Is this normal?

[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.

[Guenhwyvar]

Well, I gave him a good warm soak and ended up keeping him in his bath for 2days because he had a sewage smell about him. The mites are gone as far as I can tell. I boiled his tank and was horrified at the extent of the infestation. the surface of the water turned white with dead mites. He refused to eat, but I left him alone with a cricket for a few hours and he finally ate it. After I put him back in his tank and he had settled in a new burrow, I dangled a worm in front of him, but he refused to eat it. The second it dropped he grabbed it. I also got a good pick of his pads forming, so he's male but he hasn't started calling yet. How old do males have to be before they start calling? He'll be a year in July and I'll have had him a year in August.