I am just wondering what people's thoughts are on keeping male and female african clawed frogs together? I read on one website that if ACFs breed more than a few times a year then the female can die from laying too many eggs, and also that you shouldn't try to breed them if the female is younger than a year and a half old for the sake of the health of her offspring. That was just one website and I haven't read anything else about it.

I have been keeping a male and a female together since they were tiny froglets. I think they're only about 7 months old now but I'm not certain because I don't know how old they were when I got them. For a couple of months now, my male has been croaking almost every night, all night long. I've caught them amplexing a few times since then when it's been dark, but every time I've seen them they've separated after a few seconds, so I just thought it was cute.

My male's hands have gone a lot darker than usual this week and for the past 2 nights, they've been amplexing way more than usual. Yesterday I noticed the frogs eating some eggs that I could barely see in the sand. Last night they were amplexing again, but I didn't pay much attention. Today, when the tank lights have been on and I've been making loads of noise in the room, they haven't cared and they've been at it almost none stop, croaking and amplexing. A few hours ago I noticed that there were eggs all over the glass, the fake plants and again in the sand. I don't have another tank to put the frogs in so I put them in a bucket while I removed as many of the eggs as I could. They were even trying to get it on in the bucket! Anyway, as I was removing the eggs, I found 2 tadpoles in the tank, so I removed them and put them in a large container of water with the eggs. I wasn't trying to breed my frogs but when I saw the 2 tadpoles, I couldn't bring myself to destroy the eggs. Now my frogs are back in their tank and my male's croaking again! I'm scared more tadpoles might emerge from the eggs in the sand (I couldn't get them all) and be eaten by the frogs before I see them.

Is it likely that my frogs will calm down soon or are they likely to be like this all the time now? Is it safe for my female to keep them together? I don't want to damage her health.

Thanks.