My pacman stopped eating!! Please help

[GrifTheGreat]

Nevermind everyone! I put him and warm water and he finally had a bowel movement. now I just gotta fatten him up

Has he eaten for you tonight??

[Eric Buschman]

Just tried, no luck. I'm thinking I'll try in the morning when I wake up for work at 5

[GrifTheGreat]

Just tried, no luck. I'm thinking I'll try in the morning when I wake up for work at 5

You're probably going to have ti force feed him. If he is starting to lose weight then it is time to force feed.

[Eric Buschman]

I was afraid of that, how do I do that? What would my "go to man" recommend?

[Ra]

I have two little green chaco's that are extremely nervous critters who have unfortunately never taken a voluntary meal. They are growing and appearantly healthy, but they just won't bite at anything.
First, if he's underweight, start doing unflavored pedialyte soaks, about 90% water, 10% pedialyte. The electrolytes give them a boost and stimulate appetite (in my frogs case, it just gives them more nervous energy so far.)
To force feed, take a food item such as a nightcrawler or nightcrawler piece or even better if its thin, an appropriately sized mouse (dip a pinky in calcium D3, they dont have very developed bones) and take a plastic spoon. back the frog into the corner of its terrarium so it cant back up, then with one hand have the food ready to go, and with the other, gently put the spoon between the lips of the frog until it pops its mouth open and insert the food well into the frogs mouth.
A mouse only needs to go in head deep, a cricket can go all the way in as can a ball of pacman food. Ive never seen a frog spit a nightcrawler out once its in its mouth. My guys will spit pacman food right out, and crickets too, but freak out behind a nightcrawler or a small calcium dusted fish fillet and immediately finish the job.
Hopefully and probably once the food is in the mouth the frog will get the idea and enthusiastically finish the job. Thats more of an assisted feed and that usually suffices. If not, leave the frog alone for a bit, and next time, insert the food further into the frogs mouth so that its only reaction can be to begin swallowing.

How old/grown is your frog?

[GrifTheGreat]

Ra has the right idea, but to clarify the UNFLAVORED PEDIALYTE soak it must be UNFLAVORED. Also the the bath needs to be at a 10 to 1 ratio so for every 10 ounces of water add 1 ounce of UNFLAVORED PEDIALYTE. Water depth should be no deeper than up to the frogs chin. Soak for 20 minutes and make sure the water is Luke warm.

[Ra]

Ive have to say Ive had to do this "assisted" feeding well over a hundred times, but of course, as soon as i go and say Ive never had a frog spit a nightcrawler out, I go upstairs and what do these guys do...they spit the nightcrawlers out! Naughty even voluntarily bit the nightcrawler, which is a step in the right direction and a first, and then took his right hand and threw it from his mouth. Nervous spit it right out. Guess they just arent hungry yet. the dorks.