Tuesday, September 04, 2007
A new resident of the chicken coop,
When I first found this toad in my chicken coop I rounded it up quickly and stuck it into a dog crate, I wasn't quite sure what I was dealing with. Once the toad was locked up, I searched my book to find out what I had and when I found out that it is a harmless toad that actually eats lots of insects, I took it back to the chicken coop and released it. Don't kow where it would lay its eggs or find a mate, I don't have any ponds or other bodies of water on my property.
Our new resident is a Great Plains Toad they get 2 to 4 1/2 inches long. Now I do not know how this is measured, but this one was about 4 1/2 inches from nose to the butt and almost as wide as long. They are nocturnal and that's when I found it out in my chicken coop. Almost stepped on it, at first I thought it was a pile of dog poop. I had no idea with have large toads like that in the middle of the desert.
If this isn't a beauty than what is?
When I first found this toad in my chicken coop I rounded it up quickly and stuck it into a dog crate, I wasn't quite sure what I was dealing with. Once the toad was locked up, I searched my book to find out what I had and when I found out that it is a harmless toad that actually eats lots of insects, I took it back to the chicken coop and released it. Don't kow where it would lay its eggs or find a mate, I don't have any ponds or other bodies of water on my property.
Our new resident is a Great Plains Toad they get 2 to 4 1/2 inches long. Now I do not know how this is measured, but this one was about 4 1/2 inches from nose to the butt and almost as wide as long. They are nocturnal and that's when I found it out in my chicken coop. Almost stepped on it, at first I thought it was a pile of dog poop. I had no idea with have large toads like that in the middle of the desert.
If this isn't a beauty than what is? // posted by ZaltanaAnatolians @ 8:39 PM 
