This forum needs a rodent topic!

[Angel Carrion]

Yep.
i'm pretty sure that's an Eastern American Toad Anaxyrus americanus.
Lovely animal.

I'm becoming very confused because what I was told was a fowler's toad appears to actually be eastern American toad and other such confusions.
I need to research this more.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I'm becoming very confused because what I was told was a fowler's toad appears to actually be eastern American toad and other such confusions.
I need to research this more.

Don't think so.
Fowler's are a different shape and the warts are dark.
Your Eastern has pale warts with dark surrounds.

 

[MPRC]

I lean toward eastern as well, I think the raised "V" on the top of the head around the eyes is an eastern thing that doesn't appear in Fowler's. Either way I love toads. My parents let me have reptiles and amphibians as a kid. I'm new to having furry pets.

 

[Angel Carrion]

Don't think so.
Fowler's are a different shape and the warts are dark.
Your Eastern has pale warts with dark surrounds.

Yeah I know now I have my toads mixed up. Months ago I shared a picture of a toad that likes to sit on my front step at night eating bugs from the outside light onto a page on Facebook that supposedly knows reptiles and amphibians well. Everyone said it was a fowler's toad. When I googled the name for images it seemed to confirm, but now when I google it says that toad is an eastern while a fowler's toad is something totally different. But that toad from months ago doesn't look 100% like this toad now. They're similar, makes me think close cousins, but they're not 100% the same.
I need to research more.

 

[ILoveTorts&Gerbils]

Oooh, I have six gerbils! I could go on about them forever, but in a nutshell:

Homer

Lenny

Barney

Lily

Cleo

Teasel

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Oooh, I have six gerbils! I could go on about them forever, but in a nutshell:

Homer View attachment 144658

Lenny View attachment 144659

Barney View attachment 144660

Lily View attachment 144662

Cleo View attachment 144663

Teasel View attachment 144664

What a lovely bunch!

 

[ILoveTorts&Gerbils]

Thanks so much! They're spoilt rotten!

Ooh, I just found a emoji!

 

[ILoveTorts&Gerbils]

Grrrr, the Emoji didn't come through. It was a tortoise.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Grrrr, the Emoji didn't come through. It was a tortoise.

Try again.
We do have a tortoise emoji here.

 

[RosieRedfoot]

I used to breed/rescue gerbils and other rodents I had like a hundred plus at one point since someone dropped off all these pregnant females.

Now I only have one poor lonely gerbil. His buddy died of old age complications last week.

 

[ILoveTorts&Gerbils]

Aww. Lily's a PAH adoption rescue. We tried to introduce her to Cleo, via the split cage method. Unfortunately, it didn't work out.