Another "my Pacman won't eat" thread

[DVirginiana]

I drove out to the reptile shop and 2 other pet stores, but no one seemed too concerned, so I was beginning to loose hope.

If the petstores near you are anything like the ones near where I live, I think the building could be on fire and none of the employees would seem too concerned...

Good luck getting him to eat!

[newtype311]

Ok so I decided to force feed him 2 crickets. It was a pretty long process to get his mouth open, but I was able to get one small and then one medium cricket in there.

Its not something I really wanted to do, but after not eating for almost 7 days I was really getting nervous. compared to most images of pacmans on this site, he was pretty much skin and bones.

I watched him for a while to make sure he swallowed them, so all I can do now is wait and see if he pulls through.

[newtype311]

Well... He didn't.

Don't know what else I could have done at this point. I read 6 different care sheets before buying him (including the one here) and thought I had a good setup for him. pretty much everyone of them said to put them in a 10 gallon tank.

I mean, had I known that he should have been left in a small enclosure I of course would have done that immediately. Guess I could have posted sooner, but after reading through some threads it seemed like not eating after a move was pretty common place while they adjusted.

Looking back now, perhaps he was always thin, especially when compared to other baby pictures online. I just assumed he would fatten up after a couple days of eating well.

Regardless, I'm really sorry things turned out like this. Thank you all very much for your concern and assistance in this.

[Yoci]

Oh I'm sorry.. I see your in Fullerton, I'm in the Anaheim/buena park area. If you need more help just pm me.

[GrifTheGreat]

I am so sorry for your loss! RIP Odo. Pacmans are often not as easy to care for as advertised. They get stressed easily which usually causes them to stop eating. It is hard with a new frog, particularly one from a chain store, because you don't know the frog's history. You have no idea if it has any health issues or even when the last time it ate before it came into your care. Sometimes they don't pull through depsite our best efforts. You did your research and did your best to save him. Most likely he had underlying health problems before you got him. Again, I am so sorry for your loss.

[newtype311]

Thanks again for all the help and warm wishes.

I guess the thing that upsets me is that I specifically waited several weeks for my local reptile store to get an albino in stock rather than buying one from petsmart for that reason. He never had that plump look that alot of them have, while ironically the one at my local petsmart looked pretty healthy (at least to my laymen eyes).

I'm going to contact the reptile store owner today and see what he has to say. not really looking for a refund or anything, just looking for some sort of response since he didn't seem to think it was any sort of issue yesterday.

I think going forward im going to look for a local breeder in the SoCal area so I can make sure the frog is well adjusted and healthy before it comes into my care.

if you guys can recommend anyone on the boards, by all means let me know.

Thanks again!