Toad food?

Question

There's this crazy toad that likes to come into the garage in my house. The other day, I had both garage doors open while I was working on one car. Came to find a toad sitting inside the garage by the other car. Tried to get it out, it decided to hop UP into the inside of the rim of the back tire! Took 20 minutes for him to hop down from there and I finally got him out.

This morning, before taking the garbage out I checked around the garage door specifically looking for him. No toad.

Came back 5 minutes later (long driveway), and there he was, with a smug look on his face, again sitting in the entrance way, by the trash cans. Again, he decided to hop up into the rim of the tire and hide.

Any food I can leave out, like the proverbial trail of breadcrumbs, to get him out from in the rim and out of the garage? Little bugger that he is, I don't want him to die in the garage, he belongs outside.

Thanks!

Answer 1

hmmm.... if it is an american toad, they prefer eating insects...  if you can, try placing slugs on the floor to get him where you can maybe throw a towel on top of him and carry him out.  i don't think they're smart enough to fall for pieces of meat, since it isn't moving.

good luck with your little friend!

and oh... since toads don't drink but absorb water through their skin,  your little friend might be dehydrated... try placing a bowl of water... you might just catch him with that.

Answer 2

I agree with the first answer, in that he probably is dehydrated. If possible spray him down with a water bottle but if you decide to leave a water bowl out, make it a shallow dish (as a rule) not any deeper than the height of the toad. You don't want your 'guest' to drown.

Sounds like a smart toad. But he's no match for his little hungry toad stomach. Since live crickets would just run away (not creating a very good trail), leave some type of grub or worm out.  Wax worms, meal worms, earth worms, and super worms work particularly well. Once he's out, carefully put him into a container or on a wide shovel and walk him away from your house- by a creek or wooded area if possible, and let him go.

Good luck.