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Originally Posted by kr0nah0lic  Hello everyone, first of all i'd like to say i've been an avid learner from these net forums and i have found them very helpful and useful in my own growth through psychedelics. Now i have yet another obstacle in my path, two juvenile bufo alvarius toads. I purchased these little guys a little over a month ago and they are just finally getting settled in. Im curious as to whether or not i can milk them for their venom? I know with adult toads it is not a problem but im a little hesitant with the little ones. Ive never smoked the venom before but have read NUMEROUS accounts of different experiences. mentally i am prepared for the trip but physically i dont think i understand enough of the process to extract and smoke it. tonight i need some help from those who have knowledge in doing this first hand. I consider these guys my pets and would not jeopardize their well being to extract the venom if they are too small. I am willing to wait if need be but I was just wondering if it would hurt them or whether the venom might be more or less potent. Also any tips on extracting, drying, and smoking it would be very helpful and much appreciated. Thank you!
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There are many pet shops on the internet whch sell bufo toads which are not B. alvarius/
Some vendors do not know what they sell.
Like san pedro sellers who sell cereus cacti instead of Thricocereus..
Any way here from my library are some glan illustraitions of Bufo alvarius.
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Fresh venom can easily be collected without any harm to the toad. Use a flat glass plate or any smooth non-porous surface at least twelve inches square. Hold the toad in front of the plate, which is fixed in a vertical position. In this manner, the venom can be collected on the glass plate, free od dirt and liquid released when the toad is handled.
Half a gram or more can be collected from a large adult toad. Half of that is water. But as much as 15% is 5-MEO-DMT. In other words, one adult toad is capable of producing one fresh gram equaling about 75 milligrams of 5-MEO-DMT capable of producing doses at three to five milligrams each.
When you are ready to begin, hold the toad firmly with one hand and, with thumb and forefinger of your other hand, squeeze near the base of the gland until the venom squirts out of the pores and onto the glass plate. Use this method to systematically collect the venom from each of the toad’s granular glands: those as seen in the four illustrations I have placed here: Those on the forearms, those on the tibia and femur of the hind leg and, of course the parotoids on the neck. Each gland can be squeezed a second time for an additional yield of venom if you allow the toad a one hour rest period. After this the glands are empty and require four to six weeks for regeneration.
The venom is viscous and milky-white in color when first squeezed from the glands. It begins drying within minutes and acquires the color and texture of rubber cement. Scrape the venom from the glass plate, dry it thoroughly, and store it in an airtight container until you are ready to use it.
The venom from B. alvarius is extremely hallucinogenic when vaporized by heat and taken into the lungs in the form of smoke. An adequate dose for a normal adult of average size is a piece of dried venom about the size of a paper match head. Shave it into thin slices with a razor blade and put the pieces in a clean one-toke pipe fitted with a brass screen.
Designate this pipe strictly for smoking toad venom. Apply a suitable flame and smoke the contents of the bowl in one complete inhalation. Try to hold the smoke in your lungs as long as possible as the effectiveness will depend largely on the full dose being absorbed in one breath. It may taste like burning plastic.
Additional reading can be found in:
Weil, Andrew and Wade Davis. 1994. Bufo Alvarius: A Potent hallucinogen of animal origin. Journal of Ethnopharmacology vol. 41:1.8.
There is also an additional article by Gartz and Thomas Lyttle but I cannot find it at this moment.
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Bufo Toad maps:
Bufo Toad Glands:
Bufo Toad Photo:
I have more larger photos of the toads from Trout but am not sure where I filed them
mjshroomer
And do not under any set of circumstances, attempt to lick any bufo toads. They have toxins which can send you to the ER.
Mjshroomer