Southern Toad Successful Spawn! Southern Toad Breeding - Benjamin's Exotics

[@WildLife_Perspective]

Congratulations! I can't wait to see them hopefully hatch and develop!

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@ZD Exotics, Thank you! Turns out the eggs are fertile and I'll have an update video out in a few days once they begin to hatch.

[@meriwest3379]

I am in Jacksonville FL. Recently saw a bunch of tadpoles in my fountain. It’s three feet off the ground and I was surprised. I started feeding them cooked broccoli. They preferred that over cucumbers or spinach. Anyway, I am down to one tadpole but last night I heard so much croaking! I have never had much frog or toad activity as I’m in a residential urban area. I am pretty sure it’s southern roads and hope to find them in a few days when they are bigger so I can tell. But it’s been quite the excitement in my fountain and yard!

[@LonerKD6-3.7]

That’s a lot of eggs! 😮

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Nick Silguero, Indeed! You wouldn't believe how many eggs a larger Toad species like Cane Toads or Colorado Rivers can lay. Often tens of thousands!

[@Tootnscoot]

I was successful in a breeding this year I found a few tricks over last year.mine was American Toads though not Southern. 1. Mine came out of hibernation and I fed them as much as they wanted. 2. I got a tank ready with water and let it sit for a week to acclimate. In this tank I put a hide rock, some terrarium wood, and a cok half round with a vine of pathos in the water, a little floating reindeer moss just to give some stuff to make it feel comfy but didn't overdo it. 3. He started calling and I noticed last year her back stripe turned a bright white, when it did that this year, i put them in the water tank. 4. Literally within 24 hours I had a tank full of fertilized eggs. Whole process was about 2 weeks probably not even that really from when the first one woke up weekend before last week of January. So they come out hungry and ready to get it on.

[@Treardet]

That is a surprising amount. Rad

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Stephen Foster, Indeed! A lot of little mouths to feed!

[@tylertxwill7000]

I could be wrong on the identification because theres diff types but a common one ive tried to identify around here fits the southern description

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@TYLER TX WILL, No problem North American Toads can be very hard to ID at times.

[@UkAmphibians]

Lovely toads and great channel just subscribed 🐸💚🐸

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Uk Amphibians, Thank you! I love watching your breeding videos, especially on the Toads you guys have in the UK.

[@UkAmphibians]

@@BenjaminsExotics thanks that’s means a lot keep the videos coming 🐸💚🐸

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@@UkAmphibians Will do! Haven't had much time for videos lately, but I'm working on getting back to it.

[@emilymiceli2480]

I’m so happy to hear that there’s an American toad breeder out there! They’re wonderful animals. Do you sell to people in Canada?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@emilymiceli2480, Thanks for watching! Unfortunately we are not exporting to Canada at the moment, but I will look into it.

[@sleepieslife8353]

wow thanks

[@panagiotiszymaris914]

Where/how do you get the hcg?

[@karyannfontaine8757]

This is so interesting. Never have I seen freshly laid toad eggs.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@kary ann Fontaine, Indeed! Thanks for watching!

[@AJChiarello]

Out of curiosity, did you brumate/hibernate the toads before breeding occurred?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@AJChiarello, In this case they had a short period of cooler temps but nothing crazy.

[@AJChiarello]

Interesting. Thanks for the insight!

[@olivia-vs5fd]

Do you have a care video?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@olivia-vs5fd, Not at the moment, however we do have some care guides available on our website. Hoping to get a North American Toad care video filmed at some point, probably in early 2024.

[@sifuochwingchun5909]

First Amazing! What is a rain chamber? Do you have it spray rain while they're in the plastic tub?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Sifu Och Wing Chun, I did a video a while back that goes over the basics of how a rain chamber is setup and how it works. Here is a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIeYlWB7g9aNkNE

[@Ibaneddie76]

Break out the fancy crackers and champagne Benjamin is making homemade frog caviar! Just kidding congratulations man that's probably really exciting for you. I remember finding strings of eggs in the creeks and rivers by my house when I was a kid, I would always go back and catch Bullfrog tadpoles, raise them up in a 20 gallon tank in my bedroom then release them bak where I first collected them when they became frogs. It's a really cool thing to watch the transformation from tadpole to adult frog, specially when they get their legs and still have a tail that was always my favorite stage of frog development.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@eddie julian, Lol! Frog spawn does look just like caviar a lot of times. Yes I used to raise Bullfrogs and other local tadpoles years ago as well just for fun. It probably influenced my interest in breeding and working with the frog species I do now.

[@baby7543]

How do I get my toads to mate and breed like you did?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@baby7543, Unfortunately most true toads are very hard to breed, especially if they are wild caught.

[@tylertxwill7000]

Was actually considering this project my self, i have TONS of the southerns on my property in east tx as well as americans and also the leapord frogs and grey tree frogs but toads interest me , the colors do vary here as well its fun to go toad catching and see the various types every night i could find a bunch but winters here , most are the reddish orange here but def vary, anyways enjoyed the video

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@TYLER TX WILL, Texas has a really wide variety of Toads, but Southerns only range to the east side of Louisiana. Could be American Toads or Fowler's, would really depend on the location since Texas has 10 different species. They're really fun to work with but definitely a challenge to breed. Hopefully I'll be producing some CBB Eastern Gray Tree Frogs this upcoming year, which are another really amazing species that are rarely bred in captivity.

[@tylertxwill7000]

@@BenjaminsExotics ill have to get them on video and show you or someone more familiar but yes diff kinds here we but east tx n louisianna share border who knows maybe they creeped up here , but ya ill send you a video or just post it next time i get ahold of them but winters pretty much here so they are posted up rn

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@@tylertxwill7000 Sounds good! If you have an Instagram account you can always DM me on there as well.

[@tylertxwill7000]

@@BenjaminsExotics and yes tonight i was considering it for next year just for fun and came across your video , was shocked because no one seems to care much about them. ya grey tree frogs are here but less easily caught lol sometimes you get lucky but i let them go , not as abundant

[@tylertxwill7000]

@@BenjaminsExotics ok ill look ya up there sometime mostly on yt n tik but ya will do man have a good night

[@kingsreptilekingdom]

I definitely want one of the baby's

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@King's Kingdom, Indeed! As long as they're fertile and go full term we should have some babies and maybe some tadpoles available.

[@kingsreptilekingdom]

@@BenjaminsExotics did you use the 40gal tub rainchamber or a ten gal with water inside?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

​@@kingsreptilekingdom The Southern Toads were in the 40 gallon stock tank rain chamber for about 8 hours, and then I put them in the glass tank to make the eggs easier to manage and separate once they were laid.

[@jonathanmosebach2921]

Could I buy some from you!

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@jonathanmosebach2921, None available at the moment but once we get another spawn they will be up on our website.

[@senpaiasuma]

No vids in a while?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@senpaiasuma, Yes unfortunately I haven't had much time for videos this year.

[@emyywolf]

I have a red toad. Want to breed 😂😂

[@getoffyoubassandletsfish8565]

I can confirm I’ve counted 6 for sure 😉

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@getoffyoubassandletsfish8565, Lol thanks for watching!

[@skeeter9684]

hey are you going to part with some?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Skeeter, Yes we currently have tadpoles available and once the Toadlets come out of the water we'll have some of those guys available as well.

[@skeeter9684]

@@BenjaminsExotics hey I sent you a message on mm

[@landinsmith1667]

1627

[@toddz9344]

??????? ?

[@mattjones5987]

More like 5000

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Matt Jones, Lol Southern Toads don't normally spawn that many but I'm sure from a really big female it would be possible.

[@Holypikemanz]

R rated @0:41

[@Holypikemanz]

Are you still selling Toads? all your stuff Ive seen is "sold out". Looking for male southern and a male american Toad- for my 3 female Toads Ive already got.

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@Holypikemanz, Yes we've got a big spawn of Southern Toads in the water. Just need to work on raising up the tadpoles to toadlets.

[@meriwest3379]

I am in Jacksonville FL. Recently saw a bunch of tadpoles in my fountain. It’s three feet off the ground and I was surprised. I started feeding them cooked broccoli. They preferred that over cucumbers or spinach. Anyway, I am down to one tadpole but last night I heard so much croaking! I have never had much frog or toad activity as I’m in a residential urban area. I am pretty sure it’s southern roads and hope to find them in a few days when they are bigger so I can tell. But it’s been quite the excitement in my fountain and yard!