Feeding them pinkies?

[Poly]

with the night crawlers how big should my frog be before i try giving those to her? i gave her meal wroms before and she ate 3 in one sitting but after the next couple feeding she refuses to eat them but will eat the crickets. do pacman frogs need to rotate different types of food before they get bored or refuse it?

Just like Griff said, feed small pieces of nightcrawlers, that's what I do with my baby. My "baby" is almost 2.5" STV now, so I'll be feeding him a small pinky soon. One thing you'lll notice with the nightcrawlers is that they won't eat for 2-3 days after because I believe the nightcrawlers are very filling for them. I normally feed mine 1 5" nightcrawler at a sitting, cut into smaller peices of course.

[Killer Kyle 41]

Thanks for the advice! oh and Poly what does STV mean? lol

[Poly]

Thanks for the advice! oh and Poly what does STV mean? lol

No problem! Haha, oops! STV means "Snout To Vent" lenght.

[Killer Kyle 41]

o ok thanks lol i should have known that. my pacman is a little bit bigger than a quarter now lol

[frognerd101]

I strongly recommend that you feed them food according to size. Your pacman may attempt to eat a pinkie, but he may become overweight.

My albino pacman frog had ingested something he could not swallow and developed a condition where his intestines were pushed out of its cloaca. It is easily treated with soaking the frog in sugar water and other baths. Your frog may be at risk to develop this condition is you attempt to feed it pinkies. Try crickets, mealworms on occasions, dubia roaches. They will also go after guppies, but this should only be given to frogs on occasions.

Good luck and I hope to see pictures of your pacman soon.

[Killer Kyle 41]

i have pics in an alblum on my profile, and i havent attempted yet im going to wait till she is alot bigger so i know it wont be too big

[jjchance]

I was always told to only feed them mice the size of the space between their eyes.

[GrifTheGreat]

i have pics in an alblum on my profile, and i havent attempted yet im going to wait till she is alot bigger so i know it wont be too big

That would be best. Normally when feeding large food items you don't want to go any larger than 1/4 to 1/3 your frogs size to be safe. When they are young you do not want to put them through such feedings so they don't develope distended intestines like frognerd101 said, unlike what he said it is not always that easy to treat. A lot of frogs die due to this condition.