I'm scared to force feed my pac man frog

[GrifTheGreat]

Yes, he has declorinated water. The more I look at him and the other pacman frogs on here - the more I realize mine doesn't look right. Never has. I think there is a genetic abnormality in him. My sister says that he has never thrived. Has been offered a lot of different types of food and was always content until he came to live with me. I do think he is stressed and I have tried to keep him in a quieter and darker area. The Vet told me to force feed and see if that helps. I didn't completely remove all substrate before to avoid stressing him more.

Fresh substrate/a soak/and force feeding him is the right track to be on now. You don't know how long its been since he has eaten so you should try and get som vitamin and calcium with D3 dusted food in him right away. Also feel his belly and right side gently. If its hard he may be impacted. Check to be sure he isn't.

[dsmalex97]

Good adivice!

Also, would it be possible for you to show us a picture of your setup? Visuals are the best way to see what could be wrong.

[GrifTheGreat]

Good adivice!

Also, would it be possible for you to show us a picture of your setup? Visuals are the best way to see what could be wrong.

Definetly! If you can provide photos of you frog from different angles so we can give him a good looking over would help.

[LIZZIE82]

I'm about to force feed. He is sitting in his water still. After feeding I'm going to give him a soak in some warm water. Oh,, I bought him some repta boost from the pet store. I will give that to him for a few days. I will take some pics then.

[GrifTheGreat]

I'm about to force feed. He is sitting in his water still. After feeding I'm going to give him a soak in some warm water. Oh,, I bought him some repta boost from the pet store. I will give that to him for a few days. I will take some pics then.

Ok remember to be gentle. Keep us posted.

[LIZZIE82]

He did really well! Actually he even opened his mouth for us when he felt the syringe the 2nd time we came at him. :-) he was hungry and ate. I then gave him some fresh water that was warmer, removed the moss, spritzed his tank with water and returned him to Viv. I placed a damp towel 3/4 over the screen, put the heating pad by zoo Med on the end of the tank by where he is in his water dish. I Have a regular heating pad kind of wrapped around It and trying to get the viv to 85 degrees. I forgot to take pics. I removed his plant and just have everything very plain in there until his health improves. He is enjoying the water it seems. I took him out and he quickly threw a fit and got right back in the water. I hope he will improve.

[GrifTheGreat]

He did really well! Actually he even opened his mouth for us when he felt the syringe the 2nd time we came at him. :-) he was hungry and ate. I then gave him some fresh water that was warmer, removed the moss, spritzed his tank with water and returned him to Viv. I placed a damp towel 3/4 over the screen, put the heating pad by zoo Med on the end of the tank by where he is in his water dish. I Have a regular heating pad kind of wrapped around It and trying to get the viv to 85 degrees. I forgot to take pics. I removed his plant and just have everything very plain in there until his health improves. He is enjoying the water it seems. I took him out and he quickly threw a fit and got right back in the water. I hope he will improve.

Very good job. Now you must force feed daily, but offer food first to see if hell try on his own. When or if he doesn't eat force feed him again. The water dish needs to be oposite the heat pad so he can cool off in the water if he gets too hot. They need a temperature gradient. Keep us posted. Careful not to go over 85. 85 is the day time temp. Night should be 75 to 78. Keep him at 80 tonight though. Again, well done.