VOTE FOR WESTLY!!!

Nice looking Eastern Spadefoot~

could you share how you keep your Eastern with us?

Becasue I just got one and the caresheet I found are limited.

thanks!

Well, most of the spadefoots I have right now are in quarentine cages seeing that I am still treating them. The one in that picture actually is living in a permanent cage. I use sand with frog moss. I keep it moist in there and Dennis seems to like it. It's really unfortunate that there is so little care information on the web for spadefoots. :-/

how often do u feed it?

and what are the feeders that you are using?

I guess my little one is still settling in his new home, not interested in the meal worms that I placed in a food dish for it.

ahahaha-- the fun with Spadefoots, getting them to eat ;)

Okay, for starters, I've never been able to get a spade to eat mealworms. I use crickets.

This is where it gets fun for feeding the difficult spade (although I would try putting crickets in there first and see if he acts differently). See, in the wild spades only eat when it is raining. That's when they're active. When it's not raining they're in burrows. therefore, you need to spray them. Sometimes I'll be doing this for ten minutes... spraying the spade. It's kind of cute-- they put their little heads up and really seem to enjoy it. But it takes FOREVER for them to enjoy it enough and look for food.

sounds... well~ interesting for getting them to eat.

do u go on MSN ?

Becasue I really have alot of questions on how to keep this new guy that I just got.

If you do go on MSN that will be great!

massivetidalwave@hotmail.com

i'm not on it that often though

Hey. why not try what I do. Put them in a Not so cole, not so warm shower, and place some crix and meal worms in the shower with them. I use a drain catcher so they dont dissapear. but they usually eat about 20-25 crix a week with me, this way.