Sick Pacman

[danfrog]

“Trouble in the Frog Enclosure”
The following information will be very helpful if provided when requesting assistance with either your frog or enclosure. To help with your questions, please utilize the below list and post the information in the proper forum area to get advice from FF members that keep the same frog. This will allow for little confusion and a faster more informed response.

1. Size of enclosure
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences
3. Humidity
4. Temperature
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish
6. Materials used for substrate
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials.
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv.
8. Main food source
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often)
10. Lighting
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure
12. When is the last time he/she ate
13. Have you found poop lately
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. How old is the frog
16. How long have you owned him/her
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred
18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats
19. How often the frog is handled
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc)

by Lynn(Flybyferns) and GrifTheGreat.
Fill this out Asap and post pics plz.

[GrifTheGreat]

Answer the questions Dan has posted. Make sure they are answered for previous enclosure and for ICU setup.

[Kendar]

1. Size of enclosure - 23.01x16.75x6" ICU is 16.3” x 10.4” x 5.8”
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences - Just the one ICU - 1
3. Humidity - Around 80% all the time (soil was probably too wet) ICU - 70%
4. Temperature - Around 70 on warm side ICU - 70
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish - Dechlorinated tap water for misting and soaking ICU - Dechlorinated for both
6. Materials used for substrate - Coconut fiber ICU - Paper towel
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials. - Just substrate and water dish ICU - Just paper towel and shallow water dish
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv. - Everything was washed and rinsed thoroughly before being introduced ICU - Disinfected, rinsed, and wiped out
8. Main food source - Crickets but recently added pinkies to try and help gain weight ICU - Crickets
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often) - Multivitamin every once in a while and calcium every second feeding (when he would allow me to force feed him. ICU - Same as before, fed calcium crickets today
10. Lighting - None ICU - no special lighting, but not in complete darkness
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure - Heat pad on top of enclosure ICU - Same
12. When is the last time he/she ate - Can't recall last time he ate willingly, but I was only able to feed him two crickets today ICU - Today
13. Have you found poop lately - No, and I cannot feel any hardness in his tummy
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. How old is the frog - Unsure, but he was an adult when I got him
16. How long have you owned him/her - Just over a year
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred - Unsure, but I am pretty sure he was captive bred
18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats - Crickets but recently added pinkies to help gain weight
19. How often the frog is handled - Only when needed. ie. Bath, cage cleaning
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area - Pretty low, he is kept in dining room. My bf and I are pretty quiet
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc) - Cleaning, I admit, wasn't done quite enough, but enclosure was never smelly. ICU - will be changing paper towel every day or two.



He is crooked because he had an old injury when I had him, so there is a bone in his back that sticks out a lot.
I will try to get a picture of his feet and stomach.



Here are the pics of his underside.......I think he might be a she, also.