New Pacman Frog Addition

[TeeRiddle]

Hi all,

I finally brought my Pac home this evening a day sooner than planned. Yeah, I couldn't wait any longer to go pick him/her up. The pet store I got him from said it's a Chocolate Fantasy - does the ID look about right to you?

It might be difficult to get a correct ID with these pics. I'm not much of a photographer.




I'm not sure of the sex yet so if it's a male his name is Orion. If it's female her name is Luna. I guess I'll find out in a few months or so which it will be. I'm sticking with Orion for now (yeah, hoping for a baby boy!).

You may notice some "stuff" on his back in the pics. The pet store had a little moss in the carry home tub. I was going to ask them to remove it, but I wasn't going to feed him in the tub, and I had about an hour drive home and wanted him to stay moist so I left it in. I didn't clean it off because I didn't want to stress him any more than he already has been. Guess I could have made him a bit more presentable for his first pics

Thanks!

Tee & Orion (or Luna)

[GrifTheGreat]

I don't think that's an actual name of a type of Fantasy. He looks more orange in the pics with Brown spots. Still a very beautiful frog.

[TeeRiddle]

I don't think that's an actual name of a type of Fantasy. He looks more orange in the pics with Brown spots. Still a very beautiful frog.

Hi Grif - thanks!

I was skeptical of the label as well. I even asked the guy at the pet store if he was sure about it. Of course he said, "That's what the breeder called it."

He does have an orangish tint with a very light greenish color on the lower sides in front of the hind legs.

Well, whatever he is, he's a doll

[GeorgiaBulls]

Really good looking Pac!

[morgan]

"Chocolate" IS a tag for Fantasies that I haven't heard in about 10years. Remember, any Orange on fantasies turns brown at night and when stressed. He looks good and healthy to me. Maybe an extra generation of cranwelli is mixed in...his head looks very round compared to the angular cornuta.

[GrifTheGreat]

"Chocolate" IS a tag for Fantasies that I haven't heard in about 10years. Remember, any Orange on fantasies turns brown at night and when stressed. He looks good and healthy to me. Maybe an extra generation of cranwelli is mixed in...his head looks very round compared to the angular cornuta.

That's probably why I've never heard a Fantasy called a chocolate. Now I have heard of Cranwelli called Chocolate Pacman, but that's usually the darker browns.

I'd like to get a Fantasy some Time. They are very beautiful.

[TeeRiddle]

Really good looking Pac!

Thanks Bart!

[TeeRiddle]

"Chocolate" IS a tag for Fantasies that I haven't heard in about 10years. Remember, any Orange on fantasies turns brown at night and when stressed. He looks good and healthy to me. Maybe an extra generation of cranwelli is mixed in...his head looks very round compared to the angular cornuta.

Hi Morgan!

That's very interesting information, thank you! I was thinking along the same lines as Grif in thinking there was no such thing as a Chocolate Fantasy, but wasn't really all that sure. I wasn't thinking the pet store or breeder was being untruthful, but I know names and labels can get mixed up and misused in the pet industry at times.

He/she did have a bit of a slight orange tint when those pictures were taken. They were also taken at night so the lighting wasn't that great. Looking at him now (just the top of his head because the rest is buried) he looks to be more tan/sand colored with the dark brown splotches and spots. And I agree he does look more on the cranwelli side than cornuta. Maybe this is fairly common with Fantasy frogs? I don't know.

Also, the last pac I had, an albino, took food almost immediately after I got him home. I feed him almost 100% of the time using tongs. This guy hasn't accepted any tong-offered food as of yet, but has grabbed a roaming cricket. He still gets a bit freaked out when I open the terrarium. I can see him hunch down when I reach in to offer a nightcrawler or roach. I'm sure he's still trying to get settled in and is still a bit spooked.

[GrifTheGreat]

Break the hind legs off the crickets when you offer them so they're easier to catch. One way for them to get used to tongs is by reaching in with the food in the tongs and the frog seeing you drop it with the tongs into the enclosure. This way they can make the connection that tong = food.