How can I get my pacman used to being picked up?

[BG]

I second that . They like their space. They don't like to get picked up. They are bottom dwellers. They like the floor. They live on the floor, and under. especially baby pacman, they are not arboreal. They would probably feel that some bird picked them up to eat them. There life is on the ground. As you all know they do'n like to get poaked like on youtube(turturetube).

[Sublime]

I'm not meaning this to be a hard fast rule believe it or not. If you are having difficulty getting your frog to eat then I think someone should try anything and everything to get the frog to eat. But taking the frog out at every feeding will cause undue stress and over time will have a toll. I had two pacman frogs that were giving me trouble with feeding at various times. I tried removing them to feed them in a separate container and they would panic to the point of exhaustion. If, on the other hand, the frog sees this as a daily routine and doesn't seem upset by the transfer and its working for you then by all means continue. But to do this simply because you like to interact with your frog...I just don't think its beneficial to the frog. This is just my opinion. Although I do think we have strayed from the original question. How do you get your pacman to get used to being picked up? You don't...or rather you shouldn't.

Yeah, I see where you are coming from. My frog has got used to the routine and I never do it to interact with my frogs that could cause unwanted stress and panic for them. So I agree that if people are just puttin them in containers to hold them and what not that's not a good idea. I just think it's beneficial for me and him, it's so much easier on me to get enough food to be fed for this voracious eater . Then after putting him back in his tank, 10 minutes later he's already back in his water dish chilling. There are exceptions like people mentioned and mine just might be an exception. As far as pacmans go it's probably not advisable at all, I might of caused some confusion to some people (I'm talking about a pixie frog, not a pacman) which have been known to be a little less difficult becoming stressed out with enough care and proper husbandry. To the original question, I've re-thought my opinion and think that any responsible pet owner that decides to buy a frog should no that they should not be handled ideally to a minimum. So, with all that being said I respect your opinion a lot and think that you've earned all your reputation. Thanks for your advice.

I second that . They like their space. They don't like to get picked up. They are bottom dwellers. They like the floor. They live on the floor, and under. especially baby pacman, they are not arboreal. They would probably feel that some bird picked them up to eat them. There life is on the ground. As you all know they do'n like to get poaked like on youtube(turturetube).

Torturetube, that's a good one. Everything that happens on youtube for the most part completely contradicts with all the knowledge on this forum.


This took me forever to type all this, I'm away from my computer and typed all this on my phone.

[BG]

Some times i use my pone and the wrong word goes in.lol

Yeah, I see where you are coming from. My frog has got used to the routine and I never do it to interact with my frogs that could cause unwanted stress and panic for them. So I agree that if people are just puttin them in containers to hold them and what not that's not a good idea. I just think it's beneficial for me and him, it's so much easier on me to get enough food to be fed for this voracious eater . Then after putting him back in his tank, 10 minutes later he's already back in his water dish chilling. There are exceptions like people mentioned and mine just might be an exception. As far as pacmans go it's probably not advisable at all, I might of caused some confusion to some people (I'm talking about a pixie frog, not a pacman) which have been known to be a little less difficult becoming stressed out with enough care and proper husbandry. To the original question, I've re-thought my opinion and think that any responsible pet owner that decides to buy a frog should no that they should not be handled ideally to a minimum. So, with all that being said I respect your opinion a lot and think that you've earned all your reputation. Thanks for your advice.




Torturetube, that's a good one. Everything that happens on youtube for the most part completely contradicts with all the knowledge on this forum.


This took me forever to type all this, I'm away from my computer and typed all this on my phone.

[Sublime]

Some times i use my pone and the wrong word goes in.lol

Yeah, I don't use auto correct anymore because that got real annoying haha.

[BG]

Just fixed the issue!!!!!

Yeah, I don't use auto correct anymore because that got real annoying haha.

[bshmerlie]

Some times i use my pone and the wrong word goes in.lol

I second that....80% of what I do here is done on my phone. So when you see me editing my posts it's me saying, "AHHHH...how did that get there?" "I didn't type that".