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So this Toad isn't my pet, but I have run into him at least a few times over the past couple of weeks. The first time I saw him, my dog alerted me to him as we ran, and I escorted him to the other side of the street so he wouldn't get run over (He was just chilling near the gutter, with my dog following him along lol). My Husky absolutely loves Frogs/Toads, and she'll lay down and watch them hop. Sometimes she'll even nudge them with her paw and/or nose, so that she can play with them
Tonight however, my dog and I were sprinting down the street, and suddenly she jerked to the side when she saw the toad. The toad subsequently hopped right under my foot, and I felt myself step on him. I lifted my foot as fast as I felt it, and I turned the flashlight on to take a look. The poor bugger was bleeding from near his mouth, and he tried to hop away but landed on his back. Wherever he sat, he left a blood stain on the sidewalk as well. I've had near misses with stepping on frogs and toads before, but this is the first time that I actually caused an animal to really bleed. We decided to walk on, and we concluded that we'd see how he was doing on our way back to the house. We came back, and he was still sitting there. Then we decided to pick him up, and place him in the grass so that he could rest without being run over by a car leaving the driveway, or by someone else running. Since then, I've checked on him once again, and he responded to being touched, but he's still chilling in the same grassy spot which we left him (Even though he has turned himself around facing another direction). I also noticed that his right eye is protruding quite a bit from his head, and I'm assuming that it's from the sustained injury of course.
We have an exotic animal hospital nearby, and it has an emergency department open 24/7, but I'm currently just pondering if I should allow for the toad to rest overnight, or take him there. If I take him to the hospital, I'm a little nervous that they might just conclude that he needs to be put to sleep, whereas if I leave him out overnight, he at least has a chance to heal somewhat. His bleeding looks to have abated, and he's resting (He's not dead, because as I've said, he's responding to stimuli in an active manner).
Needless to say, this incident has really bummed me out. I don't like injuring or killing animals, and even though I have hit an animal or two in my car before (Squirrels), actually being up close and personal with a critter that I caused egregious injury to, well, it's really no fun.
Don't know much about frogs and toads but your concern is commendable. If taking it to the exotic pet hospital isn't cost prohibitive to you personally...yes - take it there.
I do know they'll eat crickets and feeder fish if you want to try to rehab it. You can buy those (cheap) at most pet shops. Perhaps the pet shop can give you some pointers too.
If taking it to the exotic pet hospital isn't cost prohibitive to you personally...yes - take it there.
Most vets will not charge to treat wildlife - that said, most vets don't like treating wildlife because they're not trained to that specific field and most cities have at least one clinic run by the state agency that covers wildlife that you can take injured wildlife to for treatment/rehab. A clinic that specialises in exotics would undoubtedly be able to help and I'd be very, very surprised if they charged the OP; however, they might recommend she take the toad to the local wildlife clinic if there is one.
Check on the toad this morning and if he's still in the same spot, I'd contact the local wildlife clinic and ask for advice. They usually have rehabbers that are contactable at any time by phone.
The problem with dealing with any wild species is that the stress of being handled can do more harm than whatever good might come of veterinary attention. It's a bit of a balancing act.
I found an injured toad in my back yard after I had it mowed, it is missing a back leg and bleeding from the mouth. I have a tank with a box turtle and a green anole, so I figured he might recover better in there. I then noticed he is bleeding from the mouth - I am not sure what to do for him. Any ideas/
I found an injured toad in my back yard after I had it mowed, it is missing a back leg and bleeding from the mouth. I have a tank with a box turtle and a green anole, so I figured he might recover better in there. I then noticed he is bleeding from the mouth - I am not sure what to do for him. Any ideas/
Never put an animal from the wild into the same tank/cage/environment as pets. You don't know what diseases the wild animal may be carrying.
If the toad is bleeding from the mouth, it is probably beyond help. You can take it to a veterinarian who specializes in reptiles, but honestly? I think the poor thing will pass on by the time you get it there, if not from its injuries, then from starvation or dehydration.
I did a nature walk today and while checking the trail map I heard a rustling in the leaves just off the trail. I stopped and watched and saw where the leaves were moving. I thought it was probably a snake so I tossed a few small sticks where it was to try to flush it out so I could get a better look. It was a snake but it was trying to eat a toad.
It wasn't a big snake, about 18 inches. The toad wasn't big either, but it was obviously too big for the snake to eat. The snake had it right on its backside and the toads legs were outside the mouth. The toad just puffed up and kept breathing and looking at me with little orange eyes.
I didn't interfere. It wasn't a poisonous snake, just a garter snake. I'm pretty sure the toad could get away, the snake would have to let go to try to get a better grip.
I've caught many garter snakes at home and released them some distance away. I don't like having them around specifically because we have garden toads.
Never put an animal from the wild into the same tank/cage/environment as pets. You don't know what diseases the wild animal may be carrying.
If the toad is bleeding from the mouth, it is probably beyond help. You can take it to a veterinarian who specializes in reptiles, but honestly? I think the poor thing will pass on by the time you get it there, if not from its injuries, then from starvation or dehydration.
Well, it is too late for that, but actually he is surviving, eating crickets. I didn't think about diseases, but I guess he'll be ok. I am amazed he lived.
I saved an American toad from a garter snake yesterday. I heard a pitiful chirp/scream and looked over in my yard to see the back third of a medium sized toad in the mouth of a seemingly small garter snake. I do not like snakes but don't want to hurt non venimous ones-- but couldn't let the poor toad be eaten alive.
One I held the snake down with a rake, it let go. The toad hopped a few feet away. I relocated the snake several hundred yards away. When I returned the toad had found a flower bed but was in plain sight. He was bleeding on his back and had at least 3 other small puncture marks.
I put him in a box and set him up according to Internet posts on how to care for toads including bottled water for him to swim /pee in. He can still hop but when I tried to release him today he only partially buried himself I
in the dirt and remained in plain sight. Fearing he'd be eaten I put him back in his box with fresh water moist soil and a couple of live slugs.
What if anything can I do for him? Continue to nurse and hope he heals and free him or humanely euthanize (my spouse is a small animal vet ) or what?
This happened to me yesterday but I didn't like the snake eating the toad so I took a shovel and jabbed the snake so it would let the toad loose. His back legs were crossed due to being in the snakes mouth so I got the toad on a little shovel rinsed it off with water and it finally got his/her legs back the way they are suppose to be and it was trying to hide by the water dish so I put some rocks around and a clay pot over it and later in the day it was gone yay because it was one of my toads that's always in my backyard eating slugs and such. If it wasn't for my toy poodle alerting me of what was going on the toad wouldn't have survived. It had green flies on its nose and its breathing was very bad. I normally would've left the snake alone but it was killing the toad
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Snake had the toad
yay because it was one of my toads that's always in my backyard eating slugs and such. If it wasn't for my toy poodle alerting me of what was going on the toad wouldn't have survived. It had green flies on its nose and its breathing was very bad. I normally would've left the snake alone but it was killing the toad 
