New pacman, new member

[ZachP]

I decided to join this forum mostly because of my new pacman frog I'm pretty new to frogs but have always kept other animals of all sorts so I know to always do research first. This is just to post pictures, if i can get a good one, of my new pacman plus I'll probably have some questions along the way. I'm hoping to learn a lot about frogs here! I'll try to post a picture in a minute

[ZachP]

And here's his/her enclosure as of right now. Keep in mind I got this 2 days ago and it will be better looking once the pet store is open after new years!

[GrifTheGreat]

Very nice Ceratophrys cranwelli.

Best thing you can do right now is cover 3 sides of the enclosure with some sort of natural or dark background. This will make the frog feel more secure. Also add a fake plant or two to give the frog some cover. Alway keep stress as low as possible. These two step to take I've provided will go to miles on reducing stress levels. Also always provide enough substrate so that the frog can completely cover itself if it desires to.

Whenever you want to know something feel free to ask. There are several experienced keepers and breeders on the forum.

[Heatheranne]

Nice pacman . Be sure to get a good hygrometer to monitor his humidity, and a good thermometer.

[Lija]

Nice pacman . Be sure to get a good hygrometer to monitor his humidity, and a good thermometer.

or just get hydrotherm + a fogger and forget forever about measuring humidity and temps Grif is right, a few fake plants and covering 3 sides will do a lot, you can cover for now with anything and later do it all pretty


beautiful frog you got here, congratulations! and welcome to the forum!

[ornate510]

Nice pacman and welcome!

[ZachP]

Its inside of a cabinet in a far corner of my room so the sides are pretty much covered up. But i was wondering could i put like cork or tree bark background without it bugging the frog in anyway? Maybe on the sides too. And the substrate is just under 3'" deep and the frog is still a baby so he has more then enough to cover himself. I do have a hygrometer and thermometer, you can barely see it in the pic but its kind of blocked by the trim on the tank. I was wondering if its a reliable brand or type of hygrometer though just because i've never used it. Its just the zoo med one with both hygrometer and thermometer built in one. I'm going for a really cool natural look here so i was wondering if there are any good live plants i could get? I heard they will just uproot them but maybe if i made the substrate a little deeper i could put plants in little pots with plenty of substrate on top so it wont bother the frog. Any thoughts?

[ZachP]

Oh ya, and I will be getting some fake plants for now. Unfortunately the pet store is closed today

[Lija]

Its inside of a cabinet in a far corner of my room so the sides are pretty much covered up. But i was wondering could i put like cork or tree bark background without it bugging the frog in anyway? Maybe on the sides too. And the substrate is just under 3'" deep and the frog is still a baby so he has more then enough to cover himself. I do have a hygrometer and thermometer, you can barely see it in the pic but its kind of blocked by the trim on the tank. I was wondering if its a reliable brand or type of hygrometer though just because i've never used it. Its just the zoo med one with both hygrometer and thermometer built in one. I'm going for a really cool natural look here so i was wondering if there are any good live plants i could get? I heard they will just uproot them but maybe if i made the substrate a little deeper i could put plants in little pots with plenty of substrate on top so it wont bother the frog. Any thoughts?

as DV said don't bother with live plants, even if they don't uproot them they produce too much waste for any live plant to survive, you can hang live plants though say in magnitural pots

as far as thermometers/hydrometers go, i found fluckers combo is better then the rest, but now when i have everything on hydrotherms it seems that fluckers combo is off too, less then other gauges, but still off. I'm true believer in hydrotherm now

cork bark is good, just make sure it doesn't mold.

[ZachP]

Ok thank you!

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[ZachP]

Ok I'm sorry it took so long to update but i've been way sick for a while. Since I'm feeling a little better today i decided to go pick up a repti fogger and hygrotherm. So far its working great. I also have some pictures I swear the frog has grown already!

[Lija]

very good and happy looking frog for sure!