FrogOSphereAlright lets talk about the growing popularity of the FrogOSphere. It's been almost a year since I first saw it in a souvenir shop, and shook my head at the item, as cute as it is and cost effective, I knew in the back of my head this was a terrible item.
But I feel its right for me to bring it up today, since I saw an entire wall of them in the mall today.
Now don't quote me too much on anything, since I've never taken care of frogs other than my second grade days as a wee student, but this 'self containing' ecosystem is no where within logical care for aquatic animals.
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Several things got to me such as the "bamboo" plant. First off this ever so popular "lucky" bamboo has gotten a rep for being a water plant when it is not. It's actually an African plant that normally thrives on land and can cope with water environment, to a certain extent and can turn the water rancid, if the water isn't changed or if you don't give the roots some air.
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Feed the frogs 2 pellets 2 times per week.<- and they emphasis this point with exclamation points. I opened the box and the food looked like...cheap fish pellets, I don't think there was even an ingredient list for the pellets.
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The top is sealed. Aren't they better off with an open top or even a mesh, like the ones you get for insect carriers?
A lady near me asked me "Aren't these adorable?" I turned to her and told her how bad this tank was probably and she was better off going to the pet shop and buying a carrying case if not a small tank for these frogs with actual food and care tips. She looked and me and picked a box and went, "Oh this one has blue rocks, don't you think this is better than the green one?"
*facepalm*
This woman was buying 4 of them, for Christmas Gifts.
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