My ornata and my questions!

[GrifTheGreat]

Welcome. To Frog Forum. Don't worry about your English. You seem to speak(or type rather) well.

You've been given excellent advice from Heatheranne/Jessica/and Bobby.

[mikele765]

Thank you for the answers! Next week i'm buying the crikets for him! The substrate is of peatmoss... i wait his first step...
This site is fantastic!

[GrifTheGreat]

Thank you for the answers! Next week i'm buying the crikets for him! The substrate is of peatmoss... i wait his first step...
This site is fantastic!

You do need to get rid of that Peat Moss and replace it with Eco Earth Coconut Fiber substrate(not coconut husk). If he eats any of the moss he can become impacted(severly constipated) and possibly die.

He needs food everynight. As a baby this is a critical stage in his/her life when your frog needs a lot of food and vitamins as well as calcium. How much nutrition your frog recieves at this stage determines how healthy and well your frog will be as an adult. It all starts here so keep him/her fed/warm/moist/ and humid and he/she will be growing faster than you can track.

[GrifTheGreat]

Read this Frog Forum - Pacman and Horned Frogs - Ceratophrys - Care and Breeding

There is a lot of info you will need to care for your little guy/girl.

[mikesfrogs]

The samurai pacman food is in the U.S. and can be shipped from here. Yusuke ships it from the L.A. area.

As far as the ornate eating it off the bat it is a far shot. Most of the pacman frogs that arent raised on it from tadpoles take awahile to eat it if they ever do. About half of my 40 frogs eat it. The others will not eat it especially the USA raised frogs.

I would feed it the normal diet that ivoryreptiles is suggesting and not worry about the pacman food.

[mikele765]

Sorry the substrate is not moss but in italian is currect name is "torba"...when i try to feed my frog, she close and retract her eyes...maybe she is stressed...

[mikele765]

Sorry the substrate is not moss but in italian is currect name is "torba"...when i try to feed my frog, she close and retract her eyes...maybe she is stressed...

The problem Grifthegreat is that my frog doesn't eat... i will try romorrow... what do you think about she retracts and closes the eyes? stress?
Thank you for the answers

[GrifTheGreat]

The problem Grifthegreat is that my frog doesn't eat... i will try romorrow... what do you think about she retracts and closes the eyes? stress?
Thank you for the answers

What are you trying to feed him/her? Crickets for a baby Pacman should be no longer than the distance between your frogs eyes.

Are you trying to feed him/her by hand/tongs or forsepts/or are you just placing the food in for him/her? You can breack the hind legs off of the crickets so that they can't jump and are easier to catch.

What is the temperature in the enclosure? Babies should. Be kept at 80F to 82F during the day and 75F to 79F at night, but the night temp should hover around 78F. Humidity needs to be at 80% and maintained.

Do you have 3 sides of the tank covered with some kind of background? If not you should to make him/her feel more secure.

I believe your frog is very scared of you and is becoming very stressed because of this. It takes time for them to adjust to a new home and new surroundings. You should. Not worry until well over a week. If it takes longer than a week then we may have to suggest some other methods. For now try not to worry and don't hover over him much. Just throw some food in with him/her at night and leave him be. Check in the morning to see if he/she has eaten any.

Do keep us posted.