So I think I've posted a couple times on here about different food issues. I have taken all the advice and my pacman frog is still not eating much at all. Here is the list from "trouble in the enclosure"

1. 10 Gallon tank

2. Just the one frog

3. Humidity was fluctuating between 50% and 80% but I recently covered 2/3 of the top in plastic wrap and it's now staying within 10% of 80% (if that makes sense lol)

4. Was having trouble with temps so I bought a second UTH (both are on either side of a corner). Now the temp is around 80-82 on the warm side and upper 70s on the cool side.

5. Water for misting and soaking are both dechlorinated tap water.

6. Eco earth is used as substrate.

7. In the enclosure I have a couple plastic aquarium plants and some live pothos. The plastic plants were rinsed with boiling hot water and then rinsed again with dechlorinated tap water. The live plants were removed from the pots and the soil rinsed from the roots and replaced with eco earth and the pots were put back in the tank for easier cleaning.

8. The main food source is crickets but I also feed dubia and red wigglers

9. I use a supplement with a multivitamin and calcium and was dusting every 5 days or so but now that he's not really eating it's much less often.

10. For lighting I'm using a florescent tropical reptile/amphibian bulb on one side of the enclosure.

11. As I said above, two UTH's

12. Hmm... I actually got him to eat about 3 crickets about a week ago since then I think he at maybe one two days later and two days ago I got him to eat one more (these are small crickets).

13. Found a poop in the water dish a couple days ago.

14. I don't have a recent pic right now but I will try to get one up tomorrow. But this frog is sooo skinny

15. I'm not sure of the actual age but he was the size of a nickel when I got him at the beginning of April and is now about the size of a half dollar.

16. As I said, I've had him since the beginning of April.

17. I'm not sure if he's wild caught or captive bred but I'm assuming captive since he was so small when I got him and I got him from petsmart.

18. I think I covered the different things I feed him. I attempt to feed him every day but am usually unsuccessful.

19. I handle him very rarely. I have been trying to put him in a separate container to feed him to make it easier for him so every few days I need to gently pick him up and put him in there. I always rinse my hands with dechlorinated water before handling.

20. It's just my boyfriend and I in the apartment so the entire place is low traffic. However he is right next to the tv. Would that cause any stress?

21. Water dish gets changed daily. Poops are scooped as they're seen. I change the substrate completely about monthly.


I have been having trouble getting him to eat for a few weeks now. He's never been very round even when he was eating well. I worry that there might be something else wrong that I can control. When I first got him he was eating great but now he hardly ever strikes at food and when he does it's very sluggish and inaccurate. I have tried using tongs and rubbing food against his lips until he bites but he wont bite. He just backs up or hops away. I have read so many posts and just can't figure out why he isn't eating. His backbone is clearly visible. I'm not really sure if he's going to make it. Any ideas would be great.