Mating african dwarf frogs when will it end???

My little 8 year old girl got 2 african dwarf frogs as a present. To
my dismay, these two happen to be male and female who won't stop
mating. I had to give the facts of life speech due to these frogs, and
now, I'm just concerned about the frogs well being and tank
cleanliness. These two are non-stop mating. The male (godzilla)
squeezes the female (roxy) around the abdomen all the time. She seems
to be elongated and twitches as though she's not OK. At first I
thought he was killing her, and my husband said, well if that's what
he wants to do, we can't watch them 24 hours a day and stop him!

The tank water, even though its filtered, has become thick with
clearish white dots that are most likely babies or eggs or whatever. I
don't know that I'm ready to deal with this new crop of babies and I
don't know how to stop these two from their activity. It is Spring, is
this the time they mate???? Is there anything that can be done to stop
this? We got 2 so they wouldn't be lonely. I'm a bit worried that we
are going to be in the 'selling baby frogs' business soon! Help !!!
I'm too embarassed to call petco and ask "what do I do???"

:O) Thanks!

Water change 25% every 2nd or 3rd day until it's all clear. Freeze the
water you remove from the tank to ensure you're not introducing
non-indigenous tadpoles to your local water supply.

Seperate the frogs to prevent further mating. It is DEFINATELY
stressful for the female. They don't experience lonliness, that's
anthropomorphizing.

fr0glet

fr0glet chides:

anthropomorphizing.<<

Animals hate it when people do that. <G>

Toss the eggs into the nearest lake.

later, Snake Whisperer

Teach the Children
"Back to The Garden"

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2 29th November 09:23 fr0glet External User Posts: 1	Mating african dwarf frogs when will it end??? Water change 25% every 2nd or 3rd day until it's all clear. Freeze the water you remove from the tank to ensure you're not introducing non-indigenous tadpoles to your local water supply. Seperate the frogs to prevent further mating. It is DEFINATELY stressful for the female. They don't experience lonliness, that's anthropomorphizing. fr0glet

3 29th November 13:55 gwb3483 External User Posts: 1	Mating african dwarf frogs when will it end??? fr0glet chides: anthropomorphizing.<< Animals hate it when people do that. <G>

4 29th November 14:01 snakebuster External User Posts: 1	Mating african dwarf frogs when will it end??? Toss the eggs into the nearest lake. later, Snake Whisperer Teach the Children "Back to The Garden"