Diet Help for my Pacman :)

[Flumper]

hey guys,

I am a new frog owner and i have just had my baby pacman frog for 2 weeks and i have a nice little tank for him and the temperature is at around 75 to 80 F and his moisture levels are kept around 70 to 80%. I feed him every other day and on the days i do feed him i normally give him 2 large superworms (one in the morning and one before bed). When i first got him i would put crickets in but i never noticed him eating them but they would disapear so im guessing he would eat them. I just bought some earthworms and will see if he likes them tomorrow morning i always sprink him with minerals and calcium to keep him healthy. I have never seen him poop yet though, is that a bad thing?

thanks

[GrifTheGreat]

hey guys,

I am a new frog owner and i have just had my baby pacman frog for 2 weeks and i have a nice little tank for him and the temperature is at around 75 to 80 F and his moisture levels are kept around 70 to 80%. I feed him every other day and on the days i do feed him i normally give him 2 large superworms (one in the morning and one before bed). When i first got him i would put crickets in but i never noticed him eating them but they would disapear so im guessing he would eat them. I just bought some earthworms and will see if he likes them tomorrow morning i always sprink him with minerals and calcium to keep him healthy. I have never seen him poop yet though, is that a bad thing?

thanks

Superworms are bad if fed to often. The chitin that their exoskeleton is made up of is not digestable and can cause impaction(severe constipation) which can result in death if not passed. They should be fed a variety of foods. Crickets,earthworms,and dubia cockroaches should be used as the frogs staple food source. Superworms,mealworms,waxworms,and pinky mice should be fed sparingly. Superworms,mealworms,and waxworms can be fed to your frog once a week if that. Mice(when your frog is large enough to eat them) should only be given no more than once a month if at all.

If you want to see if he/she needs to poop you can soak him/her in luke warm de-chlorinated water with 2 drops of honey disolved in the water.

Temps need to be 80 to 85 during the day and 75 to 79 at night. Babies and juviniles day time temp should be no higer than 82 and at night no lower than 78.

Try the soak and keep me posted.

[Mentat]

Welcome to Frog Forum Dyson! Yep, superworms are not a good staple and have a high fat content too. My Pacman diet is based on Canadian Night crawlers (best Pacman food IMO) and crickets (no larger than distance between eyes) dusted with Repashy's calcium every other feeding and multivitamins once a week. By the way; not sure if I read it right, but are you sprinkling the frogs food, or the frog itself? Dubias are good too and plan to start a culture myself in Spring.

How long you had the frog and have not seen poop? Also; how long is frog? Asking because feeding schedule and quantity should match frog size. A baby or juvie can eat daily but as frog grows it can be feed every other day (when it reaches close to 3 in.). Take care and good luck!

[Flumper]

well hes probably only 2" big and i sprinkle his food not him :P i just put him in his water dish to see if he will poop. I have had him for 2 weeks today and i have never seen him poop yet. I am going to start feeding him nightcrawlers everyday since crickets seem to be to fast for him right now. I will keep you posted!

Thanks

[GrifTheGreat]

well hes probably only 2" big and i sprinkle his food not him :P i just put him in his water dish to see if he will poop. I have had him for 2 weeks today and i have never seen him poop yet. I am going to start feeding him nightcrawlers everyday since crickets seem to be to fast for him right now. I will keep you posted!

Thanks

You can break the hind legs off the crickets to make them easier to catch. This way they can't jump. He needs to soak for no less than 10 minutes.

[Flumper]

Ok I will try breaking the legs, and i think he only peed in his pool and he was only in there for about 5 min then he just hopped back to his spot like everything was fine so i guess hes happy with his spot. I am going to feed him an earthworm tomorrow. I will upload photos of Bubba if you guys want to see him and his setup.

Thanks