My new friends......

I just love little toads, haven't seem one in ages, All i have is a dog nothing unusual. Hope u are having a happy monday.

We just have cats and fish, but we do have frogs and/or toads in the yard occasionally, lizards too. Also snakes, rabbits, mice, skunks and many other things.

You can have toads as pets, and look out for their interests, but I imagine they will do their best living in your yard. I think if they feel safe there, they certainly will stay for many years. I do not have any unusual pets.

Sounds like a family of toads. Do they have a little house somewhere, with white picket fence and all?

I had two big toads for pets when I was a kid. One has a reddish belly so his name was ketchup and the other one had a yellowish belly so his name was mustard. Well I can't really say they were pets, but they were always in my yard pretty much in the same area. Now I only have cats and fish as pets.

I love my new friend. I have atleast 50 friends in the circle. I too have pet animals. The name i have chosen is Pinky and Pappu, my favourite pet dogs. During night times, when we send her out, she knocks the door and make us angry. But, still, I love my friend very much.

We don't have any toads around, but at my parent's house we can find a frog or two. My dog loves playing with them. He doesn't hurt them, he just chases them. He waits until they hop and then circles them. He'll kind of whine when the frog doesn't move, and tentatively put his nose close to the frog. It's so cute.

Hi Pola! It sounds interesting that you are bringing up and taking care of toads as your friends. Hopefully, your dog understand your 'friendship' with toads and does not disturb you. I did not have any such opportunity. I hope that your new found friends would give you good company and would keep you in good humour. have a nice day! Deepak

Hi Polachicago, Can't say I have these days but in the past I have had newts, stick insects and snails and ducks, these days I am more conventional and have cats, rabbits and fish LOL. Enjoy your toads. Huggles. Ellie :D

In the Southwest I had tarantulas that hung around the house and I thought they were cool, my boys liked them, too. Other than that, no. If there were toads or anything in my yard now, Cookie my rat terrier would make short work of them. She's killed two birds this month, snatched them right out of the air. Sadly, I couldn't save them and she's just doing her "job" as dictated by her instincts.

I remember when i was a kid we had toads in our yard and the vacant lot next door. Alot of them. There were little ones too. How cute they were. I remember thinking how strange that they look so much like a frog but then why didnt they start from a tadpole like a frog. They also perfered things a bit dryer than the frogs liked. So how are they born from as egg or live birth?

You can have toads as a pet ! just love 'em :) no unusual ones here tho, just a bit jealous of you :)

Toads can certainly be your pet but I think it is good if they will stay in your yard and not in a cage or the like..I don't have unusual pets because like toads, Im afraid of it..haha

Well she's not my pet but she's been a resident for a long time now. I have a black widow spider between the screen door and the house. When I go by I always look in on her to see if she's still around and so far she's still there. When the porch light is on, is her favorite time as it attracts bugs and she has a chance for dinner. I think she keeps alot of them from comming in, so she's ok in my book. I also have a tree frog in my little fern tree, also not really a pet but he's always there making his noise. Lol. The strangest pet I keep are three ant lions, I have three seperate large flower pots filled with loose dirt and one in each. They can take up to 3 years to become flying adults, or so I've heard. So one day they will emerge with their wings and I will have to say good bye and let them fly off into the night. But for now I enjoy taking care of them and having them. :D

I have heard of people having pet frogs and my nieces and nephews loves to catch them and keep them a few days before we make them let them loose. For some reason they have a fascination with the tadpoles and catching them and watching them grow. I didn't however know they lived that long that is a long time t love for a frog. Heck some animals don't even have that lifespan. Well, good luck in having those frogs as pets..now you just gotta figure out what to feed them, what kind of bugs besides flies.

Oh what fun. WE did have a horned Lizard and family but I havent seen then at all this year sigh!

I love animals of any kind, and would something similar to you. My wife and I are house sitting in country Victoria in Australia, and we have lots of new friends. There are about fifty or more kangaroos in the area, that unfortunately are being driven off their habitat, and further back into bushlands by the developement. They are wild, but also very inquisitive, so come to within about 15 meters. I would love to have one or two as pets, as would my Thai wife, who is more used to seeing elephants and monkies from the front door.

aww--I think that's cute that you have a little "family" of toads. well besides having cats all my life, I've also had birds and not just "pet" types birds like the parakeets I had, but rescued sparrows and a starling that I kept until they were strong enough to release, also I've had mice...and the most unusual? Crickets...yes crickets..having them was like having a bit of the country feel all year long as I love the sound of them Another unusual pet...very short lived was a rescued American Black Swallowtail butterfly..it's wing was just slightly busted so couldn't fly...so took it home...it only lived one day though Here's a photo of it while it was still outside....

I do not have any pets at all. we have not had a pet in the houshold for years. we had a dog onece but he had dided a long time ago. my brother now has two dogs of his own and my gf has three. we have no unssual pets at all.