What are some of the most common mistakes new pacman frog owners make?

[GrifTheGreat]

A breaded chicken finger? Lol, torturetube (quoted by George) never ceases to amaze me. So many premature pacman deaths on youtube , I mean you'll read in the comments occasionally like oh this frog isn't here anymore and it was only a couple years old. No wonder...

Yeah lots of rodents will cause complications later on if not in the early stages of your frogs life resulting in premature death or costly vet bills...

Yeah and George is right. I've seen some terrible videos on "Torturetube". I like to watch youtube to see other peoples frogs and watch them eat appropriet food sources or even rodents. Its just fun to watch them eat and chase their prey.

[BG]

I made a mistake by putting the setup by the ac. It got hot and the room dropped to 67 F . I haven't noticed the dilemma until my ornate,and my fantasy frog stopped eating. What tricked me is that my cranwelli didn't stop eating. My fantasy wasn't eating but he didn't show it after 7 days. The ornate was skin and bones. His head was getting bigger,and his body disappeared. I then did what i had to do to bring him back from the grave. He is my best eater now. The other mistake people do is ,they don't change the substrate and the frog poisons him self with its own urine. Thats how alot of pacman die.

[Ebenezer Frothingham]

Yeah and George is right. I've seen some terrible videos on "Torturetube". I like to watch youtube to see other peoples frogs and watch them eat appropriet food sources or even rodents. Its just fun to watch them eat and chase their prey.

I saw a couple Youtube videos where pacman owners fed their frog a rodent that was MUCH too large, and the rodent fought back, biting the Pacman.

It should be common sense- don't feed your frog a mouse or rat that is twice his size. Can't frogs choke to death on their food?

I think once a frog bites down, it's not easy to let go...


Check out this video of a pacman being fed a mouse- this mouse is WAY to big for a frog that size , isn't it? The owner is lucky if his pacman didn't choke to death

http://youtu.be/Z52_40dHAJk

[GrifTheGreat]

I saw a couple Youtube videos where pacman owners fed their frog a rodent that was MUCH too large, and the rodent fought back, biting the Pacman.

It should be common sense- don't feed your frog a mouse or rat that is twice his size. Can't frogs choke to death on their food?

I think once a frog bites down, it's not easy to let go...


Check out this video of a pacman being fed a mouse- this mouse is WAY to big for a frog that size , isn't it? The owner is lucky if his pacman didn't choke to death

Ornate Pacman Frog eating a mouse - YouTube

Yes a Pacman can easily choke on their food if its too large. There is a fule of thumb for Pacman food size. A lot of people claime that the food item shouldn't be larger than a quarter of the frogs size. A lot of them will try to eat anything that fits in their mouths. Very common mistake.

[pmang6]

I have my frog on frog moss is that all right?

[Ebenezer Frothingham]

I have my frog on frog moss is that all right?

Pacmans can swallow that moss and it can make them sick or kill them if it blocks up their intestines- I reccomend loose coconut fibre substrait, which is often sold as 'Eco-Earth'. My frog loves his coconut fibre substrait-it retains moisture, my frog seems to like the texture, and it's easy to burrow in..

Just make sure your frog can burrow or bury himself.

That's just my opnion- there are frog experts here who know much more than me about substrait materials