. Well, as of right now Fred is going back outside because I sure don't want him to die under my care. It seems he'll be better off outside, but my fingers are still crossed.

its probably for the better.

If you are interested in getting another frog/toad. There are lots of options for a tank your size.

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Well yall I tried, but decided that it would be best just to let Fred go He belongs outside with all his froggy friends and all the flies and crickets he can eat. I hope he continues to do fine and watches out for birds I found another frog outside that I put in with Fred, although they're mostly solitary animals, and I released them together in the woods across from my house. Fingers crossed that he will be alright

he should do fine. I bet he's chomping on a worm as we speak.

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Hopfully I'll have the same thing happen to me that happened to you. I am going to try and breed the remaning crickets so I can sell them since it's about to be summer and people are looking for fish bait and maybe I'll meet my dream Herp lover lol

my husband keeps suggesting he is going to take my largest crickets as bait....

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I would tell him to pay up I'm going to try and sell them for about two or three cents a cricket.

That would be a steal, since Petsmart sells them for 9 cents a piece!

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I'm of the same mind set as Merlin. He may just be a bit stressed from his new environment. But I'll leave that to the people with more experience. You'll get a lot of good advice, I'm sure.