I'm scared to force feed my pac man frog

[LIZZIE82]

I have both in my town. All they have for live food is crickets. What else can I give him? I plan on force feeding the repta boost for the next three days and then giving 3 crickets forcefully for about a week. Then, I'm going to start feeding in a feeding tank and hopefully he Will hunt/eat on his own.

[GrifTheGreat]

I have both in my town. All they have for live food is crickets. What else can I give him? I plan on force feeding the repta boost for the next three days and then giving 3 crickets forcefully for about a week. Then, I'm going to start feeding in a feeding tank and hopefully he Will hunt/eat on his own.

Sounds like a good plan. Usually at these pet stores you have to ask for night crawlers and red wigglers. They do not have them on display. You could go t Wal-mart and see if they have night crawlers or red wigglers. You can give him meal worms and wax worms as a treat once every week or 2.

[LIZZIE82]

Force feeding of the repta boost is a success! He is actually cooperating and opening his mouth. He's still very unimpressed with all of this, though. Kinda hope he stays small because he'll get me back! ;-) I took him out of the water and moved him close to the bowl. He stayed out of it and didn't look good. I put him back in the water after feeding and he looks better. I'm going yo keep him in the water until he doesn't want to stay in, I guess. The temp is still up and I have hope he'll get better!

[GrifTheGreat]

If he is malnurished and under weight which he is. He will look bad and very thin. As long as you force feed him he may recover. This will take time. He needs solids too so try and force feed him crickets while using the booster too. Give him the boost and then 2 or 3 crickets. Keep it up and keep us posted.

[LIZZIE82]

Dumb question: should I wait for him to swallow the booster and then give him crickets? Crickets one at a time or all together? And, where exactly is his tooth?

[IvoryReptiles]

Dumb question: should I wait for him to swallow the booster and then give him crickets? Crickets one at a time or all together? And, where exactly is his tooth?

Let him swallow the booster then feed the crickets one at a time. You could also try a spritz of liquid calcium in his water. He is soaking to re-hydrate and de-toxify. It will take time to bounce back and I'm sure he will grow, but he may not be as large as he should have been in the end.

The "Fangs" are on the top jaw in the very middle......the teeth are all along both top & bottom jaws, they are tiny and extremely sharp!

Pics are in this post :
http://www.frogforum.net/pacman-frogs/11109-teeth.html

[LIZZIE82]

Yikes! I feel totally comfortable messing with his mouth to force feed him after seeing those pics! ;-)