I'm so sorry that most of these have been addressed before. I'll try to keep my questions to things I haven't seen on the forum yet.

I've had a baby pac (he's about 1.5 inches SV) for about a month now. He is a voracious eater, but a few days ago I saw a huge lump forming on right right side, a wonderful size impaction. I've been giving him warm baths (treated water of course) every day, and the other day I did it with honey. The impaction has moved from the middle to down closer to his vent, but it's very firm.

I haven't fed him for about 2 days, hoping that the impaction would pass, that and I didn't want to clog him with anything else. He eats small crickets; I haven't been able to get him to eat worms yet.

How long should I go before taking him to the vet? In addition, how long should I go without feeding him? Or should I feed him? I don't want to....compact the problem. I have some pacman food lying around. Should I make that into a slurry and force feed him and hope that lubricates him, or is that going too far?