Worried about my pac man

[RobF353]

Ok, I'll start off by saying I bought my pac man almost 3 weeks ago from a reptile show. I got a small albino one, which the breeder told me was about 3 weeks old.

I have him in a plastic tank and had moss on the bottom and a water bowl. I would mist the tank once a day. The frog would eat maybe every other day, then last week he ate 2-3 days in a row. I have been feeding him crickets and wax worms.

After that 2-3 day eating in a row, he stopped eating for maybe 2-3 days.

I went to feed him yesterday. He was sitting in the corner facing the corner. I picked him up and placed him in the middle. After doing that, he went stiff and stretched his back legs all the way out. I panicked and removed the moss from the bottom, cleaned the tank and placed a paper towel on the bottom. I placed the frog back in and he seemed fine, he was jumping all over.

I just went to check on him now and he did the same stiff/stretching thing. He snapped out of it and ate a worm after.

Am I doing something wrong? Do they not like to be picked up/disturbed?

I can get pictures if needed. Please help!

[Poly]

Okay, so I'm letting you know, I have no experience with pacs, but a lot of info from the great people on this site.

They don't like to be picked up, it stresses them, and this is probably why, he is doing what he's doing.

IMO, if you've been keeeping the proper care of the tank, water, and feeding routine, I don't think it has anything to do with the tank.

Someone on here is going to respond (probably BG) who knows pacs like the backs of their hand, they'll help you out!

All the best,

~Royce

[BG]

Can you give us some more info. Like temps. In your case air/water. Even humidity. I hope he didn't eat some moss. If they get stressed by some reason,lets say getting picked up or handled extremely at that size. It lowers their immune system. Do you use light,calcium with or with out D 3. Do you dust with vitamins. He needs time to digest. So let me have all the stats. Btw welcome to the forum.

[RobF353]

Can you give us some more info. Like temps. In your case air/water. Even humidity. I hope he didn't eat some moss. If they get stressed by some reason,lets say getting picked up or handled extremely at that size. It lowers their immune system. Do you use light,calcium with or with out D 3. Do you dust with vitamins. He needs time to digest. So let me have all the stats. Btw welcome to the forum.

Temps are 80-85 F during the day, 70-75 F at night. Humidity is usually around 80%. I do not use a light. I was using calcium, not sure which one though.

Now that you mention he may have ate moss. When he went stiff, he kind of rolled over and I saw his belly was a little dark. Could it be the dark spot I saw was actually moss he ate?

I am going to the pet shop later for new calcium. What kind should I get? Also, is a light necessary?

[BG]

No light. Get some vitamins as well. What is the water temp. 70 is to low for babies. They need warmth when they are young. As they gst older they are hardy.

[RobF353]

What kind of vitamins should I get? So, I need vitamins and a calcium?

What do you mean by water temp? I just put in coconut fiber as my substrate.