Re: toad and salamander need homes

[June Olberding <jdolb1@comcast.net>]

Hi Don,

This toad would be prefect for your 12 yo. "Miss Toad" is almost large
enough to fill the palm of a hand and has very nice green and cream
markings. For a toad she is beautiful. She is well accustomed to eating
earthworms and fishing maggots and loves crane fly larve. I don't know if
you have every observed a toad "hunt" but they wiggle their back toes as
they hone in on the prey.
Now if that doesn't sell you, I don't know what will ;->
If you would like, I can bring  her to May meeting. She will have time to
fatten up from hibernation by then and be used to people again.
Let me know what you decide and there is a free 15 gallon tank to house her
if you like.

June

on 4/20/04 11:55 AM, DonaldR at gsmd_bari@yahoo.com wrote:

> Hi June and welcome back. Sounds like a great trip. My 12 year old
> daughter has been bugging me about a frog or toad for quite some time,
> so we will have to talk about the toad!
> Thanks.
> Don Rudee
> 
> --- June  Olberding <jdolb1@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi everybody,
>> 
>> Got back from long trip to southwest. Desert was very pretty this
>> year with
>> lots of flowers and birds. Also unusually warm for so early we got to
>> see at
>> least 3 kinds of rattlesnakes.
>> I looked at Colorado river display which was full of java looking
>> moss.
>> Looked very much like the "Christmas tree" stuff. Couldn't find any
>> one at
>> the exhibit that could tell me if it was really from that biotype.
>> The
>> pupfish at salt springs in death valley were very active. Was able to
>> watch
>> what looked like males guarding nest of fry and one area that was
>> very
>> shallow but still moving water that had hundreds of fry, variety of
>> sizes
>> and one male, guarding them, I think, becasue he was running any
>> other
>> adults away that tried to enter the area.
>> 
>> Looking forward to the seeing everybody at May meeting.
>> 
>> I have a tiger salamander and a great plains toad that will need
>> homes by
>> July. They go into hibernation at that time and as my house is likely
>> to be
>> sold before they come up next spring, I want to find good homes for
>> them
>> this summer. They both are very tame, especially the salamander who
>> will
>> crawl into your hand. They have lived for 15 years (not kidding about
>> their
>> ages) in my greenhouse and will make someone great pets and on the
>> bright
>> side at that age, you can let your kids take one with assurance that
>> they
>> will be gone in another 5 years or so. ;-> I can probably come up
>> with free
>> 15 or 20 gallon aquarium to house each one.
>> 
>> So if any one is interested or has contact to local "fibby" club,
>> please let
>> me know.
>> 
>> June
>> 
>> 
>> 
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