Possible eating problem.

[Hypnotic]

I'm asking this for a friend of mine, who can't seem to get her pacman to eat much.
1. Size of enclosure : 50x40x50 (she traded terrariums with me a while back, hers is 80x50x60 wich now houses my female pacman, will soon be devided eventhough my pacman could care less.)
2. # of inhabitants - specifically other frogs and size differences : 1
3. Humidity : 70%-80% (she admits a few months before, he was a little on the dry side.)
4. Temperature 26-28 (currently 28), Yet again, a few months ago 22-24ish.
5. Water - type - for both misting and soaking dish : always treated her water with reptisafe, but only started adding it to her eco earth since last week. (I know, major red flag.)
6. Materials used for substrate cocofiber (eco earth)
7. Enclosure set up i.e. plants (live or artificial), wood, bark and other materials. : nothing besides a waterpool, she recently coverd 3 sides of her terrarium.
- How were things prepared prior to being put into the viv. pretty much the same, since the move he stopped eating for 2 weeks, now started again (6 medium crickets a week)
8. Main food source : crickets, it's the only thing he'll take.
9. Vitamins and calcium? (how often) both weekly.
10. Lighting 25watt heat lamp.
11. What is being used to maintain the temperature of the enclosure the heat lamp and house heating.
12. When is the last time he/she ate 2 days ago
13. Have you found poop lately : yes, the poop had a spec of blood on it, she then proceeded to inspect the entire thing, no worms or more blood found, only the tip of the stool was really hard.
14. A pic would be helpful including frog and enclosure (any including cell phone pic is fine)
15. How old is the frog estimated 7-8 months
16. How long have you owned him/her 6 months +-
17. Is the frog wild caught or captive bred assumed wild caught.
18. Frog food- how often and if it is diverse, what other feeders are used as treats : Frog won't accept anything but crickets, ate locusts along time ago but she switched back because he stopped eating.
19. How often the frog is handled : too much, I've stressed it many times : stop digging up your damn frog. If he's hungry, he'll come up. I estimate she handles him about 4-5 times a week. (touching that is)
20. Is the enclosure kept in a high or low traffic area : a living room, so I'd say low, he used to be in a high traffic living room.
21. Describe enclosure maintenance (water changes, cleaning, etc) She changes the water on daily basis, the eco-earth every 2 months+- unless it looks dirty. Cricket parts are offcourse taken out.

Some notes : Frog misses prey alot, even as an adult. Is really skittish (ducks down when he even sees you near him), not intrested in different foods or being tong fed. Spends alot of his time burrowed.
Also, I know she handles the frog too much, but she's overworried, so I'm hoping other people can stress this and point it out in your posts again, so I can force her to read it.

Edit: I realise the frog has been stressed because of the move but this has been going on since the beginning, but his eating pattern is majorly concerning and compared to my pacman, seems very very little.

[GrifTheGreat]

The frog is stressed and probably needs to be placed in a smaller enclosure to get it established and eating well.

Have her break the hind legs off of the crickets so that they are easier for the frog to catch.

Edit; Nevermind moving the frog. All she has to do when she wants to feed it is uncover its head so that it can see the food. She needs to stop handling the frog. The stress will kill it.

[Hypnotic]

Thanks for the quick response! I'm giving her a call in a few, is there anything that can be done in the future to broaden his diet? Or is this something that will automatically happen once the frog is stress free?

[GrifTheGreat]

Thanks for the quick response! I'm giving her a call in a few, is there anything that can be done in the future to broaden his diet? Or is this something that will automatically happen once the frog is stress free?

It may happen after stress is gone, but it is difficult to say. Try something like Hornworms and Dubia Roaches. The frog might like the thrashing of the Hornworm or the scurrying of the Roaches and try one. She could also wait til the frog is shedding and place an item in its mouth when it opens up to swallow some skin.