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    Default Re: Does my pac have vision problems? Advice, tips??

    Pictures of the frog please.

    Also, if she was in fact impacted, why are you STILL feeding her on the substrate????
    If one heat pad wasn't working to heat the enclosure, then multiples would be preferable to the 100 watt bulb. Sounds like you basically blinded the frog with it.....especially if it is an albino.

    If the frog cannot see, tong feeding will be your only course of action and preferably keep the frog on damp paper towels instead of the fiber it has been ingesting.

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    Default Re: Does my pac have vision problems? Advice, tips??

    The force-feed was done outside the cage (obviously), and the silverside was taken from tongs and never touched the substrate. I didn't actually expect her to take the roaches I put in there, but I was trying to see whether she would even track them or not. But as to why I was STILL trying that, she had been so long without eating anything, I got worried and thought I would give it a try. I've been trying to feed in a separate container for about a week now, but it has never worked. I've also been trying tong-feeding inside the cage, but she rarely takes them.

    My mother refused to allow me to order/use multiple or larger heating pads (and I had to sneak and heat with the bulb) because she was afraid of it being a fire hazard. I don't need to be told that it wasn't; I already know that, but at the time I didn't have my own place so I had no say in the matter. The frog isn't an albino. While I was present, I can safely say that the frog wasn't blinded. Through the scarf that I used as a 'blinder', the light is only slightly brighter than a red night bulb. However, I am unsure if my instructions were followed for about a three or four month period where I wasn't able to personally care for her. Additionally, I always monitor her feedings. I pack down the coco-fiber and keep the roaches in easy-to-get positions, and she doesn't ingest a lot of substrate even when she misses. While I was gone, I believe roaches were just tossed in and left, which could have lead to her eating a lot of substrate going after ones that had burrowed.

    There is no need to be rude. There were other things at play that I had no control over for a long time. I only just found out this week that my instructions for how to care for them weren't followed like they should have been. I just moved, so I finally have all my reptiles again, and don't have to change their care based on someone else (and also have no clue where my camera and charger are). I've been doing damage-control for several of them, and I'm not happy about it. I had been told that they were all 'fine' and came home to find that that was not the case.

    REGARDLESS; she started acting very strange late last night, pupils still not constricting or anything, and she was very bloated looking. I put her in a dish of water to soak for awhile, because it was 4 am and I couldn't think of anything else to do. She peed, and started to become more active. About ten minutes after the soak I checked on her again and her pupils were reacting to light again. I dangled a nightcrawler in front of her, and she tracked it but never took it which wasn't surprising given that she was probably really stressed out. She seems to be doing better this morning.
    I have no idea what was going on, but it seems to be getting better.

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