Pacman feeding question?

[Lija]

So I went to petsmart and got my pacman frog 2 days ago. I have been reading alot on him and he is in his cage, and at night (feeding time) i try and give him crickets. The lady at petsmart held them infront of the frog till he ate it. Should I do that or just put them in its cage?

i would do exactly what that lady did, to held food in front of a guy with tongs people are trying sometimes for so long to tong train their frogs, and here you have a baby who is already trained, keep it this way, less problems later.

[loganste123]

i would do exactly what that lady did, to held food in front of a guy with tongs people are trying sometimes for so long to tong train their frogs, and here you have a baby who is already trained, keep it this way, less problems later.

Yea he doesn't have a problem with them, and my tree frog was starving because he wouldn't go get the crickets at the bottom of the cage and last night I used the tongs hoping he would eat and he ate them all so all is well

[DVirginiana]

Yea he doesn't have a problem with them, and my tree frog was starving because he wouldn't go get the crickets at the bottom of the cage and last night I used the tongs hoping he would eat and he ate them all so all is well

I didn't realize he was already used to tong feeding. You're lucky! Took me forever to get mine tong-trained.

[loganste123]

I didn't realize he was already used to tong feeding. You're lucky! Took me forever to get mine tong-trained.

Damn, is it really that hard?

[DVirginiana]

Depends on the frog and what they're used to. If they've grown up hunting their own food in the tank or if they're especially nervous it can sometimes take awhile. My parents had mine for almost a year when they changed policies in my university housing, so I didn't get to start working on tong feeding her till she was over a year old.

[unkempt1]

FYI - My frog didn't eat for almost two weeks from when I first got him if I remember correctly. He stresses out pretty easily though, and usually doesn't eat for 3-4 days after I clean his cage. After his hunger strike he almost always makes up for it, usually acting pretty ravenous and wanting twice as much as he normally eats.

[loganste123]

FYI - My frog didn't eat for almost two weeks from when I first got him if I remember correctly. He stresses out pretty easily though, and usually doesn't eat for 3-4 days after I clean his cage. After his hunger strike he almost always makes up for it, usually acting pretty ravenous and wanting twice as much as he normally eats.

lol what does pacman frog poop look like?

[Lija]

Damn, is it really that hard?

yeah, for lot of frogs it is, some would never eat from tongs, like my pixie, he better starve

consider yourself lucky!

[mchell43]

Ha ha I use tongs but to drop them in front of frog (it helps if you put crix in fridge for 20 mins to slow em down) but they mostly get ate before hitting floor or just after !

[Lija]

Ha ha I use tongs but to drop them in front of frog (it helps if you put crix in fridge for 20 mins to slow em down) but they mostly get ate before hitting floor or just after !

for some frogs you can do whatever you want, try as many ways as you can, they would never eat from tongs, stubborn little dudes