American Toads: A Very Underappreciated Animal
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- American toads are the one herp species that I have never been without over the past 7 years, and they don't get enough appreciation on the channel! Today, I want to give them a more official introduction, in preparation for more videos on them. Leave any questions you may have on them below.
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Plz do a red ear slider setup and care
GoHerping Do you accept rehomed animals, i have a adult female red eared slider turtle, that I can't take to college with me, and my parents won't take care of it. I already explained to them I'm not going to release it, so is there any way you could take her.
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toad: *tries to eat alex's finger*
alex, in the purest voice: staaaaap....
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American roads are amazingly intelligent. At my old house there was a big one that lived under a gutter and it learned to hop out into the open whenever it felt a person go by, since I would always feed it ants and worms
Henry Hungaski American roads
Jimothy j I wonder how he did after you moved away
Thats cool man, luv it when we as grown humans can connect with nature in simple instances.
American roads aren’t so good, especially in Missouri. lol I’m sorry, I know what you meant, just joking around because well, that’s me.
Personally, I don't find any pet lesser than another! Everyone has their own taste in pets, even if it's a "common" animal it is still special!
Even centipedes?
@@irsshill4502 even anything. What kind of question is that
@@propheticbreams8405 people keep plush toys as pets at a young age of course it’s okay
I’ve always loved toads. They are adorable, fun to watch and have amazing appetites. Great video dude 👍🏼
thanks!
Greg Bashaw I caught my toad yesterday but I’m to afraid to touch them because of the bacteria they carry how would I go about cleaning one
Thafffy I would be concerned about hurting it by washing it to remove bacteria. Why not just wash your hands with soap and water?
Please do a American Toad care video! I would love to see it! :)
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Really love this channel, you have unconditional love towards animals!!! Love how you blame yourself for not researching. There are so many people out there who think that because they were little it was fine that they killed their pet. Personally when I started in the aquarium hobby, like many others I overstocked a 10 gallon and didn't have proper filtration nor knowledge, I was 8. To this day,17, I still feel sad about that tank and the fact that it took 14 lives for me to become a knowledgeable hobbyist in the aquarium hobby! But I still feel that whether you're a kid or not, a pet is not a toy, a pet is an animal which you vow to care for and give it the BEST conditions possible!
Your toads are so cute! I’ve always loved roads. I’ve never thought about keeping them as pets though. Maybe you could do a video about care and set up for toads and then give tips on how and where to find them.
The Chickadee how not to hate but you said Roads instead of toads
I like roads too.. they are fun to drive on
Saturns Rings It’s called a typo, Friends. I know this may be earth shattering to learn, but they actually happen to most people. 😱
The Chickadee soooo... you don't like roads..?
Saturns Rings It depends on the road.
I LOVE TOADS. They've been my favorite pet my whole life. They really are underappreciated, and very cute.
They’re adorable!!
Found a toad in my yard once, probably was one of my best finds while herping (usually all I get is the wood frogs and that one garter snake who lives around the pond and eats the frogs XD)
Sahel, I live our Wings of Fire vids
oh god the wings of fire cult has followed me out here
Actually very wrong. I’m planning on getting an American Toad and I’m looking at every vid of them I could find. I scanned the comments, as always, and saw you which I watch so no I’m no stalker.
twas a joke lmao
Somehow, a group of 10-25 toads always comes up on my porch every Spring-Fall night. Don’t even talk about the toads when it rains. I’d say 50 of them come to my porch on a rainy nights.
I dont have much of a plan for this video but here are two toads.
ok im listening XD
Lol same
I recently caught a gorgeous Fowler's Toad in my neighborhood, big girl, at least a few years old. I've had her for 4 months now and she is super chill and fat - I ended up naming her Cheesecube for her bold yellow-brown markings and roundness haha. Common toads like Fowlers and Americans are some of my very favorites, and even though she pretty much just sits in her burrow all day looking grumpy, I do take her out sometimes because she is an adorable bean, and she just sits on my hand and walks up my arm. I also feed her dubias and she really seems to enjoy them. I've always enjoyed catching and releasing toads but I never expected to enjoy having one as a pet so much, they really do have a lot of personality!
In my life I've kept American Bullfrogs,Green Frogs,Leopard Frogs,Pickerel Frogs,Cricket Frogs,Spring Peepers,Green Tree Frogs,Fowlers Toads,Narrow Mouthed Toads,Whites Grey Tree Frogs,Jellybean Frogs,African Dwarf Frogs cool fact my Grandma use to feed Toads catfood on her back porch like little dogs.
I want to keep spring peepers so badly...
@@KayleeAmoriell those fuckers would be so loud 😂
Toads are adorable. And I definitely can confirm that they love to cross the road, especially on wet rainy nights, sometimes they're so dense we can barely avoid hitting them.
I recently caught an American Toad that has completely different colors and patterns on one side of its body than the other. Hoping to breed it next spring....
I know they really REALLY love fish bait like Wax Worms, they also really like grub worms too
we have a house (garden) toad and we all appreciate him very much for all the insects he eats!!
A tip to keep them contained when holding them: Put your pinkie between their legs and then your index and thumb around their body right in front of their front legs (not quite on their neck/head so you're not impeding breathing or anything). I have a toad named Dory (after her green dorsal stripe, not the fish. I've actually stopped associating the name with the fish and now with my toad XD) that's about twice as big as yours (I can never remember just how big she is, I HAVE measured her) and she stays quite comfy in that position for a while and it's quite difficult for her to get out of. They can't back out because of your pinkie, and can't get forward unless they're very sneaky little things. When I first got her and didn't really know what I was doing she got a mild impaction because we were feeding her darker superworms (the exoskeleton is harder on the darker ones and can lead to impactions. The lighter the better, I try to feed her ones that just molted as much as possible) that was the position I discovered that she couldn't escape out of. The vet had me feed her laxatives by hand and the position they used was basically just covering her with my hand and then getting someone else to open her mouth and get it in, but there were two problems with that, 1) she could easily just scurry under the hand covering her and 2) it was difficult for one person to operate both items. So, I just came up with that position and then one person holds her and opens her mouth and the other put in the laxatives. I don't remember how I came up with that as it was quite a while ago, but I did, and now it's become my main carrying position if she's feeling energetic. Most of the time she's content to just stay on my palm and doesn't try to jump off or anything (which is surprising since she was wild caught. It could have something to do with the fact that she wasn't quite full grown when my dad caught her (the story of him catching her is actually him almost running over her with his truck so he hopped out and cut the tops off of two water bottles so they fit inside of each other as a makeshift carrying case... Quite creative if you ask me) so her brain might have been more open to new situations so she got used to us easier. She wasn't nearly as relaxed and tame as she is now when we caught her, but she's still active, alert, and is eating well). She's quite smart and won't jump off anything higher than a foot or so, and she's rarely jumped off thing higher than like 6 inches. Anyway, the laxatives weren't something you could put on worms and the reason we were concerned was that she had pretty much stopped eating, so we also had to force feed her a paste that you made with a powdered food and water. Once the impaction cleared up she was eating normally and settled down quite nicely.
This is completely beside the point, but if it weren't for this little toad I wouldn't have realized I actually want to be a vet when I'm older, which is funny because I remember in kindergarten I actually wanted to be a vet... Guess some things never change.
Anyway, this is an extremely long comment, and I should really get to bed considering it's 3 AM and this took me like 45 minutes to write... So bye. XD
toads are actually my favorite animal!! they're my sorta, like.. gateway to herps, and they were actually my first choice for a pet before I got my gecko
I recently got a pair of baby American toads and they are adorable. Its so cute to see them vacuum up little fruit flies and worms. I agree they are very underrated pets.
I love toads!!!!! I have so many around my house that appear in the summer time. We keep track of who is who by the markings they have on their throats and chests. I've always been tempted to keep one as a pet, but I haven't yet. They're just so cute and super underappreciated. Thanks for making this video about them!
Hey Alex , you should do a video on quarantining your New reptiles .... I haven't heard you talk about this subject
Yes! I love American Toads and I've been doing lots of research on them lately and for anyone else looking there's a series of articles by a herpetologist that keeps them himself. Very engaging, cute, underrated animals. I would love to see a care video, seeing how you keep them year round. Underappreciated is a good word too for these guys they do awesome things like eat up to 10 to 11,000 mosquitoes in a single season.
I have had an American Toad for a year and a half which I reared from a Tadpole caught in a Pond nearby. As he has not grown a lot bigger in this year, (Females get much larger than males.) I'm thinking it is a "Mr.Toad"....and as they reach maturity at two years, I'll put him back near his ancestral Pond in the Spring so that he may find a mate and live freely ...I DO love to watch him and there is no doubt that he is highly sensitive and observant!...
I love American Toads! In fact, I have 4 of them. Including 5 frogs. 3 are tree frogs and 2 are... IDK their species. For catching frogs and toads, I have to look at night. That's when they come out. Especially when its humid or wet. There are more frogs than toads at night, but ocationally I find a toad.
Enjoyed your video! I love my toads, frogs! I’m in Indiana and just had my first in the garage tonight! They need to get in here and get to work!!! I’ve had many toad friends over the years! Tree frogs all winter too!!!!
Awww those little toads
please more toad stuff! american toads are one my favorite herps. i've been planning to keep them.
Yes I want to see more toads and toad care
One time I did a voice to talk on TH-cam saying "cute baby toads videos" and it typed "tasty cute baby toes"
I love toads
I have kept American toads and wood house toads.for years too!
Does Instagram have a "toad" filter? It definitely needs one. Nice video about lovely animals. I catch & release them often.
“feeding them, and keeping” *toad yeets* “themMM”
Go job, Alex! I loved going to the swamps to catch frogs when I was a youngster...unfortunately I was never allowed to bring them in the house so I just caught and released. Your right they do have a “personality” of sorts and all so unique...nice music and a relaxing impromptu video! 🤗😉
Recently came across an actor who looks just like a Toad. I,m quite fond of Toads!❤😊
i have an american toad ALSO named betty and there was a point in her life where she got short tongue (i think??) i thought she was gonna die but she started being able to eat one insect everyday. after a while she got better and turned into a critter gobbler once again.
"To keep it...Jumping to its death..." RIP Toad #2
I love toads! Your toads are beautiful! I have local toads along with a pet one, one wild one is named big mama, another one is named mr Doritos. My pet toad still a name! She is a girl and she has an endless appetite! Give name ideas
I had them as pets when I was in high school. They are so fun to feed. Will eat anything.
american toad care guide? yes!! might look at keeping two juveniles. tearing down and old house i’m positive they’re under for the winter. definitely rehoming a bunch.
Thank you!!! I LOVE toads and they really need more love!
Would love some more information on toads! Also, Happy Thanksgiving from Canada!
I watch this video over and over
these frogs are some of the more adaptable frogs they store liquids better than any other frog and can remain in a dry environment longer . this is good specially if you go on trips and dont want to take a cage with water that can splash around
2:15 what is the dog filter doing
Thank you
@5:08 the snap chat filter 🐶 lol
3:50 lol precious
Hey Alex, can you do an in depth toad care video???
I have captive bred ones. I raised the parents and tadpole get released outside into a 4x6’ fenced area.
I have an African dwarf frog. I used to have to and they were mates but the female died. They're pretty easy to care for and do very well in smaller community fish aquariums
The one second dog filter at the 2 min mark was funny
I started with toads too. My Dad used to bring them home from work when I was a kid and I'd keep them for a day or two and re-release them. They're very personable and funny animals.
I just got my first pair of toads 3 months ago as toadlets. They are actually pretty tame and i really enjoy keeping them.
toads are probably my favorite ones, I mainly feed mine earth worms because it's easy to keep them and "breed" just have a bucket of dirt and leaves and such and they do the rest but they take for ever to grow it seems so I have to go buy some, been feeding it little bits of chicken once in a while not sure if it's ok but he seems to be fine. only thing is it likes to stay under the rock I have over a burrow, is that normal, rarely it's out (I know they are more nocturnal but I seen when it sleeps but it's eyes are most open just sitting there) it is a bit colder now so that's probably a reason
Iv kept them as pets since i was little. Im hoping to get another few this summer.
Toads, what cool animals. They drink water all day just in case I pick them up. Being into natural health & composting I find toad population to be an amazing barometer for the natural health of my immediate and local environment. The more toads the better. More toads mean a healthy substantial food chain all the way down to the microbal level of your soil. They're also a good indicator of ABSENCE of toxic elements in your environment.
So what's a little frog piss in my hand? Besides, it's really cool to watch them eat!
Love your channel
I have a large male American toad named Tuttle. I love him to pieces but he is a big pain in my butt with caring for him. I had grey tree frogs for years and they never gave me the issues I have with Tuttle.
Happy thanks giving! And I am looking for a type of reptile or amphibian pet that is relatively easy to care for so please make a video on the American toad! I live in NorthGeorgia so this would be very simple for me!
Do a toad care video by the happy thanksgiving
Love this breed of toads.. They have a lot of personality
I live in an area where there are Red Spotted Toads. I was hiking and saved a bunch from a puddle that was going to dry up on them. Hopefully I'll have 50 or so soon! Toads are great.
Hi Alex, I would really love to see their enclosure and a care video for them. They are so cute and interesting!
Painted Turtles were like that for me. They are REALLY abundant in my specific area (I realize they aren't like that everywhere- and I realize as an adult now that removing wild turtles isn't ideal). But I would see literally dozens, if not hundreds, in my own yard every single summer as a kid. I did the same you you did with toads, where I would catch to keep for a short time and release them later (again in retrospect probably not ideal, but I was pretty young). I still have some from when I was young that are long term captives now, and they are what really got me hooked on herps.
they are so beautiful! thank you for making a video about them
I love toads. I want some American toads so bad. I looked all summer and did not find one. I looked in all sorts of places to.
Yess
More Please !!
“It’s all so simple and so b🐶sic”
I have an american toad, i got her as a baby from my yard in october, im glad you made a video on them because correct information is so hard to find-
Those shirts are awsome but I'm cant buy one because I'm accuatly spending my money on getting extra and nicer set ups and a rack
me and my brothers are getting toads im so excited
I'm making an area in my backyard for my toads, we have a lot in the backyard already & they eat mosquitoes which is a great thing.
I have a fat one living under my drain funnel. We dont get rain much this time of year so I try to keep its little hideaway nice and moist.
I love these things
I watched this video yesterday and a couple hours ago I was walking my dog before before bed and I found one on the road. I brought him inside and set up an enclosure. I think I am going to release him tomorrow morning. If my parents let me keep him I might since I already have a lizard i have food I can feed him. Obviously if I do keep him I will do even more research and give him the best life he can have. His names Toto.
after seeing this vid i wanna keep one as a pet, they seem simple enough when research is done
My five year old son loves to find toads in the backyard!
Just caught a small toad a month ago. He's already tripled in size. I had a tree frog for 7 years then let her go. I wish I had kept her.
someone released like a hundred frogs where i grew up and now they live on a tiny island in canada for no good reason
So get this found some of these toads swimming in our pool after a storm. Fished em out together big and little 🐸 It was cute watching them swim around but I had to think fast before the chlorine killed them or they poisoned my dog. Try to release them back into the wild. They’re safer out there than they are in your backyard. Also if they show up in families release them with their relatives. If you can don’t separate the amphibians from one another.
I don’t know why people think toads are gross. They are harmless, and don’t smell, they just smell like dirt. I have two American toads, I found them at Lake Loginida near Stanford University. They are both girls, from what I can tell, and their names are Cookie and Mexi! And why is Mexi’s name Mexi? It’s a long story...
I have 1 American toad (very active when food is around). I call him "Toady the Don"
My only pet
I like them because they're a fantastic beginner pet assuming you dont want it to cuddle with you. Feed it, water it, clean up its shit. I dont keep frogs because they climb and with my luck theyd get out.
Have 3 fowler toads and love tjem
Hey, we rescued a Fowlers from a suburban area, any advice on getting one to get used to you? aka taming
I love these toads
I absolutely adore frogs and toads but I don't think I could bring myself to remove one from the wild. Enjoyed the video and would love to see more.
Frogs: Skinnie
Bullfrogs/pakman frogs: t h i k
Toads:M E G A C H O N K E R (too a point)
Toads, can never get enough of them. VICE did a recent vid on them.
I want more toady stuff!
As a great man once said, "Stooooop"
Happy Thanksgiving Alex !!
Yes please do a care video!
Boi thank you so much these chunks are amazing and need more love
Toads in general are under appreciated animal's
Great video
thanks!
Toads are dope. My toads always wet or dirty though so I don't like taking him out, but I'm sure it doesn't mind lol. I can't decide if I want a cane toad or African bullfrog 🤔
Will you please do a care video on them because I like to keep them In the summer and it would be nice to have a care video