Oriental fire-bellied toads should be kept in water, with some kind of land or island to allow them to periodically climb out of the water. These frogs are not strong swimmers and may (but rarely) drown in water that is too deep.

Why are my fire-bellied toads dying? These toads are sensitive to water chemistry, in particular chlorines and chloramines commonly found in tapwater, but also copper ions or ions of other metals in their water. Make sure your water conditioner removes these materials.

These toads are one of the longer living toads, frequently living to be 12 to 15 years old. In human care, they can reach 20 years of age.

Fire-bellied toads (Bombina orientalis), like many frogs, should not be placed in or near your mouth or eaten. These frogs produce skin toxins that taste foul and could be harmful. If you touch your eyes when handling a fire-bellied toad, you will experience a strong burning sensation.

The first thing you might notice in your amphibian is abnormal behavior or appearance. In fire-bellied toads, for example, inactivity and a horizontal posture (rather than the normal front-raised posture) are clear signs of illness. In salamanders, listlessness or struggling at the water surface indicate illness.

Because all Toads are potential carriers of infectious diseases, such as Salmonella, always wash your hands before and after handling your Toad and/or habitat contents to help prevent the potential spread of diseases.

Yes. Fire belly toads do better in groups of two or more. When you only have one of them they seem lonely and even try to escape, but in pairs or groups they seem calmer and more content.

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Fire belly toads eat crickets, waxworms and red wigglers. Feed young toads once a day and adults 3 or 4 times a week. Dust insects with calcium supplement 2 or 3 times a week.

Fire-bellied toads will also eat small guppies, ghost shrimp and snails should these aquatic creatures venture into shallow areas near land.

Fire Belly Toads are cold tolerant amphibians, and will do best with little to no supplemental heat in most homes. A quality Zoo Med Thermometer will enable you to monitor your terrarium temperatures.

Your chubby or tomato frog can share a terrarium with other frogs of the same species. Just be sure all of the roommates are about the same size. A 10-gallon terrarium will comfortably house two to three adult frogs. If you’re keeping more than that, get a larger habitat.

The larger the frog, the easier it should be to force-feed. If you’re able to manipulate all the necessary items, it can be done alone, but it is always easier to do with two people. One to restrain the frog and hold its mouth open, and one the put the food into its mouth and push it back.

But if your frog or toad hardly reacts to your touch he may be sick. And if he appears to have difficulty moving, this is a sure sign of a problem. This is especially true of tree frogs who normally bathe at night so, if your tree frog is constantly in his water bowl day and night, he might be ill.

Dead frogs are often upside down with their tongues hanging out. Well, my frogs appear to hibernate with their eyes shut so that would be normal. Frogs that die often also have their eyes shut (if sealed by yucky stuff) but they may be open as well. A hibernating frog should still respond to touch somewhat.

Pale and Flaky Skin But shedding should occur all at once. In other words, almost all of a toad’s skin will be shed at the same time. If you notice small patches of pale and flaky skin unrelated to shedding, you may have a problem on your hands. Pale and flaky skin is often a sign of bacterial infection.