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    1. Size of enclosure
    10 gal
    2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
    just Clyde the Pac Man frog
    3. Humidity
    right now it says 70 (after a ton of spraying)
    4. Temperature
    80
    5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
    water from my filtered fridge, then left out and treated with that drop stuff. I don't even use tap water for cooking...only for cleaning.
    6. Materials used for substrate
    coco-fiber
    7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials.
    one fake plant, large rock/pool in one thing.

    8. Main food source
    currently the medicial critical care food by syringe. I tried dusted crickets and calcium worms and even wax worms

    9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
    none before since he is not eating. a dropper thing of calcium from the vet. its like .01 ml/day

    10. Lighting
    light from the room in the day. red bulb for heat (this is the change from the day light we tried before...a few different ones didn't help)

    11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
    foil on the top of the tank lid 3/4 of it is covered and red colored heat bulb

    12. When is the last time he/she ate
    a few hours ago bu syringe.

    13. Have you found poop lately
    not sure what it would look like. so I have no idea

    14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine) (on my other thread)

    15. How old is the frog
    not totally sure...a few months?
    16. How long have you owned him/her 4 weeks
    17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
    captive bred

    18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
    currently the critical care but I have crickets and waxworms for him

    19. How often the frog is handled
    right now a few times a day to eat...he won't take it without being picked up... prior to the syringe feeding we only moved him when I cleaned the cage once


    20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
    low traffic...a bedroom that's only used sometimes for lego play, sleeping.etc (its my son's room)

    21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)
    water changed every other day. it's been completely cleaned a couple days ago after the vet visit. misted a few times a day.
    how big is a frog? in inches.

    a few things are going on here:
    -humidity is totally off, you need to fix humidity asap. substrate has to be wet, not mud like but very moist. humidity has to be 75-80 at all times.
    - electrolyte balance of a frog should be very off too -not eating/ dry environment/ just Ca supplements now. that can explain weakness of his legs. Prepare electrolyte bath, 1 part of UNFLAVORED pedyalite 6 parts of treated water, unfiltered tap water treated with conditioner or natural spring water, keep him in warm bath (80-82ishF) for 20 min. in addition get reptiboost and feed him according to instructions. do that for a few days. water level should not be higher then frogs chin, speaking of which, it seems that your water dish is too deep or may be it is just pic
    - very high stress levels, you picking him up all the time is not helping unfortunately, it may seem he likes it, but frogs can't appreciate this and would rather be left alone. i understand that at this point you don't have choice, you need to feed him. based on a pics the tank is too big for the size of the frog. you need to minimize space and create more hiding places.
    - temps, you need to create night temp drop, night temps should be 75-78, day 80-82 and feed him ( try) only about half an hour after the day light is off. how many hours of daylight he is getting? he needs 12/12 cycle.
    - water in his water dish needs to be changed every day.

    do that and please keep us updated
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