hey all, since the past 3 days my pacman hasn't ate all of a sudden and just saying burrowed, he use to eat great around about 6-8 size 4th crickets on the days he/she was meant to eat (going by the Calcium d3+vit calendar I seen on here, little guys at the back) and could it be it's full as I haven't seen it poop yet, iv seen It wee before now and soak into the substrate and iv felt its belly and its soft unless he/she tenses up ha here is about the tank
30x30x30cm or 12"x12"x12" exo terra tank, kept in my bedroom
1x Boston fern
(artificial)
1 x grassy plant
about 3"-4" coco fibre substrate
50w IR bulb on a dimmer
daytemp 27c-28c / nighttemp 24c-25c
(using a digital hygro/temp sensor)
humidity 75%-82% (damp towel on top to help)
small water dish with few slate in there with bottled water, changed regularly
misted if needed with bottled water
2x slate for decoration along with the polystyrene background
its a juvenile ornate had it nearly 3 weeks
Normally they will refuse food if the need to poop. You could uncover the frog and place the frog in it's water dish.
How long you've kept the frog if never seen poop? Be aware some Pacmans bury their poop, usually can find in their last bury hole when they move to new location .
Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog !
If healthy, a week or 2 without food isn't going to kill it. If you have no poop for 3 weeks; recommend do a honey bath. You will need a small critter keeper or a plastic bowl with a holed up top.
Prepare solution by adding a couple drops of honey into 80F dechlorinated tap water to frog's chin depth. Gently place frog in bath and cover with cloth like a small towel to help keep temps up and help frog relax. After 20 minutes, drain solution out and replace with a 80F dechlorinated tap rinse, again to frogs chin depth for another 20 min.
If frog's poops; you are done; if not repeat daily until it does. While frog is at bath is a good time to search it's cage for poop. A plastic fork or similar is a good tool for that. You are looking for a cigar shaped turd about same size as frog's snout to vent length .
Remember to take care of the enclosure and it will take care of your frog !
thanks will give it ago in a minute
I found something that looked like a bit of a cigar shaped but washed it under the tap get all the coco fibre of it and it just disintegrated think It was just whole coco fibre in that shape buried
done what you said with the bathing and nothing least it was clean for 5 minutes and now probs hyrated even know it was already haha now buring its self again in the usual spot even know I filled every where back In and mixed up the substrate, so haven't unsettled him as I know when it is like when he got delivered it he/she jumps a the side of the tank
If it was cigar shaped it was most likely poop. Poop disintegrates easely depending on the diet of the frog. For instance, I feed mainly nightcrawlers, dubias & locusts. Of the nightcrawlers and dubias, I don't see anything in the poop, but from the locusts I recognize tiny parts.
It's easy to check if your frog has to poop or not, just take a look at the frogs right side, is it bigger then the left? If your in doubt, still give a honey bath, theres no damage doing one anyway.
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