I use Eco earth. It stains them also. My orange fantasy is now a lovely brown, lol! Damp paper towel works, but they are happier burrowing. I'd leave the plantation soil and let him be happy with a little staining . Stay away from the moss...unless you feed out of his home. The risk of accidental ingestion when eating is not good...the moss causes impaction if eaten. I'm not sure about snakes though. I don't own any snakes. I keep my anoles and long tailed lizards on Eco earth too.

How big is your baby? Some say let your baby PAC eat for 15 minutes as much as he would like. Food should be no larger than the width of the area between your frog's eyes.

I do not use the 15 minute rule myself bc my first PAC was and is an eating machine . He would eat til he'd bloat. So I'd let him eat about 1/2 of the area of his body size in food amount and he's grown like a horse, haha! He grew about 1/2" every two weeks. My fantasy is doing the same . I feed mine crickets, dubia roaches and red wigglers.

Red wigglers, earth worms, and night crawlers are fine so long as they are cut to small enough pieces. They are even easier to digest than the crickets . Cut from either end of the worms and they will live longer (less waste). Be careful where you purchase your worms. Be sure there are no dyes, chemicals, or unsafe scents added to them.

I lightly dust mine with Flukers calcium/vitamin D3 powder every other day and herptivite every Sunday. I do the same powdering for my retf's.

And I rinse and refill their water bowls every night with slightly warm dechlorinated water and set them in for a nice drink (soak, lol) after their meals .

Hope this helps .