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mary
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I just got a little half-inch toadlet out of a tank of full-grown fire-belly toads at the nearby pet store. I have 2 adult FBT, but this one is far too small to put in with them.
Right now, he/she is in something they call "fire-belly landing" - a plastic thing sort of like a Lee's Kritter Keeper, but only about 4 or 5 inches top to bottom and about 10 inches across. The water depth can only go to about 1/2 inch at most. The pre-raised land area is about 4 or 5 inches accross.
I've put a good light over the top and it has a bubbler to keep the water moving. I change the water every day/every other day, too. But I'm worried that this isn't big enough. Does he/she need water deep enough to swim? Because this isn't deep enough for that.
Also, should I find a similar-sized friend to keep him/her company? I don't want him/her to get lonely or anything.
Also again, he/she is mostly brown with green areas. Is this bad? My other two are all green (with black spots, of course. The baby has the black spots, too.) His/Her belly is reddish-orange, similar to one of my adults which seems to be okay...but what do you think?
I have my adults on a dusted crickets diet. I give them mealworms, but they won't eat them. I'm giving the little guy some small dusted crickets. I'm periodically offering mealworms, but he/she isn't interested. Is there anything special I should be feeding him, due to his age and/or perhaps to improve his color?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I really appriciate it.
Right now, he/she is in something they call "fire-belly landing" - a plastic thing sort of like a Lee's Kritter Keeper, but only about 4 or 5 inches top to bottom and about 10 inches across. The water depth can only go to about 1/2 inch at most. The pre-raised land area is about 4 or 5 inches accross.
I've put a good light over the top and it has a bubbler to keep the water moving. I change the water every day/every other day, too. But I'm worried that this isn't big enough. Does he/she need water deep enough to swim? Because this isn't deep enough for that.
Also, should I find a similar-sized friend to keep him/her company? I don't want him/her to get lonely or anything.
Also again, he/she is mostly brown with green areas. Is this bad? My other two are all green (with black spots, of course. The baby has the black spots, too.) His/Her belly is reddish-orange, similar to one of my adults which seems to be okay...but what do you think?
I have my adults on a dusted crickets diet. I give them mealworms, but they won't eat them. I'm giving the little guy some small dusted crickets. I'm periodically offering mealworms, but he/she isn't interested. Is there anything special I should be feeding him, due to his age and/or perhaps to improve his color?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. I really appriciate it.