Romeo and Juliet

About three summers ago in 2007 i walked into an MVP (Most Valuable Pets) store. My main mission was to buy a couple dozen crickets and a jar of crickets calcium for my toads, but something caught my attention. Out on the corner of my eye i noticed a beautiful Lemon yellow frog with blood red eyes and reddish-green squiggles down its back. Sitting next to the yellow frog was a green-green frog with a yellow belly, solid golden eyes and brown squiggles. Both of them looked alike with fat bodies, huge heads but tiny little legs that nearly disappeared under the fat. At first i thought they were fake little rubber toys in an aquarium just for display purposes, until the yellow one blinked. I couldn't believe they were real frogs. I saw a small card tapped onto the aquarium with information about them. It said "Pacman Frogs (Ornate Horned Frogs) , these frogs make great pets despite their large size, are not very active and do not need a large cage. A 10 gallon tank is fine for one of these frogs. The name Pacman comes from their large mouths but small bodies". They didn't seem very big to me, one could easily fit in the palm of my hand. I stood in the store over an hour debating if i should get these frogs. I don't know why i stayed there so long because i knew in the end they would be in my house by the end of the night.

Later that night after they were perfectly setup in my room i decided to do a little online research about them. I finally understood why the card said "despite their large size". They are only babies, at full adult size they grow to be about the size and weight of a football. They aren't very fussy eaters, almost anything on the menu that moves. Albino Pacman frogs are common pets as well as the average green Ornate frog. Life span of 7-10 years, and they are extremely lazy.

Romeo (green, male)and Juliet (albino, female) are now three years old and nearly quadrupled in size. The Internet wasn't lying when they said they are lazy, the only movement i see them do is when they gradually waddle over to the water dish and back into their hole they dug out and when they eat.
Pacman frogs are not terribly difficult to care for, so can make a good pet that is quite attractive and interesting. However, people who like their pets active or interactive may get tired of caring for a pacman frog. Considering a these frogs can live for 7 -10 years, getting one of these frogs amounts to a long term commitment.

PS: to all readers, if you pick up or irriate a Pacman frog don't be alarmed, they do scream!