Admittedly, Jeremy is perhaps an unlikely name for a Mexican toad – bit like naming a Siamese cat ‘Bob’, I suppose. 😀

The toads were fed live common and field crickets once a day (from memory), which I bought from the dealer in large plastic boxes. They also ate mealworms, which were given maybe twice a day, in a dish, and the occasional dead field mouse as a treat. The crickets always found ways to escape – indeed, several months after the toads had died, I heard a cricket chirping in the middle of the night. Not good, given that the vivarium had been gone for almost 6 months!

Bizarre pets – that’s another thread. Anyone for a croc?!:diablo:

I was tempted by some crocadilians a few years ago, but didn’t have the space. A local exotical animal dealer had a dozen or so, but they were babies and I don’t have the resources to handle them once they were adults!

I owned three Mexican Giant Toads for a few years when I was younger. They were great fun, though having live crickets escape on a regular basis was never good… Unfortunately, the male (Jeremy) died of pneumonia after a long fight with illness. The oldest female, Lola, died 6 months later of an unknown cause. It was around November 5th time, and judging by the excreted poison from her glands and the position she was sat in, she may have been frightened by fireworks, but we’ll never know. The third (Rosie), who I’d bought to keep Lola company after Jeremy died, hid away for the last few weeks of her life and eventually refused to eat. She died quietly shortly after Lola.

Quite sad, really. 🙁

Hehe, you have to laugh. Cheeky monkeys and all that. 😀

I know someone who had a monkey for 12 days. On day two, they went out and left it in the living room. It trashed the place. Literally, anything that wasn’t nailed to the floor was ripped up, throw from the shelves or dragged off the walls. Including the curtains.

How it lasted another 10 days before they “returned to sender”, I don’t know. Nuttas, they are! 😮

Nicely done!

If you’re ever in the UK and looking for a more in depth and personal account of the Battle of Britain, I’d recommend the BoB museum at Hawkinge. A fantastic little museum, crammed full of letters, memorabilia and artefacts. A really fascinating place to visit; you could spend all day reading over the battle accounts, correspondence and assorted other period articles.

Photography isn’t permitted, but speaking on a personal level, it doesn’t bother me. Most of the aircraft are replicas – the focus there is really the more intimate side of the battle.

It’s only up the road from the BoB memorial at Capel-le-Ferne, so you can quite easily do both in the same day.

Good arrows. 😀

They were selling the DVD of the whole series at the Battle of Britain Museum at Hawkinge last time I was there for about £8, if anyone’s in the area and wants to pick it up. Don’t think I’ve ever seen it elsewhere!