Hi all,

This is my second time owning a pacman frog. Unfortunately, the first time (two years ago) did not go so well and I want to make sure I do everything right this time around. Morbo is older than my first pacman. He was living in PetSmart for over 6 months. He is old enough to croak and is probably around 3 inches wide (and is NOT albino). I got him around two weeks ago and left him alone. This weekend, I decided to change his substrate and add more reasonable coverage with fake plants (vs. the half-log which he could not fit under). Needless to say, he got stressed the f' out and disappeared under the substrate.

Here are my questions:

- Can these frogs breath if they completely bury themselves under the substrate? I cant see him at all.
- I have a layer of hydroballs under the 3-4" of coconut fiber and he buried himself all the way down into the hydroballs. Is that a concern? I ordered a mesh divider to place between the layers but it hasn't arrived yet.
- I'm struggling with the lighting. I currently have a 40w red-colored zoomed blub that I have been using during the day (in his 12x12x12 cage). Is it ok to use this during the day even though its for "night viewing"? I wanted to get live plants but the reptiglo 5.0 seemed incredibly bright, even for me!
- I'd like to feed him a baby mouse on Thanksgiving. Are you supposed to kill the mouse first? Or can they eat them live?

Thanks in advance

(Please excuse the dirty water, I changed it after I took this picture!)

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