African bullfrog amplexus with pics

[African bullfrogs]

Today I had my 2 males and 1 of my females in a small bin and i go away for a few minutes and when i came back they were mating. At first I just thought he was just on her, but she started swimming with him on her back and he was squeezing her too. Just see it for yourself...

[African bullfrogs]

African Bullfrogs Mating - YouTube

[bullfrog1986]

very good buddy

[jfw60]

Poor girl they look like their getting the better of her. They need a big old thing to love on like She Beast. She is single?

[Lija]

you just got your males yesterday, you should have quarantined them, made sure they are parasites and diseases free before introducing to your other frogs. i love the look of that other male in the last pic, like what? I'm left out?.... lol

jfw - she is very fat, I'd say obese, it is not healthy, may it looks this way because she was mad and all puffed up.

[jfw60]

you just got your males yesterday, you should have quarantined them, made sure they are parasites and diseases free before introducing to your other frogs. i love the look of that other male in the last pic, like what? I'm left out?.... lol

jfw - she is very fat, I'd say obese, it is not healthy, may it looks this way because she was mad and all puffed up.

I completely agree that she was way overweight, I'm her second owner. Her first owner had her a year and apparently fed her enormous amounts of prey. In fact that's a picture of when I first got her she has has shaped up a bit on a diet of Dubia and dusted crickets every 4 days or so. She definately had a "people of Walmart" look to her when I got her.

[Quijibo]

I'm sorry jfw but i have seen you post pictures of your GABF a couple times now and it looks horribly obese. Have you read the diet guide? Just trying to help.

[jfw60]

"I completely agree that she was way overweight, I'm her second owner. Her first owner had her a year and apparently fed her enormous amounts of prey. In fact that's a picture of when I first got her she has has shaped up a bit on a diet of Dubia and dusted crickets every 4 days or so. She definately had a "people of Walmart" look to her when I got her." She has lost some weight since those pics were taken at the time I first got her. Believe me I would never let my pets be left in such poor condition. I will continue with the froggy weight watchers pics through out the year.

[African bullfrogs]

Isn't it kind of hard to get the male in the mood like this? Could it be because he might be wild caught?

[Deac77]

No the hard part is getting the female to drop eggs

I also agree they needed to be quarantined

[African bullfrogs]

No the hard part is getting the female to drop eggs

I also agree they needed to be quarantined

then how do I get her to lay eggs other than hibernation?

[Deac77]

then how do I get her to lay eggs other than hibernation?

You almost always have to use hormones

[African bullfrogs]

oh, and there is no where to get hormones?

[Deac77]

oh, and there is no where to get hormones?

I hear they are fairly easy to get I just don't know where

[Lija]

it is my understanding that if you want to breed any species you firstly you need to know everything about the species and their natural yearly cycle and environment. You have to have a very deep understanding of the process, dynamics and heath of the individuals. I'm sorry don't want to offend anyone, but if someone introduce new frogs without quarantine and getting them to breed same day it doesn't show that you are ready to go this road. Breeding african bullfrogs is not for beginners, but only for experienced breeders due to difficulty of the process.
if you want to breed someone, think of whys? why do I want to be a breeder? do I have an ability both financial and physical to care for eggs, tadpoles and eventually froglets? will I have an ability to find homes for all possibly 1000+ babies?
and then you should start with less demanding species.

if you think of it as of means to make $ it is not going to happen, not unless you are known experienced breeder, who operates big volumes, you will spend more for frogs themselves, supporting their environment and their food as well as taking care and feeding tadpoles and froglets.

again it is not my intension to offend anyone, but I have met a lot of guys who want to be a breeders, they come and want to get a gecko, having no idea about care requirements or species itself and actually even don't really interested in knowing, all they want to know is when they can have babies and how soon after they hatch they can sell them and then you see ads of people who sell babies who are barely 3 weeks old
I will never sell my babies to home like that, ever!

[African bullfrogs]

ummmmmm, so you don't know where to get hormones? lol

[Lija]

if you are asking me, i know.

[African bullfrogs]

oh what are they made of?

[African bullfrogs]

Never mind I know where to get the hormones now!


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[Herpguy]

I am going to jump in here and say as far as "African Bullfrogs" breeding his frogs. No, no, and.... No. Judging by your maturity level I can guarantee that you are completely unable to provide for thousands of tadpoles and/or baby frogs. You barely know how to sex these frogs, and you're already trying to source hormones?? The frog hobby does not need to go the way of the tarantula hobby, where every kid bred their tarantulas and made once $20 slings now worth barely $5. In just one amercian spawning of "samurai blue" cranwellis their value has dropped from $150 to about $40, and it will be very soon when they are just as common as greens and albinos, and that is from a responsible breeder.

Don't stress your frogs any more and just enjoy them, be a responsible pet owner. Once you breed your first animal you will realize how much it isn't worth it.