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**SKULLMAN** · #1 12-13-2004, 06:45 PM

i just got 2 cane toads for my birthday from my wife,they are pretty cool got a little bit of a caresheet from the pet store but I would like more info any help would be great no names yet need help with that to lol

**furryscaly** · #2 12-15-2004, 09:33 PM

I used to take care of a trio of cane toads. They're great

Really toxic, but great. You can handle them if you must, but wash your hands good afterwards. Their skin isn't so bad though. Its the poison that oozes from their paratoid glands when they're rough housed that makes them dangerous. Toxic enough to kill a dog. Cane toads, also known as giant toads and marine toads, get HUGE. In captivity a diet of insects and mice will do. Yours look a bit scrawny, and I'd change the habitat a bit, it looks pretty dry and looks like an impaction waiting to happen. They only need a dish for water, but one big enough for them to fit in. Dechlorinated water of course. Dirt, reptibark, moss, etc will make good substrates. It doesn'y need to be kept super moist though, but definately not bone dry.

**Jade** · #3 12-15-2004, 09:43 PM

I love Cane Toads, i hope I can get one someday when I have more room to expand my herp room. they do look a little thin ,hope they fatten up for you

**SKULLMAN** · #4 12-18-2004, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by furryscaly

I used to take care of a trio of cane toads. They're great

Really toxic, but great. You can handle them if you must, but wash your hands good afterwards. Their skin isn't so bad though. Its the poison that oozes from their paratoid glands when they're rough housed that makes them dangerous. Toxic enough to kill a dog. Cane toads, also known as giant toads and marine toads, get HUGE. In captivity a diet of insects and mice will do. Yours look a bit scrawny, and I'd change the habitat a bit, it looks pretty dry and looks like an impaction waiting to happen. They only need a dish for water, but one big enough for them to fit in. Dechlorinated water of course. Dirt, reptibark, moss, etc will make good substrates. It doesn'y need to be kept super moist though, but definately not bone dry.

thanks for the info,looking for a bigger tank right now and I was planing to change the substrate anyway,the set-up I have now is what they came in I think it looks horrible want a more nartue look

**furryscaly** · #5 12-19-2004, 01:14 AM

Hope they get a little fatter for you, but not to fat. Try feeding pinkies and waxworms to get some weight on them. How big are they anyway? Keep us updated! (I think the amphibians get less attention than the reptiles

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