Fire bellied toad question??

[Lori P]

Hey guys, anyone on here have fire bellied toads?? I have one I got from the same little urchin that I got the skink from. (Got them about 6 or 8 months ago) The toad has always had a huge appetite, but he stopped eating all together about 2 weeks ago and I can't tempt him with anything. He is still active, but won't eat a thing. I can't find any info on the internet about what could be going on. Ideas???
THANKS!!!!!

[zooplan]

You got it in spring, so maybe it´s preparing for hibernation now.
Theres a kind of those toads in Europe too, they need hibernation to survive the winter.

[Stefan-A]

You got it in spring, so maybe it´s preparing for hibernation now.
Theres a kind of those toads in Europe too, they need hibernation to survive the winter.

There's two of them. Bombina bombina and Bombina variegata.

[zooplan]

.... and both start to hebernate now

[Stefan-A]

Unfortunately I don't know if Bombina orientalis needs to do it.

[zooplan]

It is needed for breeding like for Thamnophis I think.
Some of my garters had stop feeding as well, it´s quiet normal for autumn to me.

[Lori P]

Ok. Thanks. But he's getting all skinny. :-( I guess we'll see how it goes!! Thank you!!

[Thamnophis]

Our Bombina orientalis (we have about 20 in the zoo) never get a winterrest. Only an hour less light in the wintermonths. They breed every year.

p.s. There are eight species of Bombina:

• Bombina bombina
• Bombina fortinuptialis
• Bombina lichuanesis
• Bombina maxima
• Bombina microdeladigitora
• Bombina orientalis
• Bombina pachypus
• Bombina variegata

[adamanteus]

I have kept Bombina orientalis, I never hibernated them and they bred regularly.

[Stefan-A]

I have kept Bombina orientalis, I never hibernated them and they bred regularly.

I've kept them too, but I never hibernated them.