Need some assistance, new owner

[dubbean]

I'm pretty new to pacmans too but I will help with what I do know:

I believe that coconut fiber is the recommended substrate because they can burrow and live like they do in the wild.

1. It should be fed every day as much as it will eat in one feeding.
2. From what others have told me on FF, the frog will start refusing food every day as it ages, that is when you cut back on feeding.
3. You want to use Calcium with D3 every other feeding. One for a bearded dragon may be fine.

I agree that it is an albino and a cranwelli. I think it is very young (maybe a few weeks old) because it still has a little bit of its tadpole tail.

[tytons]

thanks for the reply guys...

if im going the coconut fibre route..do u just scope out the poop part or change the whole thing?

Yea it does look like it still has a bit of its tail, ill start feeding it daily for now till it start refusing food. I thought they wont refuse...good to know they have limits.

[GrifTheGreat]

You only have to remove a small amount of coconut fiber with the poop. Less than a hand full. Most of the time they use their water dish as a toilet.

[tytons]

gotcha..thanks!

im starting to get really fond of these guys...they are really adorable...do you guys exercise them? as in make them jump a lil?or they just spend their whole life waiting for food to come by their mouth? O_o

[GrifTheGreat]

gotcha..thanks!

im starting to get really fond of these guys...they are really adorable...do you guys exercise them? as in make them jump a lil?or they just spend their whole life waiting for food to come by their mouth? O_o

The most exercise they get is when they change burrows or get in their water. They will sit in their favorite spot for days. They become less active as they mature. They are ambush predators so they wait patiently burrowed in the soil with their head exposed awaiting unwary prey to pass by sonthey can attack.

They do not require exercise.

[dubbean]

scoop the poop daily. they will move to a new spot after pooping in their old one so that is a good indicator to look for poop. Change the substrate entirely as needed.

A little trick I will share: use sphagnum moss UNDER the coconut fiber. So, about an inch of sphagnum moss then 2 inches of coconut fiber on top. The sphagnum helps keep the coconut fiber from getting too wet and moldy. You can rinse and reuse the sphagnum moss many times. The coconut fiber is safer for the frogs, as they will ingest some of their substrate, and it is a lot harder for crickets to hide in. As the frog grows you will need to increase the depth of the coconut fiber but not the sphagnum moss.

The babies tend to jump around quit a bit while running after food. But no, don't but your frog to make it jump around. That will stress it out and it may stop eating or become ill. I will give mine a little push to make it move if I'm doing cleaning though. They really don't need exercise. They are supposed to be fat, eating machines.

[tytons]

noted...thanks for the tip Dubbean, I may not leave crickets in there roaming around as from other people's post ive seen their frog got bitten and stuff from them.

is there a chart or a reference for size vs age?

[GrifTheGreat]

noted...thanks for the tip Dubbean, I may not leave crickets in there roaming around as from other people's post ive seen their frog got bitten and stuff from them.

is there a chart or a reference for size vs age?

No, but judging from the size of your frog it is probably around 3 weeks out of the water. Maybe less.

[NialR35]

Looks very young, you can still see part of what used to be the tail. Very healthy though. Grif's advise got you covered, just follow it because he is the GURU around here

I'm a big fan of Canadian Night crawlers,

1) No need to gutload
2) No need to feed them
3) Live for a LONG time in the fridge
4) More nutritious than a gut loaded cricket
5) Very easy to digest
6) They don't stink like crickets
7) They don't escape like crickets
8) They don't chirp or make any noise
9) You can easily cut from the tail according to your frog's size as they grow
10) All of the above and more.

[tytons]

thanks for the info...

i fed it for the 1st time today..and i notice his "spot" look a lil discolored from yesterday..they seem to look more "see through" now...and there some colors disappearing..do they sort of change color?or lose their colors?