| View Larger Image | Grow A Frog | Toyby Three Rivers Mail Order Corporation
| List Price: | $24.99 | |
| | Sales Rank: | 5,165th |
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FEATURES | - Grow your own REAL frog
- Watch a live heartbeat up close
- Kit contains everything you need
- A certificate to send off for a free live Growafrog
- 3 way Guarantee.
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Product Description
You receive a rare live tadpole with see-thru skin, (you can actually see his inside body parts working) Delivered via 1st class airmail in an insulated pack. Eventually, your tadpole will turn into a green frog that lives its entire life underwater - like a fish. |
Teacher Review
Watching a creature grow from birth to maturity is a special science lesson that most urban children seldom experience. The process of metamorphosis is especially fascinating. The Grow A Frog kit comes with a see-through 3.5-by-4.5-inch plastic aquarium, a small bag of tadpole food and another of nutri-rocks, a piece of fake seaweed, and a detailed handbook with directions. Send in the mail-ready card and within a few weeks your child will receive a special tadpole grown in a Florida lab. (Many guarantees are put forth in the directions about the safe, humane mailing process.) The translucent skin of the tadpoles allows children to see the inner organs. Adult frogs have an average lifespan of five years but the record is 15 years. These special frogs live full-time in fresh water. Fresh spring water is required in the tadpole stage. --Lair Showalter, mother and elementary school teacher |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 31 reviews)
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Be prepared for a lifetime commitment by S. Leister  4 Stars
October 01, 2009
My mom purchased a grow a frog for my son for his 7th birthday about 3.5 years ago,since then we have added a second frog. They are a very cool pet,and lots of fun to watch. They are also a life time commitment. Each week I have to change the entire tank,scrub and clean it,replace the water with fresh spring water,and a clean filter. They do take up some time. Do some research before hand. I LOVE my frogs,but had no idea they would be this much work. Next week I need to purchase a new tank as they need room to grow often. All in all I am pleased with my purchase,but caution others to be prepared. There is quite a bit of work and money involved for sure,but they can be a really fun,interesting pet to have!!
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Tank FAR outlasts the frog by Robin Reinier (Ottumwa, Iowa)  2 Stars
August 23, 2009
I ordered 3 of these. The tank is great, it includes everything you need to grow a frog, however, when you order the frog (which is sold separately at an additional cost) the shipping is ridiculous, and to date, we've received 3 DOA frogs, and 2 that have lasted only 2 days. The frogs are $8.95 each with a $3.95 shipping fee, and they will replace the frog for a $3.95 fee. It's been far more frustration than it's worth. Imagine the look on my son's face when we received 3 dead frogs in the mail....I haven't used my last lifetime guarentee, and I won't. This product is a waste.
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Grow-A-Frog is awesome by Badkitty (IN, USA)  5 Stars
May 29, 2009
We got this grow-a-frog for our sons 6th birthday because he had been begging for a frog. He loves it and it's teaching him responsibility of owning a pet. Right now it's still a tadpole so it's going to be so fun to watch it morph into a frog. Definatly worth it.
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Irresponsible Company by S. Bachner 2 Stars
February 27, 2009
I bought this frog for my son a year ago thinking it would be a fun little pet to keep in a one gallon tank and for him to hold and play with for the summer. The product description did nothing to prepare me for the real commitment we were taking on.
This frog is aquatic and will require at least a ten-gallon aquarium, twenty-gallons would be better. It grows quite big (ours is nine inches head to toe and seems to be still growing). The life span of these frogs is about 25 years. When adult, the frog requires live food which means weekly trip to the pet store for minnows that have to be kept in a separate aquarium (i.e. more live animals to feed, another filter to change, tank to be cleaned etc.) These pets cannot have any other smaller creatures in the tank lest they be gobbled up by the frogs, although they do apparently enjoy the company of other same-sized clawed frogs. The frogs have sharp claws and cannot be handled by you or your children. If we even dip our finger tips in the water our frog will attack.
All this being said, we do LOVE our frog. But because I love animals it pains me that there are likely many frogs being shipped out to homes that don't have the means, facilities, or lifestyle to accomodate these pets. I think it's extremely irresponsible of this company not to present this very pertinent information for the unsuspecting consumer to read in the product description. Shame on them!
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Flippers is doing well by Nance in NoVa 5 Stars
January 12, 2009
I purchased this for my daughter (6.5 y.o). We immediately sent away for our tadpole and received it very soon after. The tadpole was in good condition. The kit came with a booklet that answers most of our questions and instructed us on "habitat" setup. So far things look good.
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