dulling of color

[GrifTheGreat]

it is a half lid system, made of glass you can open one half for feeding and some cleaning, but other wise the lid is secured to the tank, so during the night i open half of it, to let it air out. but i could use a screen to help with the half and leave it open to help with heat

Yes do this to allow a better air transfer and release excess heat.

[Pezsas]

Hello everyone, I know its been a while since I have posted here (its been a busy semester), but I wanted to give an update on my frog. I have fixed my heat problem, he is getting around 77-79 during the day, and around 70-72 at night. I know not the best heat range I know, but every time i try to raise it it goes up too much. Any questions on how to stabilize it to around 77 at night and low 80's during the day?
Also, I am still having the color loss on him he has lost more of his green and developed a dull yellow color (I will get more photos when I can). And he is buried all the time, I have not see him eat in about a month, I keep giving him crickets in cage, they are disappearing at least some of them anyways, I assume he is eating but I don't know.
Can anybody give me a hand here, one to get him to not hide all the time and another to get his color back?
Oh before i for get his humidity now it around 65-70%

[Lija]

Any questions on how to stabilize it to around 77 at night and low 80's during the day?

get hydrotherm! it will maintain both humidity and temps with night drop. or for just temperature you can get any thermostat , i just got one for 20$ off ebay for my incubator, not sure if it has night temps drop, but i don't need it

how big is he now, you were asking about him in august, so by now he should be adult size, he needs something other then crickets ( nightcrawler, roaches), whatever is happening with your frog is because of unstable conditions, too hot, then too cold, do you dust crickets?

[Pezsas]

I will try a hydrotherm it sucks that I'm only about 4 degrees all around, my humidity is fine for the most part. he is big but does not look the best, check out the photos. The problem is that he is not eating for me, he was eating roaches before but has all but stopped, I am not sure if he is even eating the crickets. I am going to try nightcrawlers tonight again. I took him out of his enclosure and put him in something smaller container with wet paper towels. he seems to not be doing to hot.
When I picked him up he kept chriping at me he has been doing this anytime i dig him up to feed him too.



Anybody got any suggestions on how to get him back to a healthy state?

[GrifTheGreat]

I will try a hydrotherm it sucks that I'm only about 4 degrees all around, my humidity is fine for the most part. he is big but does not look the best, check out the photos. The problem is that he is not eating for me, he was eating roaches before but has all but stopped, I am not sure if he is even eating the crickets. I am going to try nightcrawlers tonight again. I took him out of his enclosure and put him in something smaller container with wet paper towels. he seems to not be doing to hot.
When I picked him up he kept chriping at me he has been doing this anytime i dig him up to feed him too.



Anybody got any suggestions on how to get him back to a healthy state?

The chirping is anger if he is doing it every time you disturb him. Get some unflavored Pedialyte and prepare a luke warm dechlorinated bath at a 10 to1 ratio so for every 10 ounces of water add 1 ounce unflavored pedialyte. Soak him in this bath for 20 minutes or until eater cools. Then prepare a second luke warm dechlorinated bath of just dechlorinated water and soak for the same duration.

Are you providing a 12 hour day/night cycle?

[DVirginiana]

My guess is he isn't eating because it's getting too cool. Mine starts to lose interest in food and try and aestivate if it gets below 75 much at all. If it's going down to 70 at night, that's probably why he's not eating.
What sort of heating equipment are you using? Even if you don't turn the heat up during the day (which you probably could... adults can handle daytime temps in the 80-85 range) you could at least turn it up at night.

[Pezsas]

I will get some Pedialyte and do that. He is near a window, so he gets a seasonal day/night cycle with some light reflecting into his off my other critters lights. Should I get a light just for him?

I have the room set up warm and positioned to keep an ambient temp high, with the tank design it keeps the temps where they are at. I just picked up a heat cabe to raise the temp, I will put it in tomorrow.

[DVirginiana]

Pacs are tropical; their day/night cycle doesn't change as much as ours does seasonally since they are much closer to the equator. If you can't keep the overhead room light on for about 12 hours out of the day then I'd recommend getting a light just for him; no brighter than 40 watts though. It can hurt their eyes. The cycle being off may be part of what's bothering him.
Also, if the window isn't insulated you might want to move him away from it. Being next to the window like that might make him warmer during the day when sun is shining in, but it'll leach heat out of his tank at night.