Clyde Frog's growth update!

[falconez]

Nice male you got
About calling,this is my experience : my male Elvis ( about 1 yr old) doesn't call every night; he can stay mute for days and then "sing" for 3-4 times in row,and always at night or late evening,when the room is dark and there's quiet.
Don't expect him to call in daytime or if ,in someway, there's light and people (visible to him)...that's only my personal experience,it's not the Holy Bible of course

[Bruce]

Clyde right after a nice big feeding and mid shed. The picture doesn't do the oranges coming in justice!

[Eddie Munster]

Clyde is looking good! His color is coming in nice.

[Bruce]

Figured I'd update since I haven't in awhile...
6 1/4" and eats everything... Including tongs, fingers, and cats that walk by his cage (he tried with them anyway, lol!)
I know it's not good to play favorites, but he is mine, he's just such a beast!

He only tried to eat my phone through the glass 5 times while taking these, hence the blurry dirty glass by his eye in the last pic (froggy slobber )

[Sunshine]

I love his facial expression! He's a bad-*** and he knows it!

[Bruce]

Haha! He is a bad***! Especially when he tried to take down animals 1000% his size, meaning me. He's lunged at my face before, just about smacked my head of the glass I was so startled!

[Sunshine]

LOL! That's funny!

[Pluke]

He's awesome dude. One good lookin Pyxie.

[Bruce]

I only got him a little over 4 months ago... I can't wait to see what he'll look like in 8!

[Bruce]

Well everyone, we're approaching the 6 month mark, so here's some updates!

I'll get accurate measurements tomorrow, but he's at least 6 1/2" and well over a pound at this point.
His growth seems to have slowed down a bit.. I hope he gets to at least 8"!

[DeeDub]

I own his twin Bruce! Lol. He looks good. Mine slowed down about a month ago but is picking up appetite again, nothing like when I first got the trio though! They were demons and doubled in size almost weekly at the beginning.

[Bruce]

That's how my guy was, look back at the beginning of this thread, you'll see how fast he grew! He's an absolute black hole though... Lol!

[flybyferns]

Well everyone, we're approaching the 6 month mark, so here's some updates!

I'll get accurate measurements tomorrow, but he's at least 6 1/2" and well over a pound at this point.
His growth seems to have slowed down a bit.. I hope he gets to at least 8"!

Hi Bruce ,
Hope all is well.

What feeders and how much of them does this little fella actually eat in one week?
Lynn

[FLUXCORE]

Well everyone, we're approaching the 6 month mark, so here's some updates!

I'll get accurate measurements tomorrow, but he's at least 6 1/2" and well over a pound at this point.
His growth seems to have slowed down a bit.. I hope he gets to at least 8"!

My male is about this size at the 4.5 month mark (still has its stripes) when does the growth usually slow and when do the dorsal stripes fade ? Great looking frog !

[Bruce]

Hi Bruce ,
Hope all is well.

What feeders and how much of them does this little fella actually eat in one week?
Lynn

All is well, thanks
His staples are full grown dubias, about 7 a feeding, night crawlers, about 6-8 a feeding, and pacman food balls. I like to feed him at least 3 times a week.

[Locascio]

lol thats my kind of frog my male doseint ever try and bite me . it takes the fun away from haveing a huge frog he looks very happy good job

[Herpguy]

You really need to be careful about continuing to feed and grow your frog at that rate. I remember over on fatfrogs the late and great Goomba that grew to 9" in under a year, but died soon after. Every frog that I've seen grown at these rates has not lived much past 2 or 3 years. In the wild it may take them 7 years to grow to adult size naturally.

[Bruce]

You really need to be careful about continuing to feed and grow your frog at that rate. I remember over on fatfrogs the late and great Goomba that grew to 9" in under a year, but died soon after. Every frog that I've seen grown at these rates has not lived much past 2 or 3 years. In the wild it may take them 7 years to grow to adult size naturally.

I'm not too worried Herpguy
I have a large female, almost 6", and she's creeping up on 5 years old and healthy as can be . I figured if he doesn't want to eat, he won't. But I do still limit him, I don't want him to get overweight. I've seen pics of Goomba, he was a true monster!

[Herpguy]

Well as long as you're not worried, just warning you. I am almost positive that these have a certain amount of active time allotted in them, like most cold blooded animals. Even though 45 years has been documented, most people's frogs never make it to five. In the wild they may be active only for 25% of the year, and over a period of 40 years, that is the equivalent of having it's metabolism running for only 10 years. That's also not factoring that growing a frog to 7" in a year may shave off 6 years that it would take extra for it to reach that size in the wild. I know quite a few people whose ABFs got close to or past the 20 year mark, and that was always achieved by letting them aestivate for substantial amounts of time annually. I know somebody whose frog was in aestivation for almost 2 years before it woke up!

Just remember to NEVER wake your frog up before it wants to, which unfortunately is what a lot of people advocate doing...

Have fun and enjoy your awesome frogs! A 6" female must certainly be an impressive specimen!