Hi all!
Anybody have experience with African Clawed Frogs? Back in April, my husband and I were at a pet store and saw the cutest little white froggies... the clerk told us that they were dwarves!! So we brought two home and we love them so much.
However! Several months ago, when the frogs continued to grow... we started reading more about them, and we found out that they are not dwarves afterall, but they are just normal ol' ACF's! We got scared of the whole eating-smaller-fish thing and bought them their own tank right away. We know from reading about them that when they are full grown, they will each require 10 gallons of tank room... and we have a tank on lay-a-way right now that we'll move them over to soon. THey are still rather small, but they are getting bigger every day (most especially, the girl, Big Bertha).
Does anyone have any experience with these frogs? I'm finding it hard to learn online about things like their eating habits-- I wonder if we are feeding them too much? Big Bertha looks really fat to me, but maybe she is supposed to at this age? We switched them over to frozen foods a few weeks ago, and they are eating around 4-5 cubes a day right now. Is that about right? How much more will they eat as adults? Will they eat too much and pop open???
We love them so much, we want to do the right things by them. Any info anyone may have would be so appreciated!
Oh, and by the way... we did talk to the pet store owners and they have since changed the label on that tank to just say Albino African Clawed Frog... it doesn't say dwarf anymore.
Thanks!
Anybody have experience with African Clawed Frogs? Back in April, my husband and I were at a pet store and saw the cutest little white froggies... the clerk told us that they were dwarves!! So we brought two home and we love them so much.
However! Several months ago, when the frogs continued to grow... we started reading more about them, and we found out that they are not dwarves afterall, but they are just normal ol' ACF's! We got scared of the whole eating-smaller-fish thing and bought them their own tank right away. We know from reading about them that when they are full grown, they will each require 10 gallons of tank room... and we have a tank on lay-a-way right now that we'll move them over to soon. THey are still rather small, but they are getting bigger every day (most especially, the girl, Big Bertha).
Does anyone have any experience with these frogs? I'm finding it hard to learn online about things like their eating habits-- I wonder if we are feeding them too much? Big Bertha looks really fat to me, but maybe she is supposed to at this age? We switched them over to frozen foods a few weeks ago, and they are eating around 4-5 cubes a day right now. Is that about right? How much more will they eat as adults? Will they eat too much and pop open???
We love them so much, we want to do the right things by them. Any info anyone may have would be so appreciated!
Oh, and by the way... we did talk to the pet store owners and they have since changed the label on that tank to just say Albino African Clawed Frog... it doesn't say dwarf anymore.
Thanks!
