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We got this grow-a-frog for our sons 6th birthday because he had been begging for a frog. He loves it and it's teaching him responsibility of owning a pet. Right now it's still a tadpole so it's going to be so fun to watch it morph into a frog. Definatly worth it.
I bought this frog for my son a year ago thinking it would be a fun little pet to keep in a one gallon tank and for him to hold and play with for the summer. These pets cannot have any other smaller creatures in the tank lest they be gobbled up by the frogs, although they do apparently enjoy the company of other same-sized clawed frogs. If we even dip our finger tips in the water our frog will attack.All this being said, we do LOVE our frog. It grows quite big (ours is nine inches head to toe and seems to be still growing). I think it's extremely irresponsible of this company not to present this very pertinent information for the unsuspecting consumer to read in the product description. The life span of these frogs is about 25 years. The product description did nothing to prepare me for the real commitment we were taking on.This frog is aquatic and will require at least a ten-gallon aquarium, twenty-gallons would be better. The frogs have sharp claws and cannot be handled by you or your children.
When adult, the frog requires live food which means weekly trip to the pet store for minnows that have to be kept in a separate aquarium (i.e. more live animals to feed, another filter to change, tank to be cleaned etc). But because I love animals it pains me that there are likely many frogs being shipped out to homes that don't have the means, facilities, or lifestyle to accomodate these pets. Shame on them.
The tadpole was in good condition. I purchased this for my daughter (6.5 y.o). We immediately sent away for our tadpole and received it very soon after. The kit came with a booklet that answers most of our questions and instructed us on "habitat" setup. So far things look good.
My 7 year-old son received this as a gift and we all loved it. In fact, we bought a second one for our younger son. We recently gave this to one of his friends because he loved our frogs when he came over to our house. And, even though this is a living thing, it's really easy to take care of.
This was very easy to set up, the tadpole came very quickly. Thought it might die at first because it didn't move much, but perked up less than a day after it came. It's almost a frog now, just waiting for the stage 2 habitat to arrive. Only con I can think of is it's quite pricy to transition to the stage 2.
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