New Pacman hyperventilating?

[Maharg]

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The tabk is quite small. A 5 gallon maybe. I have 3 quarters of the top covered in saran to keep himidity in. Calgary is very dry. Maybe 40% humidity in my house on average. Can the heat pad be super heating the tank cause of the saran wrap? I turned the pad off and the breathing has already returned to normal within 10 minutes. Whats strange is she chooses to hang out right up next to the heat pad. And id think if she was to hot she would burrow far down. But shes only burrowed in slightly. Half her body is above ground.



The heat pad is directly behind her. It goes from the right side to the water dish.

[Sunshine]

Can you try to get the heat up a little and see if that helps?

[Sunshine]

Is that moss in the terrarium? If so it should be removed or it could cause impaction unless you are tong feeding. From what I have learned on here night time temps should be between 75-78 and daytime temps should be between 80-85. Also try covering 3 sides of the enclosure with some kind of background to help him feel more secure. Keep me posted. I am not an expert but I will try to help as best I can!

[Maharg]

Thank you for the help. I will remove the moss altho it is very minimal and strictly to allow for slightly higher humidity. As far as turning the temp up, I believe if anything it may be to warm. As soon and I unplugged the heat mat she emmediately began breathing normally again.

[Sunshine]

I am glad she is doing better! Hopefully it was just the temperature making her hyperventilate. If you want to leave the moss in there you can try tong feeding her or putting her in another container to eat so she doesn't accidentally ingest some of the moss. This tends to stress the frogs though from what I have learned and it might be difficult to get her to feed from tongs if she is not used to it. Tong feeding is a good way to feed if you can get her used to it. This way you can be sure she is not ingesting substrate and you can monitor her eating to make sure there are no changes.