Does my pac have vision problems? Advice, tips??

[IvoryReptiles]

I was not being rude, I was responding to your questions. I had a few questions of my own, they are valid questions. These frogs can learn a schedule & to feed from tongs. I know this for a fact.

Grif is right about toxins being a possible cause as well. And since you already stated that the frog was not being taken care of correctly, then chances are the person taking care of it in your absence probably didn't bother to use de-chlorinated water, which could be a cause of blindness. The chlorine in the water can cause all kinds of physical & neurological issues for amphibians.

As for your "blinded" 100 watt bulb......whether or not the frog is an albino, these are NOCTURNAL frogs. They rarely are out & active during daylight. So even though you masked the bulb, did the care taker?
As for the "other things at play".....how would I know that? You never mentioned those details, I don't read minds, so I responded to what little information YOU gave.

We do our best here to help, but we can't be expected to know more than what you inform us on as far as your situation goes. I would really also like to know exactly what part of my response you considered "rude" since all I did was answer you.

[DVirginiana]

I was not being rude, I was responding to your questions. I had a few questions of my own, they are valid questions. These frogs can learn a schedule & to feed from tongs. I know this for a fact.

Grif is right about toxins being a possible cause as well. And since you already stated that the frog was not being taken care of correctly, then chances are the person taking care of it in your absence probably didn't bother to use de-chlorinated water, which could be a cause of blindness. The chlorine in the water can cause all kinds of physical & neurological issues for amphibians.

As for your "blinded" 100 watt bulb......whether or not the frog is an albino, these are NOCTURNAL frogs. They rarely are out & active during daylight. So even though you masked the bulb, did the care taker?
As for the "other things at play".....how would I know that? You never mentioned those details, I don't read minds, so I responded to what little information YOU gave.

We do our best here to help, but we can't be expected to know more than what you inform us on as far as your situation goes. I would really also like to know exactly what part of my response you considered "rude" since all I did was answer you.

I said that the bulb was the only way at the time I could keep my frog warm, I didn't feel like giving a full explanation of my living situation and all the various personal reasons it was the only option (didn't think most people would care to read it). Knowing that I was not allowed to purchase multiple or larger heating pads and had to sneak and use the bulb is just extraneous information, since I already gave the info about how the frog was kept and had said that it was the only option at the time.

What came across as rude was the general tone of your comment "Also, if she was in fact impacted, why are you STILL feeding her on the substrate????". She hasn't eaten properly in several weeks, and I'm scared of stressing her by continuing to force-feed. I've been trying to get her to tong-feed more readily, but it's going very slowly. I was trying anything I could to get her to take food, and feeding the way she's always been fed seemed to be a good way to do that. Had I noticed her ingesting cocofiber (isn't cocofiber considered safe to ingest in pretty small amounts?), I would have pulled the food out.
Also, when someone has already stated that another person was the one who may have not been taking proper care of their animal, "you basically blinded your frog" just sounds insensitive and isn't helpful when the frog isn't being kept that way anymore.

Sorry if I misinterpreted, but your response sounded very accusatory.

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I know that they are nocturnal. The black scarf blocked enough of the light to put her in a twilight level of light. In my first post I said that I don't know if the bulb was 'blinded' after I left. The caretakers were TOLD to keep doing it, but I have no way of knowing for sure.
The one thing I do know for certain is that dechlorinated, deaminated spring water was used. I purchased large amounts before I left and they were all that was used.

I've been trying for awhile now to get her to tong feed. Sometimes it works, but she's never had the best feeding response, and she rarely takes more than one food item per feeding from the tongs. It's almost like I have to trick her into taking it, and she won't take a second roach/worm/whatever from the tongs. I'm going to post another comment with the stuff I just saw her do in it, but regardless I would like to start tong feeding (I don't think it's vision anymore...). Are their any tricks with timing or technique that might help?