Is this normal?

[GrifTheGreat]

Its not normal for them to be in their water dish longer than an hour or so. A week is way too long. What are his temps and humidity levels? He may still be constipated? You said he pooped, but he may still be having trouble. His posture looks low as well. Feel his right side to see if he still has a firm spot? Has he moved at all?

[Guenhwyvar]

He hasn't pooped. His temps and humidity is normal about 85 day and 75 at night. He hops around in circles because he's growing a bit big for his dish. He jumps at crickets sometimes, but refuses to get out of the dish. Some of the research I did before getting him said some pacs may stay in their dish a lot and rarely come out, but he doesn't look normal which made me think it wasn't good. I tried getting him out of his dish but he keeps trying to burrow into it and doesn't make any attempts to get out on his own. I'll go feel his side and report back, hopefully with pictures.

[Guenhwyvar]

I went to check on him and there is no lump or hard anything on either side of him. When I took my hand away, I saw tiny bugs crawling all over him! I wish I could post video on here, youtube takes forever. I have a couple new pics I just took a few minutes ago.

[BeckyM]

Ewww parasites! Gross! Poor dude. :| I'm not a pacman expert (by no means) but buggies on any frog are not good. Not sure what kills bugs other than a vet visit.

[GrifTheGreat]

There are good mites like Springtails, but I don't think what you described were them. You need to soak him in a container that can be filled deep enough so the water level is up to his chin. Be sure its luke warm water. Clean his entire enclosure out and replace his substrate with new. Also soak any fake plants or furniture in really hot to scalding. De-chlorinated water. This way to rid the enclosure of the mites. This is probably why he has been getting in his water so much. His substrate is probably infested with them.

[LIZZIE82]

Ive had something like this haopen and it was the substrate that I had. It happened in two different vivs. Maybe get.a.new brick if what you had wasnt really old.

[Guenhwyvar]

His substrate is new, from a bag. They look almost like baby sow bugs which I do have in there. They only come out when there's waste or mold to eat. I have live plants in his tank...I got a closer look at the bugs and they look orange which is the same color as the sow bugs I put in there. I got them the same time as Jr at the expo because the vendor said they would eat the mold that grew in his tank before it became a problem for him. Since having them, I've had no mold, but he's being used as home base for the babies eating the nasty stuff stuck on his skin from the water or dirt. I'm worried about the plants because they've worked their roots all around the tank and even made a "root bowl" around the water dish. I was told they'd drown if I put too much water in the substrate. I think I'll get him out of there and into a good soaking container for a bit while dowse the tank in hot water. I tried to get him out of his dish, but he waddled backwards back into his dish before i could get it out. I'll try him again after I clean the soaking tank.

[GrifTheGreat]

His substrate is new, from a bag. They look almost like baby sow bugs which I do have in there. They only come out when there's waste or mold to eat. I have live plants in his tank...I got a closer look at the bugs and they look orange which is the same color as the sow bugs I put in there. I got them the same time as Jr at the expo because the vendor said they would eat the mold that grew in his tank before it became a problem for him. Since having them, I've had no mold, but he's being used as home base for the babies eating the nasty stuff stuck on his skin from the water or dirt. I'm worried about the plants because they've worked their roots all around the tank and even made a "root bowl" around the water dish. I was told they'd drown if I put too much water in the substrate. I think I'll get him out of there and into a good soaking container for a bit while dowse the tank in hot water. I tried to get him out of his dish, but he waddled backwards back into his dish before i could get it out. I'll try him again after I clean the soaking tank.

Keep us posted on his progress.