Re: Toad - injured or deformed.

[K30a]

hmmm. I'd let him be.
And, being soft hearted, I'd buy a bunch of
crickets and leave them where he seems to
hang out. Maybe a few mealworms...


k30a

[Heather]

Great idea K30a. Thanks, I'll do that. I am worried that something bigger
is going to come along and eat the poor little thing. Do you know who his
predators are?

Heather


"K30a" > wrote in message
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>
> hmmm. I'd let him be.
> And, being soft hearted, I'd buy a bunch of
> crickets and leave them where he seems to
> hang out. Maybe a few mealworms...
>
>
> k30a

[Sam Hopkins]

I didnt think toads had preds...

"Heather" > wrote in message
...
> Great idea K30a. Thanks, I'll do that. I am worried that something
bigger
> is going to come along and eat the poor little thing. Do you know who his
> predators are?
>
> Heather
>
>
> "K30a" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > hmmm. I'd let him be.
> > And, being soft hearted, I'd buy a bunch of
> > crickets and leave them where he seems to
> > hang out. Maybe a few mealworms...
> >
> >
> > k30a
>
>

[Susan H. Simko]

Bob Adkins wrote:

> Toads are under rated. They are voracious eaters of insect pests, and real
> tough survivors. I found an adult toad that had fallen in my water shut-off
> box, and he was skinny as a stick. He survived there a long time with only
> an occasional bug and a few drops of water which is absorbed through the
> skin.

I like toads. I have a terracotta toad house under some bushes that has
had the same occupant for the past two years (which is when I put it
there). I bought it as a garden decoation but you can also make an
effective toad house by truning a terracotta pot upside down if it has a
chunk taken out of the lip. Good way to make good use of a damaged pot.

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu

[Anne Lurie]

Maybe a cat caught him? I found a dead toad at the bottom of my water
garden, and one of his rear feet was missing. I doubt that either of my
pond-drinking dogs could have gotten him, unless they dropped a tennis ball
on him. (You know, dog carrying tennis ball gets thirsty, drops ball in
pond, drinks, attempts to retrieve ball from under bell fountain spray, etc.
to the amusement of pond's owners!)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Heather" > wrote in message
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> Found a small toad 2" by the pond this morning. His front right leg
looked
> like it was either cut off part way down and had healed over or maybe
> deformed. Hard to know. Also his back left leg was tucked under him. I
> couldn't really see if there was a problem with it or not.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Heather
> SW Ontario (Zone 5)
>
>