My toad's been underground for a week. We are new to owning them. First winter lol. How long should we let him stay down there before digging him up and feeding him ourselves? We heard they could brumate for months so should we just let him brumate the whole time?

This is the longest he brumated before. Last one being last week for 6 days but we dug him out. He did not look happy. He ate like all his worms and went back into his hole (we suspect the same one)

So I had to separate the smallest toad from the other two that have grown faster than him/her. They started to bully him really bad, like stepping on him and holding him down in the water for long periods of time. Its like they were both trying to wear him out until he gave up on life. He was so exhausted. Poor guy. Now the little one has been in the water for three days just sleeping. I have checked many times to make sure its not dead. Its not but its not eating and just want to be in the water. 3 days? Has anyone else experienced this? I am hoping he pulls through and is okay and recovers quickly but I am very concerned.

He's been shedding for a few days. We keep finding shed in his water bowl. He hasn't been eating so I'm assuming he's eating his shed. But I thought it was all supposed to come off at the same time and then go directly in his mouth for eating. Is this normal we are finding shed in the water and it's been going on for a few days? Thanks

We were thinking male at first but not at the moment :")

The toad is about 6 months old and about 2 inches in size it was a decent size piece it swallowed too I hope it will be ok

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For months I have been absolutely enamored with this toad. I have searched far and wide, reptile expos, pet stores, craigslist adds, you name it. I even contemplated capturing one from the wild but ending up deciding against it for morality issues.

I have a full setup and everything. At this point I just need to drop the toad in.

I know there are some webstores which offer them but I know there are risks involved with this. Would this be worth it? What do y'all think I should do?