Baby pacman frog rarely eats

[athms]

Since i got him (november 2) he has only ate 2 dubia roaches at about 6-12 days apart. He kinda looks skinny and looks he has as if he still has a bit of his tail left. If he was getting skinny wouldn't he kinda look like he has a tail? The guy i bought him from said he feed him 1 pinkie mouse and wouldn't he be hungry by know.
Everything in his tank is perfect so should i switch to some other feeder? Thanks

[DVirginiana]

First off, answer the questions in this sticky. It's the only way to get a better idea of what's going on

http://www.frogforum.net/pacman-frog...enclosure.html

I think what you're seeing is probably the frog's tailbone. They usually aren't sold when they are young enough to have tails still. Also, it's not a great idea to feed young ones mice (and adults should eat no more than one mouse a month) because of high fat content and impaction issues. Young ones should be eating every day to every other day, so something is clearly off.

Dubia roaches are okay feeders, but nightcrawlers are better. You can cut the worm into chunks the size of the space between the frog's eyes.

[athms]

K thanks idk now what to do i might try and feed crickets i emailed the buy who i bought him from to try and get my money back but no answer

[DVirginiana]

Or you could answer the questions in that link I posted so you can figure out what's wrong... When a pac won't eat it's usually because something is wrong with the cage setup (and honestly, it sounds like you may have gotten bad information on how to care for them) or because of impaction (severe constipation; if you can feel a hard lump on the frog's side this is usually the problem), both of which can be fixed very easily.

[athms]

1. 5 gallon
2. nothing besides the frog
3. 75%
4. 79-85
5. declornated
6. eco earth
7. fake leafs scattered around the tank
8. dubia roaches
9. d3 and multivitaimen
10. low wattage red heat bulb
11. red heat bulb
12. couple days ago only ate 1
13. never
14. not atm
15. looks like i can see some type of tail
16. young baby
17. scince november 2
18. cb
19. try feeding every couple of days
20. only when i tried to move it to feeding tub
21. I'm my room not that often
22. only water changes and misting

[DVirginiana]

Okay, so if you gently feel the frog's right side can you feel a lump? That would be a sign of impaction, which is what this could be. If you want, you can put a few drops of honey into a bowl of lukewarm dechlorinated water and sit the frog in it for 20 minutes or so. If it's an impaction this will help it poo, and if not it doesn't harm or stress the frog.

Another potential problem; do you have something solid (like construction paper or a tank background) covering 3 sides of the tank? Being able to see out in all directions can frighten some young ones into not eating.

Also, can you post a picture of the frog? Nothing big enough to eat a pinkie mouse should still have a tail.

[athms]

I will not be home until later today. But i was asking people on Facebook and told me who were selling them and a guy suggested to switch prey items should i do that. and the tank is covered every in beside a medium sized box in the front to see when i get home later i will check

[athms]

And take pictures but the guy on Facebook dosent seem to understand its kinda frowned upon to feed a baby pinkie mice and says if i didn't try diffent feeders he would not return my money

[DVirginiana]

It may be something with an easy fix (like impaction) but that's easier to tell with a picture. Did you want to return the frog regardless? You can try crickets and nightcrawlers as different food items though, but if it's not eating dubia roaches it probably won't take crickets either since they're very similar food items.

[athms]

i have got the pics and am trying to upload them.
The guy a bought him from is saying that he has been doing this for 5 years and that he has never had a problem feeding pinkies and that i am the only 1 that has had a problem and he said 3 weeks to contact him after it not eating is a very long time but your only supposed to feed a pacman a mouse every couple of months so i thought it was full

[DVirginiana]

You are only supposed to feed them a mouse every couple of months, but you're supposed to feed them other things in between.