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User Submitted Grow A Frog Reviews (cont...)Date: 2007-11-08 Cool 15 year adventure with grow a frog - I'd do it again. Bought the 'grow a frog' at SW Randalls Toy Store in 1991 for my 5 year old niece. I thought the 'toy' harmless but my soon to be ex-sister in law thought it would be too traumatic when the frog died - translation I got custody of the grow a frog. Little did I know that this frog would live 15 years and grow to be larger than a big mans hand. Terminator tadpole RIP 2006 last tank was over 66 gallons. The Tpole was cool, we taught him/her (we weren't really sure, it had characteristics of both) to do a few tricks. Mostly Tpole was very low maintenance, laidback but needs to be in the tank alone. We tried mixing it up with fish of varying levels of aggression & yeah, the frog is a loner. If you're considering this gift, remember this could turn into a decade+ commitment including tank swapping and cleaning. I would recommend the bigger tanks as they are easier to maintain. Overall, I would do it again, a very cool and low maintenance pet. Date: 2007-06-06 These frogs live a loooong time I bought this kit for my son when he was five. We loved watching the tiny tadpole turn into a tiny frog and then a rather large frog. However, now my son is entering his senior year of high school and no one in the house ever pays any attention to this poor frog. She gets smelly very quickly even though she is in a small aqarium so she needs frequent cleaning. My husband diligently feeds and cleans her, but no one will be upset when (if?) she passes on. I know the frog will die eventually and it's not that I want the creature to die, but the life span is too long for a cute little science project. So be warned, it is a great educational activity but it is a long term commitment to rather boring frog as a pet. By the way, customer service at Grow-A-Frog is excellent if you ever have need to contact them. They are very friendly and helpful. Date: 2007-05-14 Grow A Frog in the Library I purchased this for use in my Elementary School Library while my Kdg-2nd grade students studied the life cycle of a frog. Since my students are curious creatures, I kept the frog container inside a 10gal aquarium with a wire lid. The students can see what's going on while the tadpole turned frog was safely behind extra glass. My 3rd-5th graders were also fascinated with the tadpole's growth and changes. I also recommend the Stage Two house with a single tube for your frog. It comes with a frog friend. My elementary students LOVE it! Date: 2007-05-02 Be prepared for a commitment... My husband bought the Grow-a-Frog kit for our daughter when she was three. It amused her briefly, taught her a little something, and provided her a new pet, so life was good. That was nine years ago. Beware. When your tadpole grows into a frog, you will need to send away to the company for the frog kit, which consists of a larger environment and a different type of food. We also received a "bonus" frog in the mail with our order, which we did not ask for. Unfortunately, this frog was much larger than the one we had raised, and it ate our old friend one night while we were sleeping. This was also a good learning experience for our daughter, I suppose, but not for "Lily..." Our bonus frog is still alive and going strong, all these years later. Before you consider buying this "toy," please think about the commitment involved to the living creature(s) you will be bringing into your home. Do some research. These are African Clawed Frogs, and you can find plenty of information about them on the Internet, such as life span (up to 30 years), and habitat needs. These are aquatic frogs, which means they can never live outside of a water-filled tank, making them more similar to fish than to the frogs you may find in your backyard. The small plastic cubes provided by the company are not nearly large enough to comfortably house one of these animals, let alone two. Our frog now lives in a five-gallon fishtank, which still seems a bit small for him. One thing you may want to consider before purchasing this item is the ethical implications involved. The company breeds frogs and sends them out to customers indiscriminantly, without ever knowing or seemingly caring if the animals will be adequately cared for. These frogs will NOT survive if you let them go in the wild, so please take that into account. Your child may tire of his new pet in a month, but you will still need to care for the animal for many years. Although this product does have some educational value, I believe your child can adequately learn the same lessons from a book, video, or trip to a local pond. If you're ready to adopt a new family member, however, this may be the perfect "toy" for you. Date: 2007-04-23 Great educational value, poor durability It's not a bad deal, overall, for kids. The kit is nothing to get excited over. It's a plastic cube, the lid to which has a hole for easy feeding. The feeding spoon is spade-shaped, so you'll spill some food on the lid. The tadpole came quickly for us, even coast-to-coast. The bag in the package was leaking, though, so we were a little concerned about his future. We've had it two weeks, now, and hind legs are sprouting out of his body. He's not much to look at. When content, he stays suspended in one place doing nothing. If he reaches sufficient size after metamorphosis, that sucker is going into the aquarium despite what the booklet says. I'm not spending any more money on cheap plastic tanks and "special food."
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