Clyde Frog's growth update!

[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!