My pacman frog is not eating neither pooping!

[Jason123]

I bought him before one week and he only ate 3 crickets.
One night I put him in a small tub for 2 hours that was on a heating blanket.The tub was covered with a paper towel.There were 3 crickets with him.(2 small and 1 very big , almost the 2/3 of his lenght).After 2 hours I came to check and the giant crickets was missing!I think he ate but there is the possiblity it may have escaped cuz the tub was not covered pretty well.
I haven't found any poop in his enclosure (30cmx30cmx30cm).
I gave him 2 days before a luke warm bath with some drops of honey (dechlorinated water)but it didn't help to make him do his business.
The last days I was rearanging some stuff in his enclosure cuz there were some problems, so I had to move the frog sometimes.(One day he bite me)
Now I let him alone without touching him (I only spray his enclosure).
Yesterday he was in his hide but today when I woke up he was in the middle of his terrarium.After some hour he went under a fake plant a he is still here.I think he is really shy
He looks pretty chubby and not skinny.I tried many foods , like crickets(dusted and not),mealworms and waxworms.
I dont know if I am overreacting but I am new to the hobby and I want to make sure that my frog will be happy and healthy!
Thank you!

[Bombina Bob]

You may be keeping him too cool, i had the same situation
before with tomato frogs, a heat mat on the side or a ceramic
bulb may work.

[Jason123]

I thought about that and I placed a heating pad on one side of the enclosure , not under it.I did that some days before so I think it is a temperature problem,
but hank you

[DVirginiana]

What are the actual temps inside the tank? Also, the humidity? The reason I ask is because heat pads don't provide that much heat, and it's very localized... I keep mine on as sort of an emergency heat source in case something happens and the room's space heater accidentally gets turned off or unplugged, so my frog can huddle up against it until I can correct the problem (happened last night actually...). A bulb is really better for heating.
Can you post the Trouble in the Enclosure sticky and answer all those questions including any changes you've made to his tank?

One thing about pacs is that they can hold so much water they can still look fat even when they are very thin. If you sit him in his water dish he will probably pee, then you can see whether he's really getting skinny or not.
Can you feel very gently along your frog's right side? Sometimes frogs will stop eating and pooping when they have a blockage called an impaction. If you feel a lump on the right side, that's what it is. To treat that, I usually soak the frog for 10-15 minutes in honey water.

[GrifTheGreat]

Answer Dvirginiana's questions and the questions in the link. http://www.frogforum.net/pacman-frog...enclosure.html

Repost the asweres here in your thread.

[Jason123]

1.30cmx30cmx30cm
2.no other frogs
3.80
4.25 celsius at the warm side and 20 celsius on the cold side
5.spring water for misting and dechlorinated spring water for soaking
6.plantation soil(I was using moss but I removed when I heard that it may cause and impaction)
7.an artificial plant( Pet Supermarket )
8.crickets,waxworms,mealworms
9.reptivite , I cant answer that cuz he is not eating at all!
10.no lighting , he is an albino
11.a heating pad , sticked to the right side of the terrarium
12.I don't know , maybe yesterday cuz I cant find the second crickets but maybe it is somewhere hidden
13.YES! today
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15.I dont know, I think its a baby
16.1 week
17.captive bred
18.No treats yet.I give him the food just before the lights turn off
19.Very often cuz I have to check if he is ok
20.high traffic area.
21.I change the water in his water dish every other day and I mist his enclosure 2 times a day.

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The frog may looks chubby in this picture but when I woke up today I found a big poop(I think that the poop looks like a cricket , (the big one, remember?)I can almost see the feathers and the head of the cricket) and the frog was very skinny!
I tried shaking the food in front of his mouth , but nothing, he ignores it.
Help please!
Thank you!

[Blaze1]

Is a 50 wat infrared bulb pushing it DVirginiana?

[DVirginiana]

I don't really know... If I had to guess I'd say a 50 watt red bulb probably wouldn't cause one to go blind or anything, but especially with an albino I definitely wouldn't want to take the risk (if at all possible, not for a green/brown one either).

[Lija]

no, 50W infrared lamp is not pushing it. it is exactly what is needed. Jason - temps are way too low, remember what i told you before, TEMPS! get them up, if your heat mat is not getting temps where they need to be get 50W infrared heating lamp ( the fixture has be with a dimmer), you need a dimmer, as you tank is just 12" high.

[Jason123]

Thank you guys!
This time I letted him the night with a waxworm and a mealworm(I know is hard to digest but I havent other food sources,my last crickets died).
I think he ate the worms!I mean I searched the terrarium and the plantation soil but I didnt a find the worms, so he may ate them at the night.
I thought that these frogs were eating machines!
Mine is very shy, is this normal for a pacman?
And about the lamp Pet Supermarket
How do I place it?(do I need this thing ? Pet Supermarket )
Thank you!

[Jason123]

anyone?