Good Male Pacman Weight?

[GrifTheGreat]

I've been force feeding Grif ever since he got sick and stopped eating back in July. What is a good weight to stop force feeding him at and to let him try on his own for a little while? On his last vet visit he weighed around 86 grams. He is a little over 7 months old. Is this a good weight or should I hold out for around 100 grams?

[BG]

That sounds good. The important thing is he has been eating.

[GrifTheGreat]

Lol! Nevermind. I just put twp large horn worms in with him and they started rithing and bobbing their heads around and he couldn resist. He gobbled them right down. I'm so happy. I finally made him well and recovered. I've got to keep up what I've been doing and I hope he stays healthy!

[Heatheranne]

Yay! So happy for your little guy! Congrats!

[demeteraurion]

Congrats! Wow, Rupert must be very underweight, he's probably around the same age but he only weighs 22 grams or so.

[GrifTheGreat]

Congrats! Wow, Rupert must be very underweight, he's probably around the same age but he only weighs 22 grams or so.

Demeter I would recommend force feeding Rupert every day. The more he eats in his state the better he'll be. I know you probably don't want to, but if he is large enough to eat a pinky mouse maybe you should try and force feed him one. they are high in fat. They do have nutritional value as well. I fed Grif 2 per week for 4 weeks while also force feeding him his calcium dust/multivitamin/reptiaid as well. switch between them. give him a farely large dose of each once a week during this period. Also since he'll eat night crawlers you can feed him them as well. Switching the food up each day. He is staying alive so he is getting what he needs to survive and maybe what I did for Grif will work for Rupert too. You can administer the vitamins and calcium dust with the syringe in water. Make it a thick liquid so it doesn't run out of his mouth. Make sure its luke warm so his body temp doesn't drop. I would make the vitamin dosage up to the1/2 on the syringe. Calcium at about half the vitamin dosage. If you're worried about it building up in his system you can make smaller dosages. Im no vet or specialist. This is how I treated Grif. Definitely feed him often though. He needs the energy to fight and recover. You could just dust the food if you feel it is a better way to go.

[BG]

We learned our lesson.lol

[GrifTheGreat]

We learned our lesson.lol

Yes we most certainly did. Are horn worms a good staple? I wish I could get them cheaper though. $20.00 for 15 is pretty expensive. Maybe I should see if one of my pet stores will order them. They grow fast.

[demeteraurion]

Demeter I would recommend force feeding Rupert every day. The more he eats in his state the better he'll be. I know you probably don't want to, but if he is large enough to eat a pinky mouse maybe you should try and force feed him one. they are high in fat. They do have nutritional value as well. I fed Grif 2 per week for 4 weeks while also force feeding him his calcium dust/multivitamin/reptiaid as well. switch between them. give him a farely large dose of each once a week during this period. Also since he'll eat night crawlers you can feed him them as well. Switching the food up each day. He is staying alive so he is getting what he needs to survive and maybe what I did for Grif will work for Rupert too. You can administer the vitamins and calcium dust with the syringe in water. Make it a thick liquid so it doesn't run out of his mouth. Make sure its luke warm so his body temp doesn't drop. I would make the vitamin dosage up to the1/2 on the syringe. Calcium at about half the vitamin dosage. If you're worried about it building up in his system you can make smaller dosages. Im no vet or specialist. This is how I treated Grif. Definitely feed him often though. He needs the energy to fight and recover. You could just dust the food if you feel it is a better way to go.

I've wanted to try a pinky real bad but I don't think the pet stores around here sell them and the shipping is way too high for me to order one. I'll keep trying to feed him, even though he seems to hate it lol. I went yesterday to get some crickets because he seems like he is well enough to try and eat on his own but of course the Petco was sold out.

[GrifTheGreat]

I've wanted to try a pinky real bad but I don't think the pet stores around here sell them and the shipping is way too high for me to order one. I'll keep trying to feed him, even though he seems to hate it lol. I went yesterday to get some crickets because he seems like he is well enough to try and eat on his own but of course the Petco was sold out.

Most pet stores in my area get their crickets on Tuesday. If you ask the pet store they might have them in a freezer in the back or with the worms. Ordering online is expensive for live food or frozen. You could try horn worms but they are expensive too. $20.00 for 15. Grif loves them though. He hates my forcepts but will take the worms right from them.