Thursday, February 27, 2014

Why "brog" About Frogs?

Last Saturday (Feb 22nd, 2014) my African Dwarf frogs (ADF) laid eggs, and it was super exciting at first. So, first thing I did was remove the eggs because I remember once reading on a website that the frogs will eat their eggs if you don't remove them. Knowing how fat my ADFs are, I knew they would get to the eggs soon.

Then I started to research about ADFs breeding and raising their young, and that's when I realized that there isn't enough information out there in the net on ADFs. I was hoping to find detailed information on other people's experiences with raising ADF tadpoles...but there were only a few. It was surprising, because I know these are pretty popular pets. When I first wanted a pair, Petco would sell out too fast; it was hard to get my hands on a pair because of the high demands. Then I realized why there weren't a lot of info on these little guys: chytrid fungal infection. It's an infection that's deadly to ADFs, and it's very common in pet stores. I'm guessing that there isn't too much information out there on ADFs because they just die off :( So I decided to share my experiences with ADFs with the internet.

These are my super cute and playful ADFs

Princess Peach

 Toad

and Yoshi



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