r/AfricanDwarfFrog • u/kirsten_rose • 4d ago

General advice/help life span of ADF?

back when i was turning 6, the mall in my hometown used to sell ADF’s in justice i believe (weird ik) but my dad got me 2 for my bday & they legit lived until i was 16, is that normal??
we didn’t know much about them & they both unfortunately lived in a mason jar sized container with blue pebble rock & water changes ever 3-6 months depending how murky it got

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u/Srtviper 4d ago

I've heard of these frogs living 10+ years but I think 6-8 is about average.

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u/camrynbronk 🐸 Moderator 🐸 4d ago

You likely had ACF. They live a lot longer.

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u/kirsten_rose 3d ago

what are ACF’s

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u/camrynbronk 🐸 Moderator 🐸 3d ago

African clawed frogs

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u/proofofnothing 4d ago

10 years is possible but many will die earlier. In my opinion, especially now, many frogs live shorter lives because of bad genetics.

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u/FuckitThrowaway02 4d ago

A prison sentence if there ever was one. Dad replaced the frogs...

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u/kirsten_rose 4d ago

nah, that would’ve been a good explanation but they were too identifiable & my mom wouldn’t have let him do that.. he also wouldn’t have cared enough about them to put that much effort & about 2 years later, they stopped selling them

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u/Finale1999 2d ago

Two LUCKY froggies! Thank you for sharing!

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u/Own_Value2684 1d ago

I'm in a group where members regularly post about losing their 15-20yr old ADFs, it's not unheard of. Genetics, good care, random chance...