Grow-A-Frog Kit

by Three Rivers Mail Order Corporation

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• ASIN: B0013FAETS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #238,106 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars NOT a toy!, April 9, 2009

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J. Diehl - See all my reviews
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= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Grow-A-Frog Kit (Toy)

BEWARE!

These frogs grow very large -- bigger than my palm -- and they live for YEARS AND YEARS. (We know one that is confirmed as eight years old, and an internet search on "African Clawed Frogs" shows some people claim to have twenty-plus years...)

If you buy this kit you will need additional space: There is NO WAY you will keep it in the tiny box they give you with this kit. That will become obvious right away.

The frogs (we have two) are very sweet. They play with each other and even sing. We know someone else with just one, and it's very different -- it just sits, even when we put it with ours. It seems however they grow up (with others or alone) is how they stay.

But even for one you will end up getting a full-sized aquarium at the very least. For full-grown adults, even a ten-gallon tank is too small for them to actually swim. Also, they are known to attack and eat anything else in the tank, including fish and even snails. You will end up with a tank of frogs and only frogs. Because of their reputation for escaping from tanks (and drying up and dying before they are discovered), you'll also need a good cover for your tank. They eat a lot, which means a lot of material passes through the frogs, which means you'll have to have a pretty good filter and a member of your household to clean the tank -- we clean ours EVERY WEEK.

You will NOT be able to release them into the wild, either. Even owning African Clawed Frogs is illegal in many states, and some people have had their frogs confiscated by state authorities because of the potential for ecological damage (like eating everything in sight and laying thousands of eggs). As far as we know, releasing them is illegal everywhere.

These kits should not be sold as toys! They are PETS, and you will either spend WAY more than the value of the kit for a suitable habitat, or torture the poor creature for years and years with inadequate space.

Buy with caution. You are not getting a short-term experiment, but rather a baseball-sized frog and a big commitment.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Started out as a mess, but my son loves it!, March 25, 2008

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C. Wollin (IL) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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I ordered the grow-a-frog kit for my son's Easter basket. When he opened the box, the food spilled out everywhere! Apparently the bag had busted during shipment and the sand-like food had managed to not only be spilled out into the container and bag, but also into the box and ended up all over the Easter basket and the floor. We were able to salvage most of the food so I didn't bother contacting the company. We're still waiting for the tadpole to arrive, so I'll update my review after we receive it. Update--The tadpole arrived today, just about a week after I sent in the coupon. It came in a little styrofoam cube and appears to be very healthy. My son couldn't be more thrilled! I tried to go back and give it four stars, but the editing system wouldn't let me. July 2008--Our little tadpole has grown into a frog. He (or she) seemed like he needed more room, so we bought an acrylic tank with a snap on lid. It holds about 1 1/2 gallons of water, and we added some gravel and a plastic plant. Looks nice, and I change about 1/2 the water once a week and clean it thoroughly about every three weeks. We also found an albino African clawed frog at a local pet store, so no our little froggy has a friend.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, April 11, 2009

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Kyra Clopton ""the educator"" (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Grow-A-Frog Kit (Toy)

This was great for our project for my home daycare kids. To watch the froglet grow is amazing.