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    Ouch John. That one looks like it hurt. They've got some chompers.

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    And how big was the monster? I'm guessing not full grown?

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    He is just a hair over 6 inches, about 4 years old now. This happened last year.


    I fed him quickly on insects to adult size, but now I feed him a very sparse maintenance diet, rarely rodents.

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    That's interesting - it seems kind of small for 4 years old. I have a 7 month old male who is just over 6 inches.

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    Yes, he is fairly small, about 693g. You would be surprised at how little is required to keep him at a constant weight. I also keep him fairly cool.

    I am going to try an experiment of very warm temperatures and tons of food to see if I can make him grow more, despite his age (which is still fairly young for his species). It is often thought that herps can be "stunted." I am curious to see if this is true or not, at least in A. bullfrogs.

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    I expect that species such as African Bullfrogs do not suffer from stunted growth. I bet as soon as you warm him up and start loading him that he is going to rocket up in size. It just seems to me that species that aestivate like these are opportunistic growers, whenever times of plenty come around in the wild they awake and stuff themselves, while in times when food and water are scarce they immediately go into aestivation. Just a thought. Let us know the results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by John View Post
    That's interesting - it seems kind of small for 4 years old. I have a 7 month old male who is just over 6 inches.
    My 6 month old Male is a hair over 6 inches and growing rapidly!

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    I expect that species such as African Bullfrogs do not suffer from stunted growth. I bet as soon as you warm him up and start loading him that he is going to rocket up in size. It just seems to me that species that aestivate like these are opportunistic growers, whenever times of plenty come around in the wild they awake and stuff themselves, while in times when food and water are scarce they immediately go into aestivation. Just a thought. Let us know the results.

    Alex
    My thoughts exactly. He croaks during the summer, and he maintains weight, so I am happy with his status. At nearly 700 grams, he is still a whopper of a frog, even though not a record for his species. It would be interesting to see wild growth rates.

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    Youch. I don't plan on ever getting bit by my frogs. lol

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    ya i don't think getting bit would be fun but Du,s any one no if whites can get stunted and how long it takes till you cant fix it

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    Quote Originally Posted by justin shockey View Post
    Ya I don't think getting bit would be fun, but does any one know if White's can get stunted and how long it takes till you can't fix it
    I have been wondering that myself. I have had my White's for four years now and they are not very big. My red-eyes grow like weeds, full grown in just over a year.
    It is a little cooler in the living room, where they live and it is much warmer upstairs, where the red-eyes live. Maybe that is the factor.

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    i dont know

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    That does not look like it felt good I had the same thing happen to me with a small pyxie frogs 3in. and in didnt feel good so i could only imagine how that one felt

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    ouch. =(

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    Wow! I thought the worst that could happen is a sticky tounge. I hope my pacman doesn't nip me that hard.
    Now I can see why fully grown rats can't escape the jaws of a giant, hungry frog

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    Hey,that looks familiar. I must be getting flashbacks.
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    My thumb looks exactly like yours .I had less blood tho. My guy is 51/2 inches,and 5 month old. The smaller male is 4 inches and 5 month old. One is growing faster. They both get the same amount of food. The big one is more aggressive as you all know.

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    Ouch, that looks nasty. I feel bad for you now George haha, I didn't think it was that bad.

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    Just curious, which kind of frog is most likly to bite, and which gives the most painful chomp? I thought maybe pacmans, but now I'm thinking pixies..

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