Hi. My son just got a toad and we bought a 10 gallon aquarium for it. The pet store said to feed it crickets, but how many do they eat a day/week? I would also like to vary its diet, so I will give it other things mentioned here. Right now we have the reptile mulch in there (per instructions from the pet store--basically chopped up mulch that is about the size of small wood chips, not small enough for them to swallow and untreated) a good sized piece of bark it likes to sleep under, a bowl of water, some grass and fern. Should we add some rocks too? I have been misting the "mulch" daily and it seems to like its new home. We have given it a small grasshopper, ants, crickets, spiders etc...what should we feed it when it comes inside for the winter and you can't find these bugs? Also, what happens to toads in the wild in the winter? I plan on bringing ours in the house.
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And hibernation? Do pet toads hibernate? And when do they hibernate. Will they store up food and should we leave them alone? I will be so grateful for the advice! Thank you. Also, I call it "it" because we don't know if its male of female. Guess I need to find that out! Although it is large (female?) and my son calls it "Pepper!"
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